Fees for Church of England weddings are to increase by 40% and the cost of a funeral service by more than 50%.
Church members have voted to raise the cost of a wedding from £296 to £415 and for a funeral service from £102 to £160 from January next year.
The fees include the costs of lighting and administration for the first time.
The moves come despite a warning from some members of the Church’s governing body, the General Synod, that the rises could have an impact on poorer couples.
BBC report at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16931503
The independent:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wedding-and-funeral-fees-to-rise-6655106.html