Oldham council has slashed the price of burials and cremations by £100 for six months to support bereaved families. Chiefs say they are freezing their fees and charges for the cost of interments and cremations as the number of deaths from coronavirus continues to rise.

The town hall is also making a £100 reduction for burials or cremations, valid from the beginning of April until the end of September which it says aims to help ‘even in a small way’.

It will see the cost of a new residents’ grave for one or two interments reduced from £860 down to £760. The cremation fee – which includes recorded music or use of the organ – will drop from £545 down to £445.

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