Kids living in destitution in UK rose by 50% in two years

[@MaximilienRobespierre1]

That lady who had to survive on £67 for 6 weeks, while Boris Johnson complains about having to "survive" on £150,000 a year!!!

[@marklasy6209]

But boris is more important

[@MaximilienRobespierre1]

@@marklasy6209 yeah right...

[@goobobble1]

Thats nothing i know people that had to survive on nothing for over two months waiting for uc.

[@marklasy6209]

@@MaximilienRobespierre1 as the prime minister he should be earning more than me, but he doesn’t(solely from his pm role at least) I think the pm should get £500k a year cos me and my fellow consultant colleagues make around that

[@tiredgardener]

Aye, it is absolutely disgusting. Still can't believe that my beloved North of England voted Tory in the last GE. I dread to think how Brexotnis going to exasperate this social blight.

[@kokoro37]

That poor woman who had to turn down a cooker because she couldn't afford the electricity to use it just broke my heart 💔

[@carriebizz]

Yeah here in Australia we don't have pre paid meters that is so disgusting that they have that system in the UK. Its illegal here to shut off anyone's water, electric or gas. They are necessary

[@christineknight7299]

Glad to learn Austrialia has some humanity....! Hope the Convid 19 Looses ground Down Under ❤️

[@carriebizz]

@@christineknight7299 thanks. I'm in Victoria and we had harsh lockdown for like 4 months but it paid off, unfortunately I can't say the same about Sydney now. Hope covid19 leaves the planet

[@janetteaikman1616]

@@carriebizz don't you mean 7 months??

[@emmaphilo4049]

That's very sad indeed... That's not a rich country...

[@emeraldeimear2721]

These volunteers are Angels on Earth

[@stannats2637]

Gives me hope in life. Good people exist

[@thehappyprince9889]

How very true, amazing individuals! God bless them!

[@SDALLE99]

These “angels” need to learn not to feed rats. Feed them once, and they will always come back.

[@casperwallace9685]

They are, but sadly the Tories just pass on their responsibility to look after these people. Because they know the Angels on Earth will pick up their slack - sadly. So this is why it continues.

[@AbsoluteTiger]

Imagine she couldn’t access her own money because it went into her now dead father’s account and they couldn’t rectify that transfer to a new account instead left her with nothing, but this government can give billion £ contracts to their mates for boat services despite never providing this service and owning zero boats

[@christineknight7299]

..... And They're Attempting to Push Online bank rob ... OH...! er sorry 😬 on to people. Don't know how the Elderly are coping with that in this Scamdem...... pandemic isolation......

[@christineknight7299]

@jago xxx 💯, because they're fed that by the gutter press and they Keep Buying these news papers and keeping themselves poor and the news barons rich!

[@Brynwyn123]

@jago xxx decades of propaganda. What's the first thing you think if when you hear the word scrounger? Bet it was people on benefits. You know what did that? TV and newspapers like the daily mail.

[@SnapszDuhh]

That is absolutely disgusting. They should be ashamed leaving that poor woman with nothing when she needed it the most. What if she died??? It makes me so angry😡

[@10AntsTapDancing]

This illustrates how important it is to have a will. If her father had a will then none of this would have happened. If you fail to plan for the future this is the result and the government doesn't give a damn about people like her or any of the ordinary Brits who pay their wages.

[@littledotti]

Just heart wrenching, listening to charities speaking about families whos clients kids are sleeping on the floor, or don't have dishes, food, electricity... My heart goes out to all in need.

[@michaelrodgers7109]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ so sad so down

[@justsomekid33]

We see this charity and are in awe of it but never forget that its designed this way. The welfare state torn apart so that the goodness of strangers is all that is left for people to depend on. These are incredible people but it shouldn't be this way.

[@Azmodaeus49]

Spot on

[@aleyahaforlife]

America is going through the same. A few rich getting richer, more poor becoming poorer and a dwindling middle class.

[@duckhive]

well-said, mate

[@saxglend9439]

Money spent on welfare/healthcare has increased every year since 1950.

[@saxglend9439]

@jago xxx What is the UK's National Debt?

[@teee8686]

This breaks my heart

[@fmjwest8296]

And mine. It’s an abject disgrace, not a decent politician in the country.

[@teee8686]

@@fmjwest8296 there’s not they’d rather line their own pockets than help these poor kids and families that have nothing or the homeless that need the help to start fresh

[@pedrolopes3542]

@Tee E, Oh, yes because it is always so good to compare oneself to the ones doing worse than yourself. I could do the opposite and give you a long list of countries in the EU doing better than the UK: Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Germany,the Netherlands, Belgium, Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg. I can see what your reply is going to be: Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal or even Italy. however that does not explain how the entity Central and Norther Europe can do better. The last group of countries have traditionally been poorer than the UK for the last 300 years. Do you want to fall to their level?

[@teee8686]

@@pedrolopes3542 we are talking about corrupt government

[@pedrolopes3542]

@@teee8686 yes the UK government.

[@colofsco1]

My god have mercy on the working class. Stay as healthy as you can, and breathe before you make the decision. Keep fighting and hold onto your life.

[@eduardochavacano]

the middle classes will take it harder. the working class are used to not needing cream cheese on their sour cream bagel and whip cream on their coffee.

[@colofsco1]

@@eduardochavacanoalot of people are going to die because of the economic depression. It won't matter if they are middle or working class, when I think about it.

[@mk-ee7vx]

Whixh god is that

[@emmaphilo4049]

@@eduardochavacano please do not compare. The poors never get used to being poor....

[@TomRiddler-m3j]

me bravo Bhuddhism accepts people of all religious beliefs and celebrates them

[@mttfboy]

Just like in America, our government doesn't care that people are starving and losing their livelihood. One day people will say enough is enough.

[@shagadelic3000]

Most people are too ignorant to say anything. The mental numbing of the population has been the reason politicians can get away with anything. The world is screwed and it's too late.

[@mmpoggs2033]

@@shagadelic3000 those who are aware can come together to help those who need help!

[@JW-uy2on]

Nope. Our politicians think poor people are lazy and stupid and deserve to die. New Orleans residents swear to this day that the levees were broken on purpose during Katrina.

[@Adriana-vp1rm]

It won't happen. The people will be divided, and many will take the mark of the Beast.

[@keymaker2112]

They should end the lockdowns immediately. The measures are disproportionate to the 98% survivability rate of the virus, we're operating under the conditions of a religious mass hysteria at present. It's not the government job to provide for you, it's their job to create, maintain, and improve the conditions of the nation such that you are able to provide for yourself.

