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The costs of child burials and cremations are to be waived in England to bring them in line with Wales, the prime minister has announced. Theresa May said the fees will be met by a new Children's Funeral Fund to help parents struggling to pay for funerals for children aged under 18. It comes after a campaign by Labour MP Carolyn Harris who had to take out a loan to bury her son. The Swansea East MP called the decision "dignified and compassionate". Child burial fees were abolished throughout Wales in November following the lengthy campaign by Ms Harris whose eight-year-old son Martin was killed in 1989. 'Dignity and strength'
In response to the government's announcement, she said: "After so much pressure and so much time, families right across the United Kingdom can know that if they're ever in that terrible, terrible position when they lose a child, that there will now be a pot of money available to make sure that child has a dignified and respectful funeral."
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