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| Last rights? funerals, poverty and social exclusion | | Author(s) | Mark Drakeford |
| Journal title | Journal of Social Policy, vol 27, part 4, October 1998 |
| Pages | pp 507-524 |
| Keywords | Funeral expenses ; Death grant ; Poor elderly ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | This article considers the current state of help with funeral expenses in Britain. It argues that assistance has been progressively and deliberately eroded to the point where the famous `from the cradle to the grave' protection of the welfare state has been removed from increasing numbers of poor people. The article sets these developments within the context of the contemporary British funeral industry, with emphasis upon its treatment of less well-off consumers. The changing nature of social security provision for funeral provision is traced in detail, including the actions of the incoming 1997 Labour government. The public health role of local authorities in the case of burials is investigated, and it is concluded that such services are insufficiently robust to meet the new weight placed upon them. The article ends with a consideration of the impact which these different changes produce in the lives of individuals upon whom they have an effect. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981112402 A |
| Classmark | JBF: JHA: F:W6: 8 |
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