Breadline Britain

[@scrubsunderstanding8519]

hello everyone i am Marc who was shown in this programme i would just like to say a big thanks to all the support i recieved off the show and aftercare from people who gave me it. yes there alot of unanswered questions but i am doing very well now in a full time job and a family of my own on the way. im glad this shows all the struggles i went through and what other people on the program had and still are going through. thanks for everything itv and all the support again.

[@ohmeowzer1]

scrubs understanding yayyy Marc Your comments made my days ..hugs

[@MrChizzy12345]

YOU ARE NOT FUCKING MARC YOU LYING PIECE OF SHIT

[@pommiebears]

scrubs understanding glad to hear you’re doing well. I’ve been where you were......it can get better, as you now know. Good luck! 👍🏻

[@storfrassin]

May Yeshua bless you and your growing family Marc. Its a disgrace what Uk are doing now

[@Ghostie43]

@@MrChizzy12345 and how do you know?

[@Bochanable]

My heart goes out to the poor guy with one suit. It takes a person with compassion to see that maybe he doesn't make the best physical presentation because he has limited means. But he could very well be a hard worker.

[@Gera1713]

I have no suit. 2 t shirts and one leggings to last a year. It's fine

[@firebyrd437]

Hes found a job and started a family thanks to the support he received after this documentary and commented here about this thanking everyone

[@juliehurst3846]

Digusting in 2022 nothing ever gets done

[@luinpuin4152]

I work at a council in the Netherlands, this is a shame we take care over 12.000 houses and none of them looks like this. The council should be deeply ashamed and here the people have a voice and they can take legaly charges against the council. So sad to see thise little ones suffer this much

[@paulwilson2133]

This is exactly why Britain should help their own before refugees and other countries , we are too busy pleasing other countries shame on this government

[@AshOwnz9]

Immigration is a net increase for the treasury... Shows how shit our education system is when you see nonsense comments like yours :/

[@jamiehewitt428]

@@AshOwnz9 whos talking about the treasury? Immigration puts more pressure on societies already struggling with housing, job availability, health services, welfare etc.

[@jamiehewitt428]

@Lee David i think you need a history lesson.

[@AshOwnz9]

@@jamiehewitt428 A net increase means you can and should reinvest the money back into the state... This allows you to expand healthcare. welfare. housing & jobs at a rate higher than what is required. Common sense please.

[@jamiehewitt428]

@@AshOwnz9taxes get used for public services? No fucking shit idiot, from what i said its pretty obvious that my point is that the upscaling of the infrastructure cant keep up with the pace of immigration.

[@MrOnionterror]

I grew up in a house without heating or hot water, and that's something I hope not many people who read this share. It's absolute misery to wake up in January with ice on the inside of your bedroom window, wash in a cold bath with a kettle and a few pans of hot water and dry yourself in front of a tiny shitty gas fire. That was the only heating we had and while it more or less took the chill out of the front room the rest of the house was still icy cold. No one should live like that.

[@americanpatriot3667]

I also grew up in a similar situation we couldn't afford the oil to run the heat,so it was extra blankets and a tiny little heater no hot water so it was a quick freezing shower

[@vickishaw6053]

I lived in a house with no hot water or heating for 3 years, not as long as you two but I do feel your pain.. we bought a cheap plug in heater for our bedroom and used two kettles to boil water

[@tenfold2395]

Vicki Collins i lived in a house with no kettle chips but we made do with walkers. It really humbled me

[@tenfold2395]

smokey spice ‘smokey spice’ giving people life advice..riiiigght

[@tenfold2395]

smokey spice bullshit. You got your name from being slumped over benches smoking spice in Barnsley town centre. Your names probably lee or Wayne

[@SuperAp0calypse]

Do you know what makes me sick? Not this, not the fact the government doesn't seem to care. It is the fact the average person who isn't in this situation, who has a good paying job, think that the poor are scum. That they are poor because they are lazy, and just don't want to work. That makes me sick. That there are actually people out there that think that way in this day and age. Disgusting.

[@0xstev3]

Wonder Woman Stop your hysterical whining, would you? Brexit Britain is the exact same as it was the day before Brexit because it's the same damn people. If you demonise people who disagree with you, you're probably being a tribal-minded idiot. Something to keep in mind.

[@0xstev3]

Wonder Woman Maybe you shouldn't be surprised that you're being called an idiot if you've been diagnosed as one?

[@ellismeah179]

many people in this country are the working poor

[@elizabethstephenson3531]

I know, you're right.

[@robdubz1510]

This always happen in every country a lack of education+media , not everyone is tolerant , humans are complicated ..

[@robertcuminale1212]

That Council Home is a disgrace! Leaks and mold growing on the walls? That not damage from a tenant but neglected maintenance.

[@donsarde]

and that is bad to let children grow up in such conditions. Council houses were not always the so bad, I remember walking going into many when I was young and they were very clean, the people were very house proud .

[@francessullivan2559]

no--lack of ventilation

[@GG-pm5xi]

our landlords like that

[@hayleyguest2222]

I'm pretty sure your partner gets a wage and doesn't work for free!

[@pyeltd.5457]

Alison Brown I don't get the pedo part

[@warriorforyah777]

God bless you Renee, working full time and looking after your children. I hope your quality of life has improved for you all!

England wasted Billions of tax payers pounds in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. SHAME

[@mr.muffin4163]

I feel sorry for mark he did everything society expected hime to do an still failed this young man smh.

[@binwaitin]

All the job seekers in this program are now sanctioned by the dwp and are now starving in the dark because they missed there appointment by 30 seconds . Great Britain 😱

[@emptyboxesandrooms]

@@markdowling5962 fuck off you idiot

[@emptyboxesandrooms]

@B K it isn't true at all

[@gweilospur5877]

I very much doubt it.

[@InvisibleVicky]

@@emptyboxesandrooms it is true. If you are not in GB you gave no idea

[@michaelhutchinson2854]

Don’t be late then….

