Council plans fat tax for the dead
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:59 amCouncil plans 'fat tax' to fund crematorium improvements
A council has unveiled plans to charge a "fat tax" to grieving families paying for cremations in order to fund improvements.
A report by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council has found an increasing number of cases where bodies will not fit properly in furnaces at Kent and Sussex Crematorium.
At present bodies which are too big to be dealt with have to be transported to larger crematoria which can accommodate them in south London or Sittingbourne.
Story here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7078296/Council-plans-fat-tax-to-fund-crematorium-improvements.html
A council has unveiled plans to charge a "fat tax" to grieving families paying for cremations in order to fund improvements.
A report by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council has found an increasing number of cases where bodies will not fit properly in furnaces at Kent and Sussex Crematorium.
At present bodies which are too big to be dealt with have to be transported to larger crematoria which can accommodate them in south London or Sittingbourne.
Story here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7078296/Council-plans-fat-tax-to-fund-crematorium-improvements.html