[@petermorrell9865]

Reminder everyone that MP’s we’re trying to get a pay rise while so many people struggle. What a shambles this country is.

[@Lulu-ut9pv]

Dont forget they get their 2nd homes so they can work closer to london.... yeah like a half a million pounds house for a 1 MP... yet there genuine people who are homeless and would be grateful for a £5

[@Willywin]

Now you know how the working classes felt when the liberal elites got their pay rises with being int he EU but they suffered from wage stagnation due to free movement. Being in the EU, a shambles.

[@MikeSpike117]

@@Willywin free movement didn’t cause wage decreases my friend. Capitalism caused wage decreases because the inherent desire for all the profit going to the top means they’ll dip your pay. Also it’s been proven that immigration keeps wages the same apart form extremely small changes (which get outweighed when you realise we get a ton of tax revenue that we can use to help those struggling) Also ever heard of a union? Immigrants tend to join those more, you should too

[@Willywin]

​@@MikeSpike117 So when an employer can say, you dont like the wages - dont worry, I can get someone from a poor part of Europe that will... and the EU enabled that by free movement in fact that was what free movement was intended to achieve for the corporatists and multi national companies with their lobbyists in Brussels all of whom make generous unaccountable political donations to said EU politicians and nice cushy retirement jobs for the bureaucrats- you are by design or through being a useful idiot aiding and abbeting the multi nationals to treat people as disposable items. Go to the communities and ask real people - not book read your latest socialist pamphlet... Regarding immigrants paying taxes - yes they do and take far more out of the system than they will ever put back in - how about insisting on a health insurance policy for foreign workers int he UK to ensure the UK taxpayer doesn't end up paying for their healthcare, how about a levy on employers to ensure the local council tax payers are not subsidising the company by subsidising the housing and education of foreign workers they employ. Regarding being in a trade Union... I was in one, I was in the NUM, in fact I was an elected official - back when Coal was King and socialists were all for keeping coal mines open - how things have changed now the Champaign middle class university educated socialist brigade have adopted all things climate. I was on strike several times for lengthy periods in the name of solidarity and each time I got pissed on from a great height - and not from the Conservative Government, they were honest they said what they wanted - no I was pissed on by so called fellow Trade Unionists and left wing politicians who when it came to the crunch didn't turn up - so save your preaching for someone who hasn't lived through real history and has only a re-written version of history in a pamphlet to go on. I worked and lived in a community that was badly affected by free movement - odds on you weren't or you wouldn't be singing its p'raises.

[@MikeSpike117]

@@Willywin 1) join a union (because that’s what you do to keep your wages) and considering real wages have gone down you’d probably want to adjust them back up (wages have been going down since before we joined the EU) 2) with the whole getting cheap labour thing that’s just an inherent problem with capitalism 3) so you agree that socialism and by extend communism is better for the planet? When you talk about the champagne middle class I think you’re referring to liberals who think we can make change in the current system 4) You said yourself that free movement overall benefits countries, can you please explain to me the downside of it (because wages don’t decrease if not extremely marginal, more revenue for the government, growing up with more diverse neighbourhoods, way less crime and use of public services compared to the native population) I’m genuinely confused as to what the negatives are

[@chelseagirl278]

My heart goes out to the parents and Carol. I just want to give her the BIGGEST hug! ❤️🙏❤️

[@patrickdoyle9304]

The UK is much further down the road of US policy than any other european country. The poor are crushed

[@ruxiist]

People lazily want to be like the 51st state but these are the consequences, poor to non-existent social security net, ridiculous levels of statutory sick pay, poorer worker rights etc etc.

[@aleta5024]

@cm. CG I come from Bosnia and I have never seen so much poverty as in the UK. I work in a college here and see hungry children every day.

[@aleta5024]

@cm. CG it's the truth. Never seen Bosnian children eating a packet of crisps for lunch because there was nothing else in the cupboard and no money to buy anything else. The poverty in the UK is shocking for a western country.

[@Willywin]

And yet so many Europeans want to come here to work and live - why is that? And yet so many migrants travel through Italy (a nice safe country) and France (a wealthy safe country) to come to the UK - someone should tell them how bad it is. Why do so many Irish leave Ireland to come and work and live in the UK if it is so bad? Just putting the obvious out there, I know it wont fit the narrative, but who cares for faux outrage - certainly not the often ignored working class who have been abandoned by the woke Metropolitan Champaign socialists in favor of 'identity' politics. Not many working class people will take the knee. Those darn working class folk just wont stop in the box we want to put them in lol.

[@patrickdoyle9304]

@@Willywin and yet they voted for johnson and his get brexit done agenda in 2019.

[@AutobotProwler]

wait until january 1. you haven't seen anything yet

[@picklep9812]

I think January 25th is the day it all unfolds

[@danielwebb8402]

What. Still growth, just 2% slower in total over the next decade. So if you have 100 today you'll have 115 in 10 years time when would have been 118 if we'd stayed in the EU. Understanding this difference between negative growth, and slower growth is maybe a good step.

[@BenQotsa]

what do you mean?

[@phoenixzappa7366]

@@danielwebb8402 Ah the logic of madness and figures plucked from a derriere.

[@massimo872]

2021 will be much worst

[@よしこさん-g4p]

Bravo to all this volunteering workers and charity’s

[@christinecraig7473]

Those that say universal credit is a good thing should be made to live on that amount of money for a year. Then come back and say how things have been.

[@cansee0]

Bravo 👏 excellent idea

[@DJRikuto]

It's good if you live at home but other than that being harrassed twice a week and being thrown into some random job that makes 0 use of your diploma sucks.

[@EuroB0B1]

Not going into my personal details but both my wife and I have been on UC for just over 12 months. I was a self employed sparky until my illness and my wife looked after our 3 boys. With the exception of mortgage which was paid due to insurance we haven't struggled quite as bad. We have had to make changes ie we dont go out, drink , smoke and reduced or stopped subscription services. Cant say that we struggle tbh yes things have changed and i cant spend what i want on a whim anymore but we can heat and feed those in our home. Cant help feel this is made a political football tbh.

