The Church of Scotland has welcomed a report on the costs of funerals which recommends a full investigation into the industry.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) released an interim report into funeral costs at the end of November, which revealed that the price of the essential elements has increased by more than two-thirds in a decade, almost three times the rate of inlation. It added that the scale of price rises ‘does not currently appear to be justiied by cost increases or quality improvements’.