[@marieince3239]

Living in that damp and mould is a bloody disgrace

[@shazbarton4340]

I was on a care order from the age of 2 till 24 which ment that I was basically owned by the government I had social services telling me I couldnt do this or that . They put me with my father who was a drunk we had no hot water no heating because it didnt work my bedroom window never shut there was never any food in the house the only time I got a proper hot meal was when every Tuesday my social worker would pick me up and take me to McDonald's, my father owned a off licence it was robbed everyday because my dad would pass out drunk and they knew it eventually it went bust. At 14 I decided I had enough I went to work cleaning cars earning £100 a week I clothed myself bought my own uniform and pens and pencils i then lied about my age to work for a company that packed clothers for matiland earning 300 pound cash in hand no questions asked in all the summer hoildays I saved all my money moved out to a bed sit at 16 then a flat and now a have my own house a son and partner I work a good job and moved 300 miles away from were I used live the government was suppose to be looking after me being on a care order I got no support and lived in poverty .

[@VikingLady219]

I know just how demoralizing it is to have college and university education and still can't get work. It took years of searching to finally get fulltime work. I felt for the gentleman who started to cry during the interview.

[@badda_boom8017]

That's not demoralising. It just shows people's self entitlement. No one is going to call you and make you rich! Just because you have a degree it doesn't mean you deserve a job. You have to work for it

[@ashotofmercury]

@@badda_boom8017 grow up, for goodness sake! 🙄

[@zzirGrizz00l]

I know this pain well. I have a first class degree and I can't find work. Worse still, my family are constantly pressuring me and giving me shit for being unemployed, calling me lazy etc, like that is somehow my fault. I did what society wanted me to do and I still have nothing.

[@badda_boom8017]

@@zzirGrizz00l stop listening to society and make your own wealth! society says someone with my education would be lucky to work in a warehouse! may I ask what your degree is in?

[@badda_boom8017]

@@ashotofmercury What a thing to say!!!! You're telling me to grow up! Are you serious 😂😂😂😂

[@lukeware8762]

whoever thinks every person on benefits because they are lazy should pull there heads out of there asses i work now but i was on benefits for 16 months not because im lazy its because of unemployment some of the comments are disgusting

[@howey935]

Im currently on disability benefit as i crushed the bottom 5 vertabrae in my spine and have no feeling below my waist and it gets to me when they keep sending me for medicals because they dont seem to believe im paralysed for life and wont ever walk again. Ive had 4 medicals in 6 years yet i know drug addicts who have never had a medical they just took their word. The whole system is fucked. I was only out of work for 3 months from leaving school until i had my accident at 37 so its not like i never paid tax. I was making good money £60k a year so payed plenty of tax.

[@adrianwhiteley4790]

yes people do die if they have been sanctioned by the dole office and it has happened many times.

[@FurbyGender]

It's tough when you're like the guy at the 12 minute mark who has plenty of school, certification and working hard to get a job, any job and still not getting anything. Not everyone on benefits isn't trying.

[@matthewwaddington2777]

If you cannot have empathy with any of the people in this doc, just remember. One day, it WILL be you who need help!

[@fkmehardy6186]

Thats a definite, you're looking at the working class of GB here, denied jobs thanks to importing cheap labour to benefit the already immensely wealthy, meanwhile the chancellor give corporations tax breaks each year while topping up low wages of those they employ through taxes they stole from the middle class, corporate welfare. Yet you can see by the comments of some here that they think it can't happen to them, it can and its going to because without a 'working class' those who now think they're middle class are next on the list to be thinned out, so its coming folks and no-one is there to help.

[@lindaandrews756]

I agree with you 100%. People are so cold.

[@ginamacdougall8288]

Matthew Waddington I have been up, down and worn out a number of times. I've little too no sympathy for people anywhere who willfully start habits that can and will destroy their lives. I messed up, putting myself where I've landed. I also drug myself back up..

[@christopherwinstanley1348]

Agree and I do see that happening.

[@tommypaterson1667]

Nah I doubt it

[@stayhy118]

My heart goes to those people

[@barbaraleszczynski2214]

quarterback Mine too! Empathy needed in this world. We reap what we sow.

[@angusmeigh5141]

Unfortunately most people have no sympathy for the poor because of TV series like Benefits Street which tries to make out that most poor people are scroungers! What most people do not know is that the jobs simply are not there anymore and that most people who are unemployed want to work. This documentary also points out that many people in work are very poor!

[@jackyblue67same10]

My heart really does go out to people like Mark .If I ever hit the lottery I'd wind up giving it all away to people less fortunate than myself but rite now I also struggle like these people but I do have food in my home & I really thank God for it everyday.

[@bebbibabey1246]

If you do everything a society expects you to do and still find yourself impoverished, you know there's something wrong with the system we use.

[@schatzeeone6230]

But did they do everything society expects them to do? Did they take advantage of their free education and put in an effort to complete all offered courses to the best of their abilities? Did they go on to learn a marketable skill? Did they make certain they could feed, house and clothe a child on their own before they had one? Did they have a plan to provide for themselves and their families in the long term? These are just a few of the things that “society” expects of its members. If they failed to do any of them, it’s no one’s fault but their own. The “system” works just fine for the majority of people. If it’s not working for you, then you need to ask yourself why. Is it society’s failure, or is it yours? Denying the truth doesn’t make it any less a reality.

[@christhompson7547]

It’s all by design. Enforced by people in Belgium that we did no vote for. WAKE UP.

