The government has launched the new Children’s Funeral Fund in England today (23 July). The new fund can help to pay for some of the costs of a funeral for a child under the age of 18 - or a...

MPs have renewed calls for the long-delayed children’s funeral fund to be urgently implemented in England. The commitment, which will see local authority fees waived for children’s funerals, was made in April last year following a powerful campaign by Carolyn...

The Scottish Government has announced that bereaved parents will no longer be charged by local authorities to bury their children. The SNP administration has committed £500,000 to pay for the fees, helping to mitigate some of the financial pressures that...