TracyWalker commented 'Make time for the elderly' plea after taxpayers funded more than...

A call has gone out for people to make more time for the elderly after figures revealed taxpayers footed the bill for over 350 funerals in the past four years.Between 2011 and 2014, Nottingham City Council paid £266,131.46 for 293 public health funerals, while in the same period, Nottinghamshire County Council stumped up £99,625.57 for 63 funerals.A public health funeral is where a local authority takes responsibility for the service if people die and their families cannot be found,.