[@dillinger1017]

@@schatzeeone6230 what about disabled people? Why should they or working people struggle? The real idle wasters have inherited vast amounts of wealth & cling onto it - shuffling ot so they don't pay taxes. Boris Johnson couldn't even use a mop or tell the truth...the morally bankrupt 'Elites' are the problem - not ordinary people doing their best every day

[@Kendo2007]

no money in the UK government unless its to pay for the MPs pay rises every couple of months. I cant get a job as I'm either too over qualified or under qualified how can you get a job when this is what your told Im back at Uni as there are no jobs

[@wilsoncalhoun]

18:36 They did that to poor blacks back in the sixties and seventies (in the US). A single mother with children qualified for benefits while a family with a father present did not, leading to black fathers moving away from their families for financial reasons. The end result was the almost complete destruction of the black family unit, the consequences of which are still negatively effecting the black community as a whole.

[@sledgesworld]

I am an X Paramedic from London. I live year-round in my caravan with my cat Patch and receive benefits. the current war in Ukraine and the disparity of living conditions in this country, make me feel sad for our younger generation. I have two grown children and worry for their future.. If you don't laugh you would cry. PEACE

[@normathomas8830]

you could see the guy living on 50 quid a week dosnt look well and so thin as well utterly shameful 15 quid for shopping whilst the rich in government enjoy 30quid breakfasts my mum lived in the 1940 and she says things are no better now than they were then meanwhile the government can find money for a war but not for there own people heartless lot!!!!

[@donsarde]

+Norma Thomas I totally agree with you . Shame he is not here as I would try to help the lad find something and he is quite well educated. Sitting alone in smi darkness seems really sad. I hope that he found a job , looks like he is a good young man. Yeah ,even when I was young growing up in the SouthEast of Kent, I never saw so much hardship amoung the people, now ,when I return to England and see the how hard and indifferent people are towards others is really shocking..Sad that such a lovely country has gone to the dogs.

[@normathomas8830]

It's this Tory propaganda machine they have stirred up hatred amongst people and they really don't give a dam if people starve

[@donsarde]

Well then get rid of that pro Islamic leader that you have.

[@normathomas8830]

I did not vote for this lot and we have no way of removing these people they are the money elite they are loathsome

[@normathomas8830]

I hope the young guy in the film found a job

[@ravbarring]

It’s expensive to be poor. I’m watching this remembering what it was like growing up in the UK.. I’m an expat. Living in California. We escaped England’s poverty. We grew up in the London Over-Spill. Lumbertubs. Northampton. The British government should help encourage the entrepreneurial spirit. Over regulation makes it extremely difficult to fathom being a business owner. My dad opened a shop in the 80’s. Only for it to shut down because he forgot to file a piece of paperwork. The local council fined him out of business and seized the business. We didn’t make a penny. The county council had the audacity to send over Balifs to pick up items from our house. They didn’t take anything. There was nothing worth them taking. We were poor. Thankfully, my grandmother in the USA rallied the family and got the funds to send us to America. I find that people in the UK are job dependent. Not Independent.

[@rainbowkitten8990]

OMG! I live in lumbertubs right now, northampton! That is crazy, what a small world. The poverty here is insane, spotted a child wearing no shoes walking to the shop a few months back.

[@rainbowkitten8990]

I feel bad for you now though as America is in a right state! Poverty over there is terrible.

[@ella-bt8hp]

Sorry but people with mold really need to learn how to treat mold, I used to get mold in a flat I rented privately it wasn't severe but the landlord told me it had been before I'd moved in and had been removed and treated. I read up about mold and realised me drying clothes indoors on radiators was the worst thing ever for mold, plus not opening the windows enough, and not heating the house sufficiently I understand heating costs money but ventilation with windows doesn't, and a hot bucket of soapy water with some bleach and a rag doesn't cost anything either (very little cost bleach 50p, scented one will help with the smell of mold) Clean the mold thoroughly as soon as a small amount appears and it will never get to this point. I don't know how anyone could let that child sleep in that moldy room when. Cleaning it off and painting over it is an option, use. Mold resistant paint and yes eventually it may come back but then clean it again straight away. The flat I'm in now gets moldy in winter but I mean slight mold around the windows and I clean it off straight away don't just leave mold people it's bad for you and your family!!!

[@scottsews]

What isn't explained is why people continue to have child after child when they cannot afford to clothe and feed their first. When I was at school there was the home economics and family planning, you got your job, where either married or in a relationship, you rented or bought suitable accomodation and then you thought about starting a family. Now people don't do this, it's child after child, mum lives in one house with the kids dad lives somewhere else, two social homes for one "family" and people wonder why theres a housing crisis.

[@sweetla4750]

My guess is ur talking about the illegals that are flooding in with their 20 kids in tow

[@estellegrove4853]

The government need to make the electric and gas companies stop charging like they do. They are criminals

[@cherylharewood2549]

I hope that the kids got out of that mold disgusting flat.🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@debhawpetoss2544]

I'm worried about Tyrone his room had black mold on the walls, windows etc and he's coughing really bad that's not good,when I seen that I had to say something.

[@nunuzulu6338]

So sad that the poor child have to suffer 😢 💔

[@ellensanders2736]

Yes, feel for Tyrone and his mum and sisters and also Mark !

[@mad7206]

Listening to the young guys story I can see why so many of my platoon in the army were from the northeast

[@LaymansHypothesis]

Britain is going backwards. Not enough jobs to go round, starting a business is near impossible with no money to invest, benefits being taken away for spurious reasons. We need an Unconditional Basic Income for everyone.

[@petersparshot4997]

3 words of advice. Never give up. If you can breathe, walk and talk your winning.

[@Bochanable]

This is very sad, but, why did she continued to have children if there was little means to take care of them.

[@TheCheryl1978]

Becoz when she had the children she had a man ... That man aint ni man when he left em , left her in that mess , its not her fault , if the dad stepped up and helped , thing woukd not be like that now A man can easily walk away from a family , its harder for a mum to do that

[@acajudi100]

cherylann g Moms are waking away. Make both parents support the babies. Vasectomies and tubes tied early will make you not suffer. think...

