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Welcome to the download of Moneybox Live, the program about your money, and today is all about funeral costs. Good afternoon. The government's investigation into the funeral industry has

revealed that the bereaved are at risk of being exploited, thanks to their emotional vulnerability.

The Competition and Markets Authority initial findings note that prices for funerals and cremations have risen substantially above inflation for well over a decade,

and that the scale of these price rises does not currently appear

to be justified. It is a damning critique of this £2 billion a year industry. So have you

arranged a funeral for a loved one and how much did it cost? Have you paid for your funeral in

advance, a pre-pay funeral? If so, we'd love to hear from you. Please call

Moneybox live now on 0.3-700-100-444 geographic charges from landlines and mobiles apply or email

moneybox at BBC.co.uk. And we've had an email from Owen who writes, my wife's funeral in 2006 cost about £2,000.

We organised everything in advance because my wife knew she was dying.

She chose the funeral director, the music, the speakers and the venue.

And included in the cost was £500 we put behind the bar at my wife's insistence.

So that all the drinks at the wakes for our friends were free.

It was a very memorable day.

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