Charity: Funeral poverty increased by 50% in five years

The average cost of council cremations has gone up by more than a third in the past five years. A Freedom of Information request made by the BBC has revealed that local authority fees for cremation have risen, on average, by 35% since 2010, from £470 to £640.

Heather Kennedy from the Fair Funerals Campaign explains why she thinks there has been a rise in the cost of funerals and how best to manage the cost: "When we're grieving we don't make savvy consumers".

This clip is from Breakfast Wednesday 19 August 2015.