[@ella-bt8hp]

WHYYOUNOTRISSON I'm sure you write this on every video like these I've watched a lot lately and if it's not you someone is writing that exact message to everyone

[@mindyschocolate]

acajudi100 do you have any idea how expensive it is to get tubes tied? What poor woman can afford that? It is also a very invasive process and the women are out of work for a long time to recover. Men should be the ones to get surgery. A snip and they’re back at work the next day.

[@davidbown2707]

She doesn’t get child support for any of them. She should of stopped before number four

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

We’ve took a cooked lasagna to a family that’s got 2 small kids who’s working but can’t afford to feed their kids properly their wages just isn’t enough and they both work for the nhs it’s bloody so wrong

[@ANYTHING-AND-EVERYTHING.]

I feel sorry for most in this documentary as it's not their fault, Buy I despise people who cry poverty and at the same time smoke, the amount people spending on smoking a day could easily feed them for a couple of days.

[@gohard29]

Rene you are a very strong women and a real role model to your kids....i pray things get better for you and your family

[@anakin0405]

that was in 2013, today is worse

[@gillianwilliams7990]

patricke 2018 it worse than ever

[@Ali01007]

patricke And today is even worse

[@lup6974]

Exactly! Proud UK! I wonder what this nation is so proud of?

[@pyeltd.5457]

Gillian Williams yea because of Brexit.

[@philp9156]

And worse still now we go into 2020 so sad to see all this on our doorstep

[@amymelissa1274]

I grew up in a lower middle class family, without a lot of money, but I never considered my family to be impoverished. I agree with a lot of the program, but I also think that their definition of poverty is a little overboard. Not having a dishwasher means you are impoverished? Thats a bit ridiculous. Also, we grew up almost entirely with second hand clothing, and yet new clothing is on the list as a necessity. I also don't think television, a mobile phone (unless its necessary for a job) or even the internet/computer as a necessity, since you can usually use a computer at your local library, or at school. My mom cut our hair as a kid, and we sometimes had to make our own curtains and things. I believe in basics like warmth, decent clothing (which can be second hand), food, etc. but it sounds a bit entitled to say that television, new clothing, a week's vacation, and a dishwasher are a necessity. They are nice, but not a necessity.

[@bobjackson4720]

I agree what these people regard as poverty would have been a dream existence to us kids born in the years following WW2.

[@BBrunnel]

A phone and internet and a computer are 100% a necessity. You need a phone to communicate with the outside world and for people to know you're safe. Kids need internet and a computer to do their homework, in the same way parents need it for work or for job hunting. Clothes are obviously a necessity because how are you meant to dress yourself? You're not working class so you're clearly too far removed from our reality.

[@kellyann5587]

I can agree with the library idea. However in my town there are only 4 computers and most of the time they are out or the library isn't open

[@receptionvector122]

You need a phone and a computer and the internet to communicate with most companies these days. They don't except walk in customers now. Alot of local branches have closed down and they run out of call centers. You need to apply for most jobs now on line with a CV. You can't apply over the phone. In fact you can't do much at all to improve your situation without them. I classify them a necessity.

[@flaminglaughter]

How can they live with all that mold?! The agencies overlook this?!

[@brianrennie133]

but we give away 13 billion a year in foriegn aid

[@derranlawston4052]

brian rennie To the counties you conquered and ruined hauausjsjsjjs 💀💀💀

[@paulrichards4452]

Roscoe is my dog. We more than made up for that when we lost our empire and lives during the 1st and 2nd world war fighting the Nazi's. We didn't have to fight the Nazi's but we did it because it was right, it was decent and above all it was kind.

[@derranlawston4052]

@@paulrichards4452 I'm talking about the countries in Africa, becuz you and the French exploited it like a jar of honey

[@paulrichards4452]

What about the Ottoman Empire or the Roman Empire? We got things wrong but as I pointed out after we lost our Empire fighting the Nazi's we suffered for it. Besides the people who really benefited from Empire were mainly the rich elites and the royalists.

[@derranlawston4052]

@@paulrichards4452 also the economy, taking natural resources from other countries, selling them, which advances your country. And stop saying you defeated the Nazis, you didn't do it all on your own, it was a group effort

[@JamesBond-uz2dm]

I lived in Latin America for three years. I saw real poverty. People lived for their next meal. These people shown here are poor. They are miles from the real poverty that I witnessed.

[@YarcoTV]

Oh well said! People in Britain have no idea what real poverty is.

[@star_etraWrites]

I think you will find this is many first world countries. People think they are poor simply because they cannot spend money how they wish. I am technically "poverty" according to the government of the U.S. based on what my husband makes, but we have more than many people. We do not go hungry, because we do not have expensive tastes and always have basics in the house (potatoes, rice, milk, butter, eggs). We go a step further and grow food on our front porch so we have fresh food. I honestly get that you cannot do that in certain places, but that isn't poverty. Going without food is poverty. Living in a dirt home with no toilet is poverty. Having a cell phone, a television, a game system, or using the internet is not signs of poverty. It is a sign that you want more and more and are not happy until you have it.

[@SerBallister]

***** Yup, definition of poverty is relative. In a country of billionaires the few millionaires are poor by this measure. Or alternatively, in a country were everyone earns 50p a week, no one is in poverty..

[@SebAnders]

***** But then you're talking about relative poverty not absolute poverty, am I poor just because I can't afford the Lamborghini I saw drive past yesterday? No of course I'm not, it just means I'm not super rich.

[@RaisedxFist]

James Bond. Wrong, Just because one country is richer then the other doesn't mean their citizens are richer then those citizens. The Rich and the Poor are the same the world over. Poverty is Poverty no matter where You come from. Yes you may have a Tv or a car but that's about all the extra advantages you may have over someone else who is in the same position without that car or tv. You can't say you seen 'real poverty' when every fucking country on this planet has it in every society.

