ITV News have evidence that a government scheme designed to alleviate funeral poverty is failing.
Means tested payments for those who can't afford burials and cremations have remained frozen for the last 15 years.
And our new figures show that the bereaved, already in despair, can also be left in debt.
There is now mounting pressure on the Department for Work and Pensions to change its funeral payments for people on certain benefits and tax credits.
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