[@adam7802]

@@EuroB0B1 Universal credit isn't all bad. But it does make people in certain circumstances worse off. In general all of the new style benefits make people worse off than what is called legacy benefits, they have more strict rules and generally you get less for them. It's hard for me to really describe all of the issues I've seen without writing an essay... I'm just going to say I've personally experienced just how bad it is trying to claim disability benefit, I've also worked for a charity and seen many other people having the same issue or various other issues with benefits and money. It is good you are managing, and some of those on the left do probably play on it. But there is a genuine issue here I believe. It isn't always to do with how much you're getting, actually getting the benefits your entitled to as I briefly alluded to can be a real challenge.

[@Reticence9zen924]

The weird thing was also because of the Cameron-Clegg cabinet capping benefits in the 2010 and 2011 budgets, the average monthly pay from benefits was reduced but in 2020 the budget allowed for more money (around an extra £80 per month) which was apparently supposed to be a long term increase anyway but now they plan to cut it after April 2021 for the next budget because the official announcement is now it was only supposed to help during the SARS-Cov crisis for a year for the unemployed

[@Chris66Mas]

It’s disgusting how the government and system in one of the richest countries systematically abandons its citizens! A disgrace! 😡

[@Chris66Mas]

@Greg Lakatos The government is supposed to manage our country, that’s why we pay tax money, not to enrich themselves and enslave the citizens in a perpetual rat race, little lad!

[@Chris66Mas]

@THE VIDEO MAKER True, but debt to who? 🤔 Someone obviously raked it in big time, thanks to the cv. And how many Millions of pounds did this government waste on useless ppe?!?

[@Willywin]

Abandons - that's a bit strong - if it was so bad surely the citizens would have voted for comrade Corbyn - if we had though, by now we'd all be eating our pets...

[@mmcd256]

@THE VIDEO MAKER Its a proven fact - There is no pandemic. Ask the Gov. to produce the bodies ?? They have slapped a C. label on every death - most deaths - not true facts. No positive ID of C. No test able to detect it. Asymptomatic !!!!!!! Give me a break !!!! How do we know if we are less than well. ???? Symptoms. No Pan. has been known from March. FACT. Search further afield than TV news.

[@mmcd256]

@AdolfHitler 88LonglivetheReich It depends on the type of Gov. People look to Gov., usually because there are permissions needed for stuff - long held standards agreed over /for many things. Over time we have learned and agreed on the best way to do things for the sake if everyone involved (hopefully).

[@isobelb5750]

I fear that the UK will have less and less infrastructure and the we haven't heeded America as a warning (specifically the divide in wealth and lack of support).

[@thegracienetwork7847]

You are 100% correct. I'm in California and it's a disaster (and we are the richest state with the most govt support, its way worse in the poorer states). I have a dual citizenship with Germany thanks to my Mom and am thinking of moving there.

[@stuartfitch7093]

Fact is, the UK has the biggest wealth divide in western Europe. But the selfish rich who bang on about equality for all dont want to actually relinquish anything they have so others can prosper too. It's a total hypocrisy. Our area still gets thousands of pounds less per person in terms of government funding than the likes of London so levelling up is not going happen in my or our child's lifetime.

[@gerardoenmibarrio]

40 million Americans filed for unemployment during the pandemic, but billionaires saw their net worth increase by half a trillion dollars. That is disgraceful.

[@RK-ep8qy]

Don't call me Clown, Moustache 45% of their earnings? Yeah that's not how tax works, a bit gets taken at each bracket, it's not an overall percentage

[@kaysingerade2879]

@don't call me a clown Migration has been down to its lowest for years as well as being stagnant this year, and the UK is still suffering. Britain never had high migrant intake to begin with anyway. Fix the abysmal tax system that allows so many big corporations to get away legalised criminal acts and pay your service providers in line with the rate of inflation. How can your bumbling politicians get pay rises during the crisis, but freeze the pay of the nurses and other front line workers risking their lives daily? In what universe should that be acceptable to basic human decency?

[@jonathonyates6221]

Charity is great and can do many useful things, often acting in areas larger actors cannot, but the reliance on charity to solve the most pressing issues a nation faces or to provide the basic social safety net that stops people becoming destitute, represents a failure of government and society

[@lolly8624]

And the equal opportunities of education and jobs, stolen by the rich, to not just survive but be comfortable

[@luminyam6145]

I agree, this is government failure and it is shameful.

[@prernapriz]

Couldn't agree more

[@rogersmith8339]

There is a big problem with many charities, they do nothing to solve the problem long term and very often the CEOs are on very big money!

[@Sonyag1]

The working and middle class need to stop voting for tax cuts for the very wealthy.

[@dd-du9bz]

Our government should feel ashamed knowing the levels of poverty in our communities but I doubt they do...and they'll never know because money breeds ignorance and they have plenty of both 🤦‍♀️

[@4evertrue830]

Yes they do know the level of poverty because they created it in the first place. Ensuring the rich don't pay their fair share of taxes is the reason for so much poverty in the country.

[@CelticAngel555]

@@4evertrue830 👏👏👏👏👏

[@RNA0ROGER]

Welcome to lockdowns

[@hatersburnlovercarryon4541]

I remember I had to go to food bank for the first time in life my children were just looking at chocolates like they never saw before this happens when I applied for universal credit for months I had nothing because they were deciding it's so hard I went through this may nobody face these ever in their life

The GAP between the "Rich & Poor" is definitely widening for certain !! 🤔🤔

[@kanedNunable]

always does with tories in charge

[@emmaphilo4049]

@jago xxx they just don't seem to care and keep telling themself the trickle down economy illusion 🤷‍♀️

[@bendover-bz4bc]

And i think it's beautiful. This is how it should be.

@@emmaphilo4049 : Hmmmmm.......interestingly stated. Reminiscent of the late MJ song "They don't Really care about us" !! 🤔🤔🤔

[@Catubrannos]

@@kanedNunable I wasn't aware Labour were referred to as tories these days.

[@lolcatjunior]

The British see themselves the same way Americans do, not as a worker but temporarily embarrassed future millionaires. Thus they always vote the way a millionaire does.

[@lw63]

Interesting comment - would love to hear more about what you mean by this.

[@ginag243]

Absolute nonsense Labour stopped supporting the working class even went so far as to mock all white van men that’s why they lost the election and will continue to lose out they no longer appeal to their core audience. The penny hasn’t dropped with them yet why the lost so much of the north.