[@TheImpossibleD]

wow, single mother with 4 kids? wouldn't she realise that it would be hard to live after she had the first child..... she dragged herself into poverty and noone else is to blame

[@solohands8177]

Unfortunately Black women are quantitative in this particular rational... No human anywhere can explain the true functionality of this structure... We know in poorer countries, the multiple offsprings can sometimes be a resource, while the living cost for children is extraordinarily low in poor countries. Yet it is the reversal in richer nations. Nonetheless.. it is fair to say that such women are probably *damaged* or limited in Psychological awareness...? I often notice they are quite large an appear mentally *deficient?*

[@hybridvigour5982]

Not when there is a Domestic Violence dynamic.

[@latexcitizenx]

Did I get that list right? One (or is it a family or individual with a family?) is considered to be living in poverty if living without owning or ability fund three of the following : A dishwaser, home internet, home computer, TV, A car, £500 emergency cash, telephone, private or occupational pension plan, £20 p/m towards savings, Annual family presents, Replace worn clothes with new not 2nd hand, 2 pairs of all weather shoes, weekly £s for self, dining table and chairs, replacement or repair of broken electrical goods, household contents insurance, haircuts, a weekly roast dinner... is living in poverty?

[@lemongrabloids3103]

This was a decade ago…….. it’s only gotten far, far worse 😢

[@sweetla4750]

If a country cannot afford to take care of THEIR OWN the extras “fleeing persecution” should be last in the list…they pass country after country to get to the ones that give handouts…same in the US

[@suilvenmountain2395]

Dishwasher on the list of necessities???? Really?

[@suzannecollins2374]

It's a necessity when u only have one hand! Don't judge everyone the same

[@bfyrth]

+Suzanne Collins or use the other hand

[@suzannecollins2374]

ha ha Ben I challenge you to wash up using one hand. Try scraping plates lol and my good hand has only half length fingers so for me its a necessity

[@suilvenmountain2395]

+Donal MacFarlane yes washing is important but you don't need a jacuzzi to wash

[@brendaogara2543]

And i have skin condition, which using washing up soap or wear gloves cause my hands to be raw and painful. I have a dishwasher. But I worked over time to pay for it. Have not spend much time at home with my son and husband .

[@MsKerryanne]

It would have been better if we hadn't kept letting people into the country.. British welfare system is on its knees and won't get any better as we keep letting more in as Britain is over populated now .. We are a very small island and there is just not enough money and space, so if things don't change very soon there is no hope for Britain and things will just get worse..

[@Neph-v5r]

This was 9yrs ago & is apparently a 'wake up call'. What utter crap, this country is now even worse & the numbers in extreme poverty much much higher. Welcome to the uk :(

[@timkat649]

GOD BLESS AND HELP THE POVERTY THEY ARE GOING THROUGH💜

[@seecharan]

Wow! thanks for posting. I use to watch a documentary called Breadline Britain back in 1980’s, it was so depressing I use to cry. Now I’m watching this, it’s like things done change…NOT

[@blackwarb]

People just don't care about the next person anymore. This is clear from the comments in response to this video alone. Society has lost the traits of empathy and compassion. Instead they have become hard hearted, greedy, selfish, aggressive and arrogant.

[@rabidsminions2079]

No one feels like they belong because no one has anything in common with each other, with the same ethnic background, not the same culture when you have people from all over the world living next to you.

[@kevtherev8194]

Sorry to put the knife in from the comfort of my armchair, but if she picked up everything off the floor, use shelves, the space immediately doubled, and Morale Boost.

[@theresamischeski71]

I go without so my son's never have to, I stopped eating meat (Expensive in NZ ) because boy's need iron over me, There Dad has not given us a cent in 10 year's and it's hard going, I am so blessed to have the Church support and amazing friends. The problem worldwide is food gas power petrol etc have all sky rocketed yet money has stayed the same, Please never mock nor think you're above someone poor because your not, If able help them. The gap between rich and poor is so vast it's sickening.

[@theresamischeski71]

***** I would love to actually :)

[@theresamischeski71]

Dòmhnall Mac Cana Hey there :) yes I already grow my own vegs I stopped eating meat so my son would get iron. But it doesn't matter what you do because things like just living keeps going up and up.

[@LabRat6619]

I gave up meat 35 years ago and still eat fish. I work in construction industry and need lots of energy, you don't need much meat to thrive. NZ can't possibly be as poor as eastern Europe?

[@theresamischeski71]

LabRat6619 We Are struggling mate NOT the rich but the rest of us. We export everything and our dairy products are cheaper to buy even in England.Exporting has killed us and now the TPP bill we are screwed. Corporate greed my friend. Fish is expensive here also. Nothing is cheap anymore and so many are feeling it.

[@vtecpreludevtec]

+Theresa Mischeski im 51 now,Nz when I was a kid,second or third gdp per capita,ditto infant mortality,the highest rate of home ownership in the world.Now poor kids get third world diseases unheard of in weathier families,n we have the highest rate of people renting in the o.e.c.d.Compared to income our largest city Auckland has some of the worlds most unaffordable housing,plus a massive shortage.When I was a kid murder?2 or 3 per year,not a week like now.Like the UK nu 3rd world immigrants r favoured for unskilled jobs,keen young n compliant.Ruffian old local born r on the dole.Privitisation of state assets we all used to own takes more wealth from the poor.Gated communities r appearing.If u have to live behind a wall to keep the wolves out,society s in a bad state.Switzerland of the south seas to sh it hole of the south seas.🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🍦😎

[@fiesta1117cc]

The Tories are leading us back to the old Victorian days where you had the rich living in mansions & the poor living in over cramp rat infested accommodations with only an outside toilet so if they needed to piss & shit they had to do it in a potty in the bedroom then take it outside to the toilet life was touch in those days until the Labour party brought in the welfare state in 1948

[@xXxBUNDIExXx]

Left England to Canada in 1995 when I was 16 and haven't had a holiday since 1999. I know its hard in England and found out its hard in what you would think is the land of opportunity. The world has changed big time. Were not living but only existing. Joy!

