UK funeral business scandal highlights failure to heed regulator’s warning
By Jon Menon ( August 4, 2026, 08:01 GMT | Comment) -- The jailing of the undertaker responsible for one of the biggest scandals in the UK funeral sector in recent years has highlighted the government's failure to heed warnings that greater oversight of morticians was needed. The Competition and Markets Authority recommended statutory inspections of funeral directors in 2020 after warning of poor standards, but the government opted for voluntary regulation instead.The jailing of the undertaker responsible for one of the biggest scandals in the UK funeral sector in recent years has highlighted the government's failure to heed warnings from the antitrust regulator that greater oversight was needed to ensure morticians provide acceptable standards of care for the deceased....
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