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Heartbroken families will postpone send-offs for their loved ones for weeks unless ministers relax the rules, funeral directors have warned. The cruel 30-person cap on mourners saying a final farewell is set to stay in place until June 21 under current restrictions. But families may decide to delay funerals so they can give their loved one the send-off they deserve, the National Society of Allied Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF) said. CEO Terry Tennens told the Mail: The danger is that families will start postponing funerals next month and wait until June 21 or thereafter, when in theory the restrictions will be lifted. ....
Boris Johnson has been told to relax the ‘unnecessary’ and ‘unfair’ cap on funeral mourners by MPs. The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement wrote to the Prime Minister last night demanding he take action to prioritise those who’ve lost loved ones. In a letter seen by the Mail, they urged the Government to ‘relax the rule of 30 funeral mourners in England in any way possible over the coming weeks’. Committee chairman Sir John Hayes wrote: ‘Many people across England have been critical of the restriction on 30 mourners for a funeral, which remains in place until at least 17 May and possibly longer. I am concerned that as other sectors of the economy reopen and as larger events begin to take place again, that this cap on mourners is unnecessary and unfair on those wishing to attend the funeral of a loved one. ....