[@marleybu7984]

What's a holiday?

[@tonytigervarley]

You know you're poor when you sleep more to spread meals out

[@benjones1180]

Exactly , having no internet to do homework isn’t poverty that’s a shitty education system that makes it that way

[@tonytigervarley]

@@benjones1180 I did it for years and I still can't get out of the pattern. Sometimes I still have to do it now

[@Chelskie-darts]

Single young men just get forgotten about in the system man , been there myself but I dragged myself out of it so I can really relate to some of Chris’s problems , got my own house , partner , kids the lot now …. But I worked hard to get that way

[@theemeraldblonde218]

I don't want to be rude or anything. But if I could be a mother. I would never allow my children to sleep on the floor while I sleep on the sofa. I would sleep in lava if my children got something better

[@chloegilbert647]

The children sleep on a MATTRESS on the floor...not the bare floor.

[@ella-bt8hp]

TheEmeraldBlonde I know this was ages ago but me too. I had a one bedroom apartment with my boys for a while they slept in my double bed together and I had a pull out sofa. My kids would never be on the floor that makes me sad.

[@ella-bt8hp]

chloe gilbert oh OK ghats a bit different I haven't watched it all yet but on the floor sounds much worse then on a materess on the floor.

[@tideswell7799]

@nolikes or subscribers Do you actually speak English? And how can you comment on the programme if you haven’t actually watched the programme?

[@garybsg]

THIS IS HOW SOCIALISM WORKS, IT REWARDS LAZINESS AND PUNISHES HARD WORK THROUGH MASSIVE TAXES AND INFLATION

[@lukeware8762]

not all people on benefits are lazy get your head out of your ass i hope you loss your job just so you know what its like

[@garybsg]

luke ware Not all poor people are lazy some are just reckless. Please explain why this black women who could not afford heat but has not one, not two, not three but four children? But my main point is not about poor people, it's about socialism which takes money from hard working responsible people and gives it to those who aren't.

[@garybsg]

luke ware ps I had many periods of my life where I was unemployed but I "PLANNED" for shit to go wrong so I carried on without a problem. That's what you do when you have a brain. So I'll keep my head up ass. :)

[@paulrichards4452]

garybsg You say it rewards hard work? No. Carers are paid peanuts. And before you say get a better job there is a real need for more carers and vulnerable people are now going without help. 400 libraries closed down around Britain and mental health services have been cut to the point that there's no help for many. The system is designed to keep people down.

[@bughsoftheworld]

get the tories out

[@Gera1713]

yes blame the Tories for everything. I was not aware Gordon Brown or Blair made much better of a job of it!!

[@gailsmith5231]

Apocalyptic well Blair started it all and he was Labour

[@benlotus2703]

Get the socialism / communism idiots in (e.g. Venezuaela)

[@Jba8179]

@@Gera1713 they’ve had over ten years now and things are worse now

[@andrewsmith3613]

And this is why education is so important. There aren't many solicitors or computer programmers or chartered financial advisors or electricians or plumbers going hungry.

[@alucardhellsing1037]

Yeah but point doesn't work here, how many educated people are unemployed. It's just not one thing only, it has to be several initiatives to get the system to change.

[@PhyllisGlassup2TheBrim]

5 minutes in. They've sealed up the air vent which stops condensation.....

[@luzfigueroa1550]

My god what it's happening to our world and us? It's so scary.

[@lehnhardtdevonek.8479]

+Luz Figueroa It is nearing its end.

[@NylonStrings83]

+Luz Figueroa capitalism is showing its colours i think

[@TheGodParticle]

+himanshu y as much as I loath capitalism believe me, it does have its compensations, if you spread the wealth too much we'll end up like north Korea.

[@EvelynGB]

or ... Canada :O

[@lehnhardtdevonek.8479]

This a preview of what is to come. Hard times ahead.

[@Debtwarrior]

Lets shame the major brand names who do this to people - most brand name shops and restaurants pay less than a 40 hour minimum wage week would pay to the majority of their front line staff.

[@UkraineAlex1]

The "poverty list" is very luxury though.. In Ukraine the Britains "poor" would be middle-class here...I don't even start to talk of Africa, most of Asia and South America. As long human will live, there will be rich and poor people. But if you consider to be poor in Britain, when you can't afford a washing machine, a damp free home or an internet connection...than all I can say is...you live in a very very good country and appreciate that!!

[@killerjoe3025]

Fack in the kunt immigration is dead to Britain

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

The council flats with damp shame on the council

[@LukeT390]

Labor, conservatives no matter which comes to power, there will be no difference.

[@starryeyes2810]

LUKE M8 6YRS LATER.......YOU ARE SO RIGHT MY FRIEND.....GOT EVEN WORSE....BE CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW YOUR LIFE HAS CHANGED SINCE YOU PUT THIS COMMENT UP??? JUST TO SAY...HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY??🤗🙏🏻🥰❤️🇬🇧🌻

[@LukeT390]

Starry Eyes yeah I don’t remember putting this comment up, but life is good and I’m happy, never expected a reply to this comment cheers 😀

[@starryeyes2810]

LUKE M8 That’s great to hear!!! Stay strong with what is coming in these next few months...think we are in for some hard times!!!🙏🏻🥰🇬🇧

[@Lakeslover1]

We suffer while we make power companies, landlords and banks rich. The Government does not protect us and are also the problem. Those who “have” look down on the “have nots” as though it’s all their fault. I’m sickened that so many people are now attacking poor pensioners as being takers, people who have worked for their meagre pensions all their working life. Life is very hard for people in low paid jobs, and this government does not care. A real disaster.

[@amisajoi9434]

Birth Control should be a necessity especially if you have one kid and can barely make ends meet. Why would you bring another child into your daily struggle?

[@Runs-InCircles]

+Amisa Joi You could stop having sex.