[@lolcatjunior]

@@ginag243 Notice I didn't specifically say labour, this happened way before whatever anti sjw stuff you say it is. It was during the post Thatcher era when labour leadership changed and they started to imitate the Tories in many aspects. Watch century of the self. It shows how the US Democratic and UK Labour party changed itself to chase after voters who most resembled the people in their focus groups. Middle class people with consumerist appetites rather than actual working class people. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKDYknSwatKEd9U&ab_channel=JustAdamCurtis

[@lolcatjunior]

@AngloGirl85UK I think minorities make a large portion of the working class, immigrants are a net bonus on the economy.

[@fquint6468]

Bingo! They are voting for rich people and the upper class to continue living lavishly because they think someday they'll get there and it never ever happens.

[@gingercat8694]

I'm in tears, God bless Les and his brilliant, compassionate team, what wonderful people.

[@amithebrand5095]

I'm sorry these families are going through this. Sending them a prayer.

[@thehappyprince9889]

This is so sad 😭 I am genuinely shocked. That lady who turned down a cooker because she couldn't afford to use it...what type of world are we living in? People leading these lives through no fault of their own! Makes me so ashamed of what we allow governments to get away with...where good people have to live like this and others are spending 1,000's on iPhones for 7year olds. 💔💔💔💔💔

[@casperwallace9685]

People who vote Tory don't care what Tories to do these people. They don't give it a thought.

[@somalia2730]

They pay war but no their people suffering

[@eduardochavacano]

to alleviate their pain they are given Britain’s Got Talent and they gladly accept the drug.

[@jebbo-c1l]

10 years of tories folks

[@ABanRocks]

My taxes didn't go up so I am happy. However could have done without Brexit.

[@TomBartram-b1c]

The maddest thing is this: there's a massive rich/poor gap WITHIN people on long term benefits. Ppl on the dole with sky telly and Spain twice a year DO exist.

[@HebrewsUK]

@@ABanRocks Well they will now . Just give it time. The worst thing is, is that cvd is perfect excuse for that.... but then we'll find out they've given themselves pay rises and abusing expenses again.

[@sjc620]

Yep and labour were worse.

[@saxglend9439]

10 years without moron Corbyn.

[@vincentkermorgant]

Shame on the UK

[@saxglend9439]

We have a free health service and a wide range of welfare.

[@vincentkermorgant]

@@saxglend9439 clearly not working

[@Mg-it9hv]

@@saxglend9439 High taxes for social services that don't exist. Downsides of the American system with no benefits and downsides of the Scandinavian system with none of their benefits. SCAM

[@ruxiist]

@@Mg-it9hv Exactly that, why even pretend to have a social security net when UC and the DWP don't help anyone. Culturally people have been conditioned to dislike scroungers but many more are unfortunately experiencing that living on benefits isn't as easy as they thought.

[@joebryant5722]

Absolutely gutted for Carol who had to ask the council to bury her father. That hurts big time:(((

[@islanddweller3674]

That is common actually. Carol is facing what many many families endure. I am about to start paying for my funeral in advance as i have no family and have seen hpw "the council" deal with folk like me when we die alone

[@Dingdongbingaling]

@@islanddweller3674 I have bequeathed my body to medical science and put money for a cremation to one side in case it is refused last minute, I don't wish to be a financial burden to anyone when I go . I learnt that I have to think ahead like you, sad but true 😘💕

[@stepheva8292]

It's disgusting that politicians live with thousands & we have chirldren living like this in 2020

[@paulcarruthers2431]

What did you think the tories were like then they were no different in the 80'S they will never change

[@stepheva8292]

@Stacy J shut up bot!

[@stepheva8292]

@Stacy J ok bot

[@stepheva8292]

@Stacy J 😂😂😂

[@SDALLE99]

Instead of blaming your starving children on the government, maybe look in the mirror. Failure isn’t an easy sight.

[@kemibello6812]

Carol’s story is so sad😪

[@SDALLE99]

Doesn’t seem like she’s missing any meal tho, does it...

[@leonhenry4861]

@@SDALLE99 ha ha ha ha, ice cold ❄️

[@steve-thomas]

Feeling so sorry for you in the UK. From Europe it shouldn't be this way

[@ABanRocks]

it is much worse in lot of other European countries.

[@steve-thomas]

@@ABanRocks no not really it's been bad in the UK a long time

[@emmabrooker166]

Adi B Either you're profoundly ill-informed or just disingenuous. Which is it? We have the poorest state pension and statutory sick pay just for a start.

[@Earhairy]

"Feeling so sorry for you in the UK.". Don't bother. Many of the stupid bastards who are enduring this voted for it.

[@888Caz]

@@emmabrooker166 - There aren't any State Pensions any more. Taken out whilst the EU was in control. Now the elders have to work till they are 68, going on 70, and claim Universal Credit/EUniversal Credit/UNiversal Credit/UBI to make their wages into something they can live on. Or eat grass. Forced into jobs the young should have. Who will soon be called up to war with Russia, as per EU/UN's plans and their european wide Military Union, which includes Britain.

[@walkerhuang]

the uk workers are paying high tax. but our kids are starving. I feel the uk is occurring some systemic failure.

[@mogznwaz]

No they're not.

[@samuelthornton9179]

Because the rich doesn't paid their fair share

[@carriebizz]

The system in the UK that they use for poorer people to use pre paid utilities its absolutely disgusting. Here in Australia we have unlimited utilities, water, gas and electric and we just pay a certain amount via direct debit each week. They do not cut off your power etc its illegal. Its terrible the way you can have no heat or power etc for days or even 1 day is awful. They should not be allowed to do that.

[@WWammyy]

It happened back when Margaret Thatcher privatised the utilities.

[@stephenmurray2851]

Yes but Australia is right wing. Britain has 3 million immigrants to pay for.

[@ashotofmercury]

@@stephenmurray2851 we don't have to pay for immigrants, you absolute melt! 🙄

[@kingsleykester8167]

@@stephenmurray2851 Remember that the so called Australia is the ancestral homeland of aborigines. Meaning that you are living on a stolen land. When are you going back to England where your ancestors came from?

