{"id":179,"date":"2019-03-04T21:23:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T21:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmbc.org.uk\/site\/?p=179"},"modified":"2019-03-05T22:40:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T22:40:59","slug":"online-petition-55-burial-costs-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bmbc.org.uk\/site\/online-petition-55-burial-costs-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Petition &#8211; 55% Burial costs increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot; color: #363135;\">Dear Residents of Birmingham,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 18.0pt 0cm .0001pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot; color: #363135;\">This is to inform you that Birmingham City Council have proposed an increase in burial and cremation fees from 1st April 2019,the main increase will be the<strong><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;\"> cost of Internment (burial) \u2013 which is increasing from \u00a3681 to \u00a31054. This represents a 55% increase. The price of grave is an extra charge which start from \u00a32,247.<\/span><\/strong>. Birmingham City Council plan to implement this new charge from 1st April 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 18.0pt 0cm .0001pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot; color: #363135;\">BMBC (Birmingham Muslim Burial Council) is a charity organisation which has\u00a0 helped and represented the Community for the last 12 years with all aspects of burials, We aim to improve services within hospitals, GP surgeries, Coroner\u2019s office, Registry office and Funeral Directors. We have already done a great deal of work bringing together many professionals &amp; stake holders to make the whole process better for the bereaved families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 18.0pt 0cm .0001pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot; color: #363135;\">The<strong><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;\"> new proposal from Birmingham City Council has come to our attention with limited time to reply.<\/span><\/strong> We would like your <strong><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot;\">support to petition against these significant price increase<\/span><\/strong> especially at a time of austerity. The increased cost will result in many difficulties for families who struggle to meet the cost of a burial in Birmingham which already is one of the highest in UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 18.0pt 0cm .0001pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot; color: #363135;\">Please help and support the petition by signing on the <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &amp;quot; color: #363135;\">line:)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipetitions.com\/petition\/urge-the-council-to-reduce-the-proposed-55\">https:\/\/www.ipetitions.com\/petition\/urge-the-council-to-reduce-the-proposed-55<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Residents of Birmingham, This is to inform you that Birmingham City Council have proposed an increase in burial and cremation fees from 1st April 2019,the main increase will be the cost of Internment (burial) \u2013 which is increasing from \u00a3681 to \u00a31054. 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