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Scotland's First Minister has pledged his support to credit union members whose funeral care insurance was suddenly cancelled . ‌

John Swinney said the decision by insurance giant Maiden Life and broker C Mutual to cut cover for thousand of Scots would be challenged by finance minister Shona Robison. ‌

The FM was responding to a report in the Daily Record , which outlined how many elderly people now fear their families won’t be able to afford a dignified funeral, despite them paying into a Family Protection Plan for decades. ‌

Swinney, responding to a question by Glasgow MSP Paul Sweeney, said: “I am very sympathetic to the point that Mr Sweeney puts to me, and I will ask the finance secretary to engage directly with him.

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