[@ashotofmercury]

@@kingsleykester8167 yeah but don't forget that when white people move abroad we call them Expats! 😏😉

[@LA-gh3mi]

We are all cashcows for the Government but the minute we fall on hard times...not a bean 🙄

[@arthurmorgan4201]

I pay 52% tax (income tax + NI + student loan). Yet the minute I stop working I will be homeless. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? Abolish the government & abolish taxation. We can do this better ourselves

[@Mittibh]

It’s not true , I worked all my life , fell on hard times when my child was disabled . We live on benefits at the min , I don’t smoke , drink at all and I don’t take drugs . We receive a decent amount to live on that covers all the basics . They have a nice home , clothes and food

[@tedfash1332]

We are over 2 trillion in debt

[@camillahansen1852]

The work they do is incredible❤️

[@tanveerhasan2382]

I concur

[@stephenloudon5833]

God bless all those struggling in these trying times which are getting worse. A huge heartfelt thankyou to those who are helping !! Absolutely brilliant of all charity workers/volunteers. You will all reap the rewards. Well done to each and every one of you. God bless.

[@tipwo6921]

My heart just broke. Feel so sad 😥

[@angelaboniface451]

Make Jacob Reece-Moggs watch this. He thinks it’s shameful that UNICEF is going to fund breakfasts for needy children in the UK. This is why!!!! This government doesn’t care about the needy only themselves

[@Nickelodeon81]

And yet bizarrely, people vote for these people in landslide election victories. What are people thinking.

[@angelaboniface451]

@@Nickelodeon81 I know, it’s beyond belief. I don’t know how people fall for the lies and spin. I guess they hear what they want to hear.

[@eggy6745]

Probably because UNICEF is a scam

[@angelaboniface451]

@@eggy6745 ... and your evidence for that is?

[@leonhenry4861]

You think someday with a 150 million networth gives a toss?

[@armchairtruedetective4581]

MAXIMUM RESPECT TO THIS MAN AND HIS ORGANISATION, THERES STILL HOPE AND GOOD OUT THERE XXX

[@Evie170]

So sad for England. I see a lot of English people living in Western Australia being so grateful for a decent government (and sunny weather).

[@eduardochavacano]

or Southeast Asia where they can be models or celebrities. The pretty are actually very nice and intelligent. The fat and cocky of the species, send them off to Timbuktu.

[@jamiesermon3881]

Labour and lib dem are decent, its only the tories who literally refused to feed starving kids!

[@jamiesermon3881]

@@eduardochavacano wtf

[@Ellis_B]

@@jamiesermon3881 stop smoking so much

[@user-wm2tw]

Hello colonist 👋👋

[@gillramsay1112]

This is heartbreaking. While Britain have huge sums of money, that some of the country’s richest wear the fact that they pay no tax as a badge of honour. Shame on them and this greed and me me me society is disgusting. If you are making millions should you not be proud to pay your tax to help others not so fortunate. How much is enough Jacob 😔

[@kanedNunable]

JRM is about to get an 880k payout for PPE contract he was awarded by the tories. didnt go to tender and PPE was not good enough to use but taxpayer down £15m

[@FowlorTheRooster1990]

sadly taxes dont go straight to the areas or people who need it

[@UNDERCOVEREXPOSER]

it's because demons run this world.

[@emperorpicard6474]

The fact that you want other peoples money is greed. You dont have a right to other peoples wealth. Not to mention the fact that it is economically highly inefficient.

[@FowlorTheRooster1990]

@@emperorpicard6474 its not always people wanting rich peoples money, alot of the time its the people needing this wealth not wanting it

[@larstenfaelt1859]

Salvation Army. You are amazing!

[@katesmith2339]

It saddens me to see human beings being treated this way. It was never meant to be this way. We are all Gods children. Shameful.

[@chesterlee6508]

Kate smith , not all gods children, a lot are satans children.

[@adansantur4677]

So why UK is fighting foreign wars , if they can’t feed their kids.

[@therealKINDLE]

My New years resolution has come early. I am stopping videos when politician speak. I have nothing further to say nor hear from them. I couldn't give a fig what they have to say.

[@warbler1984]

Write a letter to your representatives and let them politely know what matters to you as a voter

[@riyadougla539]

Same here. We all ought to plan ahead. I have no idea what 2021 holds. Never felt as anxious for the New Year as I do now.

[@eduardochavacano]

good attitude actually. Unless you are making revenues trolling or something, we could all use a break from anything cooked for the middle classes.

[@phanders6236]

it's a horrible situation but it's not the politicians fault that we have this virus.

[@markbowden7238]

you worked out politics is pantomime

[@GlennLeinster]

How the working class vote Tory is beyond me:-(

[@doofus4648]

Because the working class lost trust in the so called “working man’s” party that’s why.

[@emmabrooker166]

Murdoch manipulation

[@doofus4648]

@@emmabrooker166 ooh!! The bogeyman of the left murdoch, he makes putin look like a teddy bear 🧸

[@saxglend9439]

Because the Labour Party.

[@doofus4648]

@@saxglend9439 it nailed its colours to the minority mast a long time ago ignoring it’s core voters doing it, if that’s hard for the lefty’s to swallow then tough.

[@xvxixv8205]

watching this from the mainland and this absolutely breaks my heart

[@BlahBlahBlah961]

Debt ridden economy with no manufacturing and low productivity.

[@ataphelicopter5734]

Yes, America is an awful place

[@leonhenry4861]

@@ataphelicopter5734 this is the UK

[@dolceanstar]

I don't seem to remember the Banks saying that they would pay back the public that baled them out.

[@ashleybosvik3031]

Those people that give are a God send to these people

[@susanb4816]

government is always saying they cannot afford to end poverty but they always afford boondoggles, their own salaries and benefits, and bailing out corporations

[@pushinp157]

They don't end poverty because the poor keep them in power, Just like in Venezuela, half of the population was poor and dependent on the government. They know these systems and ideas are flawed.

[@samuelthornton9179]

@@pushinp157 Bolivia is doing fine with a wealth tax

[@pushinp157]

@@samuelthornton9179 Bolivia is an extremely poor country, the corruption is out of control and the wealthy probably don't pay those taxes anyway, would you provide a European country with a successful wealth tax and decently sized wealthy population?

[@samuelthornton9179]

@@pushinp157 its have alot of growth under mas and it's not corrupt anyway.

[@samuelthornton9179]

@@pushinp157 norway

[@florafauna5883]

Child poverty and destitution on a vaste scale in Britain 2020. Is that why you voted for the tories in the last elections? To eradicate child poverty? Nah, the priority is brexit innit, people of the british isles. The class system Live and Kicking, I see.

[@Anon-xd3cf]

Why do people keep stating the year like that's supposed to mean something?

[@nathanking9440]

@@Anon-xd3cf because that’s when we left the eu perhaps? Just a guess

[@ABanRocks]

I voted for Tory because it kept my taxes down.