[@amisajoi9434]

Let's be real very few people opt for that choice or birth control, that is why they find themselves in this situation. Don't make multiple babies if can't afford to provide for their basic needs. It's a sad situation when anyone has to starve especially children. It makes no sense..

[@kristinc6952]

Unfortunately, the more kids you pop out, the more benefits you get. It's a disgrace.

[@londonwins3068]

True

[@vanessasimmons1175]

And why isn’t the father made to support his kids? I think some ppl, not all, have more children thinking they’ll get a better house and more money. I’m sure that happens. And I’m well aware that some ppl are genuinely in need due to health reasons and job losses.

[@whatspoppin5358]

Some of these people claim they don’t have 3 meals a day but they don’t exactly look like their starving or going without food...

[@family-peace-love]

Maybe it's not an every day thing they miss out on a meal doesnt mean it hasnt been an issue on some days

[@ellensanders2736]

The Cox family.

[@Lookatmeshine]

I just calculated what me and my partner have a day. £12.39, which basically makes us poor according to that lady.

[@Sulfen]

+angelstouch92 That does sound like poverty to me in the US. Here, even the bad paying jobs pay $7.25 (£4.79) an hour so you'd have to work 3 hours a day to make that much money. And even the worst paying jobs can easily get you at least $35 usd a day.

[@Lookatmeshine]

Sulfen Well we have minimum wage here of about £6.50 an hour. But I am currently off sick with PTSD and living on benefits.It is really hard and it drives me mad when people say people on benefits have it easy... even the name paints people who claim in a bad light. I can't believe how little some jobs pay in the US. I mean the whole people who gets tips can be paid less thing seems absolutely nuts to me.

[@Sulfen]

+angelstouch92 that's probably because they want an excuse to take away benefits. They think that everyone on benefits is exploiting the system and that all they do is sit back and do nothing all day. Few people exploit the system but the majority are trying to survive and at the same time trying to get a job that pays enough so that they don't have to worry about money constantly.

[@Lookatmeshine]

Sulfen YES! Exactly! It's so refreshing to hear someone who gets it! I don't know many people who actually enjoy being out of work and not through choice.

[@dbec5224]

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[@MegaMarie]

2008 ruined everything, that and advanced technology including internet.

[@suzrachel9036]

It's not just in the UK people it's all over the world even here in Canada... We have lots of people homeless no roof over their heads even if it's a crappy roof... I work 2 jobs and after I pay my bill food and mortgage there's nothing left

[@agowa7438]

Make yourself disabled with a bad back and if you act right you will get much more money than getting a job ..I done it over 30yrs ago and I would never stop my claim.i get over £25.000 a year I have a new car from benefits every 3yrs I love England and so does refugees ..you don't see homeless refugees on the streets .my landlord is my wife so that got our mortgage paid .I have more holidays than my friends who work and I am a Uber driver . England is the best country for easy living but all you have to do is lie.its so easy anyone who says they are poor are not using the benefit system as they can.

[@gaz8177]

ago wa lol 😂.. funny thing is you’re right. I had a neighbour years ago who did exactly the same, played the bad back routine and everywhere he went in public walked slowly and limped in grimace incase being watched. He had a new car every three years, council 3 bedroom home and was away to the football at Celtic every two weeks on his season ticket. Country is an actual joke and only benefits cheats and immigrants

[@goodnightmyprince6734]

Please break my back 🙏

[@mdotschrody]

oh wow I feel awful for Mark. I hope things have turned around for him!

[@scrubsunderstanding8519]

mdotschrody they have thank you i found a job and still at it now plus i have a child and a great gf. thanks

[@mdotschrody]

This is the best thing I've read today. Thanks for the update and congrats to you! So glad you've turned things around so well.

[@osusannah]

I'm glad too. I hope your hard times are behind you and you and your family have a happy and healthy future.

[@playmatecaz]

scrubs understanding omg well done mark. I’m so glad you are happy and healthy.

[@datgrrl_official]

@@scrubsunderstanding8519 you are not Mark are you??? No you are not...

[@InvisibleVicky]

They need to drop the retirement age again. Free up jobs for the younger generation. And look after our older people.

[@woooster17]

And we know that will never happen.. They push the retirement age ever higher. This means they don’t have to pay pensions any longer than they have to. Plus, they hope you may die a few years after retiring at 67, that’s a huge positive for government. Money saved.

[@voiletwhitehorse]

I really feel for the young man .improvising and staying postive with very little .Not everyone on the dole is a scrounger .Really I mean its going back to victorian times .The gutters will run with shit within next ten years .where is guy fawkes when you need him

[@frankmc2195]

A lot of people .drink and take drugs.I don't smoke and don't drink.I'm on pensions .live on my own and can look after my self.thanks.

[@toni4729]

Me too but many can't get work. The Chinese One child policy sent them from the poorest country in the world to the richest in thirty years. This is the reason the rest of the world is in this state today. It's not just Britain. We're all going broke because they're doing all the work. They are getting all the business.

[@Stiffd1]

Tyrone at least has a loving family, that may not have much but that love is greatly treasured. Good on you Rene!

[@lindsaywarden1746]

That poor young man... He should be at a really good place in his life. He's done all the right stuff, passers exams, is ready and willing to work. I'm sure had be a real asset to any organisation. If I could think of a way to give him a job, I would. What is WRONG with society! It's just a disgrace in this day and age!

[@Thompson14t]

If the 21 year old in NE England has a family living close by, why is he living independently? When I graduated in the 80s, I lived in a shared home in grotty Stockwell in London with 4 other people - a nurse, a graphic designer, a bank employee, a wannabe actor. One bathroom, no shower. It was grim, but that was all we could afford and we accepted it because we were just starting out in adult life. We had no expectation of living in our own place!

