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Daily Mirror
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Christian Brayford & Joe Smith

Man loses 'everything' after paying £6,000 for funeral plan and company goes bust

A man has been left facing a pauper’s funeral after he lost all his savings when a funeral firm collapsed.

Michael Laws from Cleethorpes said he gave “everything I had” to the Heavenly Services funeral company to ensure his family wouldn’t have to worry about taking care of his funeral arrangements.

But he has been left £6,000 out of pocket, all his savings, after the firm announced it was going bust, with hundreds of customers told they were unlikely to see their money again.

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