{"id":26097,"date":"2016-09-14T20:37:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T13:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/price-of-a-uk-funeral-has-more-than-doubled-since-2004\/"},"modified":"2016-09-14T20:53:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T13:53:59","slug":"price-of-a-uk-funeral-has-more-than-doubled-since-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/price-of-a-uk-funeral-has-more-than-doubled-since-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"Price of a UK funeral has &#039;more than doubled&#039; since 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nResearch by SunLife shows cost of dying is rising faster than the cost of living, with grieving families having to cut back on servicesThe average cost of a funeral in the UK has more than doubled in just over a decade, forcing some grieving families to \u201ccut corners\u201d, according to a new report.Insurer SunLife\u2019s latest annual Cost of Dying report found that the price of a typical funeral has increased by 5.5% in the past year to \u00a33,897. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2016\/sep\/14\/funeral-price-doubled-cost-dying-grieving-families\" target=\"_blank\">Price of a UK funeral has &#8216;more than doubled&#8217; since 2004<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Research by SunLife shows cost of dying is rising faster than the cost of living,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-6MV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1449,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/avoid-the-funeral-sting-how-to-die-for-less-than-1000\/","url_meta":{"origin":26097,"position":0},"title":"Avoid the funeral sting: how to die for less than \u00a31,000","date":"June 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\r As the cost of funerals soars past \u00a35,000, new companies are promising low-cost no-frills optionsAs if dying wasn't lousy enough, it also costs a fortune. 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