[@mogznwaz]

Propaganda

[@mogznwaz]

@jago xxx No. We don't mind foreigners at all. But the UK cannot sustain 500k net population growth every single year. If you want to know why some people may be struggling there's your answer. Oversupply of labour leads to lower wages and higher demand of housing leads to higher house prices. Double whammy.

[@ARIELVB]

And still the Royal family avoid paying full tax on their off shore bank accounts ! They should hang their heads in shame !

[@maryfenton958]

The Royals have no shame. They don't even pay their taxes. They got handouts from the Tory government to make up for the losses they sustained during the pandemic. It's shameful the money they get from the public purse, while there are people living in poverty. Its time for them to go... they cost too much.

[@bobosborne1573]

all the soper rich footballers are giving loads to feed the poor...oh wait no they not. they giving interveiws etc for us to chip in

[@kenziemariah534]

Exactly.

[@jonova3187]

@Anna Anna how greedy! If you have excess and have the ability to help and you cannot. That’s a damn shame!!

[@YA-tx6nh]

@@jonova3187 exactly no body needs 100,00 a week that’s too much money

[@petefraser3013]

When a no deal Brexit takes hold, lord have mercy on the UK.

[@petefraser3013]

@@mariomartins6960 Let’s come back to this comment in 18 months and see how things are then.

[@fmjwest8296]

@Yorkshire Tea You sound like a psychopath. Every dog has its day, you too.

[@joannapebbleworthy9343]

@beverly ledbetter But the poor, as well as the middle class, were manipulated into voting for this, so that they wouldn't have anyone to blame but themselves. It is true, though, that the manipulation was a very cheap one, and anyone could make some effort to inform themselves before voting. Stupidity is a very expensive hobby.

[@riyadougla539]

@jago xxx Companies like Caffe Nero don't pay tax at all. Things will get worse after a no deal Brexit.

[@riyadougla539]

@Stevo! I'm hoping for a no deal too. People will realise they were lied to, poverty will increase.

[@Murlena888]

Children without their parents too.

[@alrightyru]

It's bad. Children aging out of foster care, alone. Children who've lost all supports due to Covid. Children not signing online for school, going unattended. Children without food (and don't steal it all like on Shameless). Without electricity and maybe without water. I pray for us all to get through this, it takes a village.

[@kynchan3332]

Rising wages just makes the employer cut hours I've found for so many entry jobs. Lunch time was usually paid for and the food subsidized. Now, 30 minutes for lunch is unpaid and there is no subsidized food. As the wages have risen more work is required to be done in fewer hours. Complaining employees get sacked to be replaced by some young person on one of the apprenticeship schemes or some flexible workers who don't get the same protection from the business. The government can keep asking for employers to pay more but so many small/medium businesses are leveraged to the hilt. Just a few large defaulting customers and the business is finished and with it the employees who relied on that income.

[@barrythomas8005]

What a disgrace this country has become I’m ashamed to say I’m British

[@cosm1cstar]

Why am your ashamed to be British ? It’s not your fault, it’s the governments fault that things are the way they are. They caused this dire situation we’re all in, they allow tax dodging for rich cronies, they selected their friends to get richer concerning track & trace, vaccine for CV19 and for supplying PPE ... they gave themselves a nice percentage pay rise on top of their already very large salaries, they’ve allowed councils in London to sell off 4 very big council estates to developers to tart up for only the rich etc etc thus taking away housing that at some point could’ve housed other families etc etc ... chin up man, raise your energy vibration ......

[@paulapratley5904]

Thank goodness there are people like this who help the needy , any of us can experience difficulties

[@SpirallingUpwards]

This made me cry way more than expected

[@picklep9812]

Awe..bless your heart 💞💫

[@mutoidliz2320]

Documentary: Poor people struggling Advert:Here’s a really expensive ,6 mile long,hideous sofa that costs more than a mortgage!

[@lyledeyounges1276]

Up 54% in 2 years? *IN 2 YEARS!* I can't get over those numbers...

[@genericdeveloper3966]

I have a feeling a lot of that rise was the last 1 year.

[@uusrano]

@@genericdeveloper3966 they are comparing 2017 and 2019.

[@genericdeveloper3966]

@@uusrano Then we sure have a lot to look forward to then

[@paulcoulson1478]

new government rules and stuff like UC will partly be to blame, they will not even give you a budgeting loan anymore unless you lie to them and say you do not have a fridge or something, i once phoned up for one and just said i could do with the money and got declined and phoned straight back saying i needed a fridge and was approved.

[@protectourfreedom8221]

Damn...my heart goes out. All of the people I've met from the UK have been good people for the most part. I hope they can get back on their feet soon.

[@kingsleykester8167]

Australia the ancestral homeland of aborigines

[@charlottebayford]

It's that gut wrenching moment you get a brown envelope from DWP and you know it's going to be 'you have been overpaid please pay us back' and then have to figure out how, because you spent it on food so you could eat and stay alive. P.s. I am from the town shown in this story.

[@StormNight1993]

I had a letter like that a couple of days ago, nearly £500 I've got to pay back somehow, I'm not even sure how they came up with that number. As if my Christmas isn't already gonna be terrible enough got that hanging over my head now! I'm sure councils are run by sadists. The thing that worries me most is that for people with mental health problems, who are isolated and struggling to keep themselves going, a letter like that can be the final straw for them.

[@pietervanderzwaan4295]

@@StormNight1993 i live in the Netherlands which has similar policies and once we got a bill worth of €25000,- had to be paid at once it was more than 8 years ago but it took a lot of effort to sort that up lucky we were allowed to pay in 12 parts and having excellent grand parents got us through this easier i never forget that moment (wish i could)

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

I got one on xmas eve, thankfully got it sorted

[@sammyknows_]

Amazon returns that go land fill on the secret tracking they did could go to all these people and save the landfill tipping.

[@LabRat6619]

My mum was on social in the 1970's and even then it was RAW!! No food charity, no nothing, except hunger

[@makeingmillionsgta8948]

The poor lady could not afford flowers for her dad 10 years of tories have killed the country 😢

[@hopsie9983]

And the debt keeps on rising staggering, end result will be more tax, higher uni fees, reduced education and NHS budget, reduced police and firefighters funding, increase tax on 2nd properties, the list goes on. UK has become a debtor nation, Covid-19 and brexit has accelerated the decline. Another 10 more years of the Tories will be the nail in the coffin.