[@SecurityPro2704]

Well if Britton stopped all of the immigrants from coming into the country and draining the benefits and jobs, things would be a lot different. Back in the 80's there were not as many foreign born living in the country compared to today. Quit letting all the middle eastern beggars from Romania and elsewhere into Britton. Gee the couple near the end of the show don't seem to be doing too bad, He has a console video game, I do without. He should be playing with his child outside

[@SerBallister]

Britain was one of the poorest 'western' countries in the world during the early 80s...

[@shaz3r786]

why would cameron stop eastern eurpoean immigration... his pockets are being lined by the EU

[@evildoctorcheesepuff1958]

please excuse the spew of opinions and information im not good at wording things so i just te what i think

[@primemvr1]

Romania is in Europe , genius

[@rachelnorman6072]

SecurityPro2704 maybe learn how to spell 'Britain' before ranting about immigrants

[@gillianwilliams7990]

You can tell the kids have been told what to say in this program

[@elliemae4820]

I saw a woman and her 3 children in KFC the other day. Her and her children shared one kids meal between them all and she payed in 10,5 and 2p peices. The kids were super thin and you could see their bones. Coming from a middle class family, I felt so bad for them and it is just proof of what's happening in the uk. It's disgusting because we have to work so much more but we hardly get payed anything.

[@miriamdoughty9062]

Ellie-Mae Beauty

[@miriamdoughty9062]

Ellie-Mae Beauty

[@monkeyfree8649]

Heartless bitch. If I would have seen that then I would have paid for their meal for them....and I'm on benefits. Couldn't put your hand in your pocket to help this family out but couldn't wait to get on social media and gossip about what you saw. Evil cow!

[@debbiepeter112]

My comment comes very late. However, if I was sat there and had noticed that, I would have gone to the counter, paid the restaurant £20 and told them to provide that family with as much food for that money as possible. What's left over they can take away with them. No need to make the family feel awkward but I agree with what others have said, you noticed what was happening, walked away and then commented on here!

[@Dingdongbingaling]

Why the hell didn't you do something to help like discreetly go and buy some more food and give them to it ffs ? People like you are part of the problem.

[@donsarde]

I feel sad for that young man called Mark, hope he has indeed found something. God, outrageous that Britain has let her people live in such appalling conditions.

[@bubba842]

When the hell did a mobile phone and a computer become necessities?? Even a car in Britain is not a necessity. I lived without one in Manchester for years.

[@johnberesford9906]

So with a large percentage of jobs now requiring people to work from home, a device and broadband are very much a necessity

[@HumansAreShitFactories]

@@johnberesford9906 the great unwashed who perform manual work can’t work from home.

[@johnberesford9906]

@@HumansAreShitFactories Tell me about it, I spent the whole of the pandemic not working from home

[@rabidsminions2079]

You need a phone to apply for jobs, 12 month mobile plans are cheaper than home phones. Computer and Internet is required for banking and applying for jobs.

[@AceStar1994]

Mobile phones and computers are very much necessities now. Without one or the other, we'd be up shit creek. Such a typical "I'm alright Jack" attitude. "I manage fine so why can't everyone else" 🙄

[@jadesavedbygrace2325]

Sadly even though this was 7 years ago over here in the states today we have a lot of the same problems.

[@fiazshah3838]

All thanks to Tory austerity which has failed. Millions of pounds has been slashed from council budgets since 2010 yet the national debt is at its highest ever. Where did all the money go?

[@mariotucci3]

if you haven't got a computer and a phone how are you expected to find a job

[@rebieroo99]

mario tucci the Job centre the news paper the library the computer cafes it just means you've got to get of you arse to look

[@andycrump4979]

becker boo the library or job centre wont let you use phones

[@rebieroo99]

Andy Crump But the job centre is made to help find Jobs and library have computers

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

Public Library

[@paulrichards4452]

becker boo Over 400 libraries have closed down here now due to the Conservative austerity programme plus many job centres have also closed down. This government has bailed out the corrupt banks to the tune of billions whilst its the poorest who were punished. They carry on like this and there will be revolution. The Morlocks will rise.

[@simonkerr1899]

What the actual fuck is going on today in this country???

[@staling2010]

Rent officer and eviction notices? Let them take you to court and ask the magistrate if he thinks you should pay rent for a moldy damp apartment! Take your governed slim lord to court!

[@bubba842]

Unfortunately you will be evicted long before you ever see a judge.

[@caroleejohnson1553]

That is black mold

[@cindydevine5685]

It's sad that the government doesn't care about poverty. Let's face it, we are on our own.

[@SpecialAgentNoble77]

I see jewelry and makeup. We never seen coffee growing up. These people could eat beans and rice for a couple of months. No. They want what everyone else has.

[@gillianwilliams7990]

Al Wilson I've had beans and rice for a while believe me it's not nice

[@flumpaustin1994]

I never saw a Curly Whirly 'til I was 18 :(

[@monikamiliczka6104]

Al Wilson agree! 1kg of rice and beans would last ages. Cook it, seasoning and one has a lovely nutritious meal. It’s very interesting that poor people can’t cook. Where I come from poor people cook from scratch. No take aways or ready meals.

[@joannesmith3991]

its not taking of the goverment , its the tax payers grrr goverment do feck all to help

[@lindasuepetetsonstuckup]

There’s no frigginwork in Britain especially in small villages

[@MCshlthead]

One word. Tories. But heck the British people seem to love punishment so I hope they and the Tories will be very happy together.

[@funtari7]

What?? Theses people are far way ahead of otheres.In the US families are living in their cars.

[@mee5780]

Single mum with 4 kids and none of the dads are paying a thing.. 🙄 Irresponsible breeding is lucrative in the UK Unemployed couple with 4 sons.. why doesn't one of them move to find work? That's why we have so many people coming to our country..to work and earn for family back home. I used to work on a ship and all the crew were from Asia and they were thankful for a job to send money back home. We just expect everything to come to us here. Feel sad for the young guy Marc..