- Target:
- Southwark Executive Member for Environment
- Region:
- United Kingdom
On 25th April Cllr Lisa Rajan, Southwark's Lib Dem Executive Member for Environment decided to put the price of cremations in the borough up by 10% from 1st April.
She also decided that a further increase would be made in January 2009, before the end of the financial year, so that the council can maximise revenue during the ‘peak demand period’, the time when most people die.
The council report about the decision says that ‘price increases are unlikely to affect demand’ for cremations because the council operates a monopoly on the service in the borough.
We, the undersigned, believe that a 10% increase in charges for cremation targets the bereaved at their most profound moment of grief and call on Southwark Council’s Liberal Democrat Executive Member for Environment to reconsider her decision.
We believe that a further increase in January next year increasing the £396 charge even further “in order to maximise the peak demand period” would be insensitive and cold-hearted.
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The Stop Southwark's cold-hearted cremation price hikes petition to Southwark Executive Member for Environment was written by Barrie Hargrove and is in the category Local Government at GoPetition.