[@danrawson8515]

All Governments are the same we all need to wake up and never Vote Labour or cons

[@abrahkadabra9501]

Many British expats I've met described the poverty in the UK I'm seeing here.

[@slydoll7877]

I am a British expat. We left for a reason. My husband isn't British and he kept saying "The crap's going to hit the fan here..we have to leave..." and I eventually listened and I'm so glad we did.

[@abrahkadabra9501]

@@slydoll7877 Are the problems economic, political, social? Or is it a combination of all three?

[@slydoll7877]

@@abrahkadabra9501 All three. It's very difficult to rise to a decent living standard over there. Unless you come from a family who are able to give you money to buy a house, the wages are so low, most ordinary people struggle with that...so you get stuck renting even if you have a degree and two working partners.

[@abrahkadabra9501]

@Anna Anna Please read the thread again. SlyDoll7 made no mention of other immigrants at all. She only related her own experience as an immigrant to a new country and the situation in her country of origin.

[@naomimoran5564]

Heartbreaking. As a solo parent who's experienced trying to get by it makes me thankful my ancestors were sent to Australia :( we are so lucky in Australia

[@mub___lol9297]

is it better in Australia?

[@orpheasnestos7444]

I’m glad to hear that but something tells me it’s on its way to you..

[@jedics1]

it is better here, we get welfare and medical but rent and housing is still completely out of reach by more every day and watch our rates of homeless explode in 2021. Also watch our government do nothing meaningful about it, they stopped our stimulus right in the middle of covid like everything is fine now.

[@fatimasohail224]

Uk lost colonies in1947 so it's revenuedwindled

[@fatimasohail224]

More over Class differenceplaysa a.major way of it's declining

[@euroantifa7517]

homelessness up by 200% since tories came to power. not just junkies and alcoholics.... families. but it’s ok. phillip green has money enough to help.

[@Anon-xd3cf]

*"junkies and alcoholics"* ??? That attitude is a big part of why society struggles to solve these problems.

[@heliotropezzz333]

Philip Green is keeping his money to himself as well as the money that properly belongs in the pension fund for his ex employees.

[@mackab5179]

@@heliotropezzz333 Fiat money is not limited in supply, so 'keeping his money to himself' as you say doesn't really make sense..

[@chubeye1187]

@Banned 5 Times thicko

[@tracyjanebradley1356]

Poverty is like a disease I think that’s why a lot of people turn to drugs and alchol to escape the reality of having no future and no way out of it

[@celestialteapot309]

Hello Mr Duncan Smith, how's your Turkey? While you're at Church think about your knighthood and what you got it for.

[@silversurfer7079]

Celestial Teapot. Great comment but it would fall on deaf ears, with an individual such as l. D . Smith. He is barely human really, also he has murdered many albeit indirectly.

[@gerardoenmibarrio]

Well said. I really can't stand Mr Duncan Smith. I would not want to be in the same room as him.

[@silversurfer7079]

@Dave Boulton . Whilst never doing an honest days work, in his entire life. l.o.l.

[@Willywin]

Yes Mr Duncan Smith how dare you enjoy life after working hard for what you've got - don't you know everyone has to be on the same level... like they were in Russia - that is everyone except the apparatchik who deserve to be treated special because they are more special than us... Oh the face of envy of the far left is quite ugly.

[@kanedNunable]

@@Willywin he married a rich lady to get his money. oh the face of stupidity on the right

[@jibjub2121]

look at the food bank usage increase in the UK since 2010. In one of the largest economies in the world, poverty isn't an accident, it's a policy. There was a political decision in 2010 to implement austerity measures, and for the taxpayer to fund the systemic risk of the banks. Remember that the Conservative party chooses to put people in these positions, and remember it in 2024. Remember them during and after this pandemic.

[@Soundpj]

Very accurate

[@madeleine7411]

I love this people's attitude. They are all under extreme stree and are positive and generous of spirit. I so admire these people who need help and have had to ask for help.

[@shozakathedevil]

this has been getting worse by the year since 2010 and the Tories starting taking everything back to line there own pockets

[@imnotgayyy8489]

Corbyn has assisted through being unelectable

[@metastract]

Another great reason to be childfree by choice. Horrendous situations. Wish these people the best of luck.

[@faaaduma6876]

The voice of reason.

[@rekaszabo2912]

This is what I was thinking, if you have four kids you need a serious job, spray painter is not one of those..

[@8G00SE8]

@@rekaszabo2912 Certainly agree, starting your own business without any funds for an emergency and taking out loans isn't going to end well even in normal economic conditions, let alone now. Part of this is on the government for not putting finance as a top priority in the school system and for banks lending money to people who have a good chance of not being able to pay it back.

[@jbak87]

@@rekaszabo2912 Four kids? Even ONE kid! Can't afford any? Don't have any.

[@rekaszabo2912]

@@jbak87 Yes, agreed. I don't have children because I couldn't afford it in the past, now that I could afford one, I am getting too old. Some people just can't think. Then again, nobody's forced any of these people to have kids, so they have to deal with the consequences now. I do not feel sorry for that stupid couple, the spray painter guy comes across as someone with a lower than average IQ. I feel sorry only for the poor kids.

[@Rommas571]

Yes this is exactly why we cancel the foreign aid budget and use it for our own people.

[@paulritchie5868]

You sound like a Tory...the aid we give is peanuts compared to what’s actually needed,don’t buy into the racist Tory propaganda.

[@shazanakhan9807]

That's why I struggled to get my degree with all the mental health problem and back problem I have. Because I lived poor at 18 in a hostel, grew up poor in a household of 8. From 18 I had to become mature and a proper adult.

[@ZantetsukenGilgamesh]

Not be rude but why marry a man who is a freelance spraypainter? You have 4 kids in a situation in which you should have only one and spraypainters aren't exactly in high demand. Women should really think more about their family composition and the financial income of their spouse. Having children is a huge investment of both time and money, make these choices carefully.

[@We_Are_All_Vultures]

Fantastic 🙏🏻⭐🖤 Thank you for everything you do Love from Sydney Australia

[@birdieblurbs]

I feel so sad for that lady whose dad died and account got frozen. I hope someone starts a gofundme for her.

[@kddd8234]

It's not just the 5 week wait, it's so much more than that.

[@TomBartram-b1c]

There's council estate by me where the council have been ripping out perfectly good bathroom suites to get replaced by ones of a different colour. Im talking about Caerphilly, S Wales and Lansbury Pk. Total inconvenience for the tenants and waste of money for the tax payer. Last year they did the same with kitchen refits. The council must obviously have too much money! Getcha priorities right!

[@swineheartdoppleganger5516]

The housing association iwork for had to replace and refit several bathroom and kitchens because the scum tenants wrecked them.

[@julesm9498]

Caerphilly council wouldn't be wasting money ripping bathrooms out due to the colour of them. They usually have to remove them due to damage or they need updating to Welsh housing standards (WQHs). Same for the kitchens. They've been updating all their properties over the past decade.

[@yoginid672]

There is so much to say, and so many factors and angles to take on this... but just taking this in for now, quietly, and feeling people's suffering. Sorry for anyone suffering in poverty and wondering how they're going to get by.

[@Skiskiski]

No disrespect, but it is better to stay warm, fed, and sheltered, rather worry about Christmas.

[@breaellis5827]

I guess Great Britain isn't so great anymore

[@jray5526]

Its a shithole tbh

[@Themystergamerr]

@@jray5526 I wouldn’t go that far but I fear for the future of this country especially with our British Trump in charge

[@jray5526]

@@Themystergamerr he will wreck the whole country then leave...and no doubt get some cushy job with one of the fat cats who support him and dont pay there taxes...while the rest of us pay more taxes...and go to food banks still! UK goverment is shameful.

[@saxglend9439]

There is free healthcare and generous welfare.

[@jray5526]

@@saxglend9439 generous welfare...ok love...did you just watch the show

[@lewis6138]

I have recently left my job, after seeing how badly the company treat their customers and it broke my heart, I have done a lot of volunteering and blood donations in the past and tried putting some positive and logical criticism forward, for it to be shat on. England used to be good when I grew up, not anymore.

[@demontongue9893]

breaks your heart to think people in the UK with small kids are sitting on the edge of not having electricity and no real beds, it should be a crime to let family homes be this way

[@juergenweidner1]

...and now it is even worse.

[@tonguepetals]

The new destitute. I live in Vancouver Canada, DTES. I live on the equivalent of maybe 300 quid a month. Have done so since I was 18 years old. Permanently disabled, with an inoperable brain tumor. The new destitute should be grateful they've not lived in poverty their whole lives. It is soul crushing and not even in death will we be equals. I get a cardboard box and a paupers grave...and a number. Same as I've been in life. A number living well below the poverty line. Poverty line starts at 30,000 here. I take home just 13,000 dollars a year. In one of the most expensive cities in the world, I don't even make the poverty line. Covid has upped the cost of everything and yet I still get the same pithy amount to live on. If you do manage to survive, they haul you in and demand to see bank statements. Food banks verbally abuse you because "you're supposed to budget your money." I've asked them to do a budget for me, covering everything I need and they can't do it. I've told more than a few to F off because they're F'ing clueless. I survive. This isn't living, this is surviving and it's no life for anybody. Things are so dire that I've asked for Medically assisted suicide. My doctor's will start the paperwork for me shortly. When death is a better option than living, there's a serious problem.

[@margaretmukasa5152]

The queen need to share her wealth

[@bensalter7997]

Sorry.

[@vanessaamber7344]

Asda is giving free meals to children throughout December. 1 meal per child per day. No additional money needs to be paid.

[@floydthebarber95]

That is great! But this issue has multiple factors, not just food - Good that children can eat but what about heating, electric... Watch this again and reflect on ALL the issues that are discussed. You have skimmed most of it.

[@vanessaamber7344]

@@floydthebarber95 No I have not, I was just informing people that may not know of this information. This was not my attempt at a solution to fix all issues surrounding this problem. So please overstand the information I have provided x

[@floydthebarber95]

@@vanessaamber7344 Apologies! It was your last part of your statement that I didn't agree with but thanks for clarifying with me :) Have a lovely Christmas and stay safe

[@vanessaamber7344]

@@floydthebarber95 it's cool, I have you have a very festive season x

[@mackab5179]

An economy based on fiat money leads to large sections of society expending resources on rent-seeking, rather than productive, activities.

[@davianthule2035]

Capital would have collapsed last century if fiat currency was not adopted, I am by the way agreeing with you but commodity currency has reached its absolute limit before the natural collapse of capital, this is why delaying the impact of recession via fiscal policy/stimulas with fiat currency has become the global norm, but eventually that will collapse too,

[@RB-yw9xv]

Hi my name is Jeffery from Blackpool England and I live in a tent in the back of a van and struggling and at 60 years old and feeling older iv nerley lived on the street for nerly 3 year's and I'm lookey there are wers than me i have worked all my life since 8 year old yes 8 to help my mum pay the bills it's dosent make sense wiy as it got to this my 4 children don't want to now me there inbarest of me and the doctors tell me well you have cowep with these problems for 17 year's just ceep on and for 14 years I was werking with these illnesses instead of getting me fit and well

[@venishajoseph384]

God bless you all this brought tears to my eyes.

[@stevengibson1546]

There's a girl in my block who had a kid because her eldest was almost ready to start school which meant she would have to find work. There's a lot of these benefit babies where I live. Born in to poverty because the mother chooses to have kids despite no education, job, savings or home. Why does no one address this?

[@swaggerjagg22]

How cant the spray painter not be allowed to have Universe Credit?? He was working he is a british citizen he is entitled like any brit is!

[@northwestcoast]

Self employed with no 18/19 tax return so no furlough..Not entitled to UC due to being self employed. Slipped through the net

[@jebbo-c1l]

britain has one of the worst social safety nets of developed countries

[@swaggerjagg22]

@@northwestcoast that is absolutely ridiculous I mean he has nothing surely he should be entitled to something even if on furlough. Its common sens that doesnt seem so common in Westminster

[@heliotropezzz333]

@@northwestcoast He's hardly employed now, self or otherwise.

[@FullMetalFeline]

I was in the same situation but was very fortunate to have savings to get by. Graduated last year and couldn't find work so went self-employed but because it was my first year and didn't yet have tax records I was entitled to nothing.

[@Anon-xd3cf]

Instead of reading out that same old tired line from government about levelling up... Media should just say: *"the government have provided a statement"* "But it is the same statement as always and does nothing to ease the suffering of those affected and as such we refuse to air the message as we feel it serves no one to do so"

[@jeanettesteed3326]

ABsolutely heartbreaking. There are 757 rooms in Buckingham Palace ???????

[@heatherclark6268]

Poor lady, people, hopefully things will be better soon. Keep faith.