Working but poor: millions in work and in poverty

The government says the best way out of poverty is to work. But for millions of employed people in the UK, it’s just not enough.
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Inflation rates are slowly improving but real-term wages and benefits aren’t keeping up.
The number of working adults living in poverty has risen 56% in 25 years - and many of them think the government isn’t listening.
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Reported by Milena Dambelli
Filmed and edited by Samantha Everett
Produced by Annie La Vespa
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[@Cherry-mb1xs]

Nobody who works 5 days a week , should be struggling it’s disgusting!

[@adamsnelson4689]

It's only gonna get worse

[@baassiia]

I grew up in post communist country, we were poor even if my parents work fulled time and then after work on my grandparents farm. This women from video is not poor! Look at her apartment... She probably can't afford all she wants but that's not poverty. Example spotted. Her freezer is full of fries, its several times less expensive to buy potatoes and cut them... She is not poor, she just want life of rich people. She said she work 5 days a week but how many hours? She said, she has 3 kids, where is dad? She is not that young, so I guss those kids might be in age, that you can work part time. I was Woking as a teenager. No shame on that, I was proud of myself. I am 37 now and earn quite a lot now, I was alway learning and working a lot. First jobs were like 1-1.5eur/hr. bus ticket at that time was 0.5eur... This is poverty, not what that women presents. She even said, we not look like poor but we are, nope she is just not poor.

[@jswmonkey197]

@@baassiia Exactly, we've been programmed to believe that 39hrs a week doing fairly non-descript jobs should be enough to get you everything the modern media and big business tells you should be the norm.

[@MrsBrit1]

She doesn't want to live rich, she's struggling to live in lower working class. Having fries in the freezer hardly means she's trying to live rich and, unfortunately, not everyone knows how to cook from scratch. I cook 90% from scratch and have 85p left for this month, as we had extra outgoing this month. It's not usually this tight, but we never have anything leftover. I shop smarter than most, but basic, unprocessed foods for the most part ,utilise things like dried beans, lentils, and basic rice to stretch meals, I've been making bread products at home, bulk make things for the freezer when I can, forage berries in the summer to freeze or turn into homemade jam.....frugality isn't even enough.

[@baassiia]

@@MrsBrit1 when you don't earn much you have to cut something, that's all. I don't think peeling potatoes is difficult. Instead of buying she can do it on her own. You can also think about moving to smaller place - less to heat etc. It's not great but it is what it is. I grew being poor but we were never hungry as my parents were resoursfull, I mean they know how to menage poverty. We eat what was seasonal (cheapest) and honestly food was great - home made. Making excuses - maybe she can't cook, is funny as she should learn!

[@artlover4997]

Working full time but not being able to afford basic necessities isn't working, it's slavery.

[@marcozegikniet9301]

Free market fundamentalist will not approve this message !

[@jarodarmstrong509]

Is it the same if they wasted all their money?

[@marcozegikniet9301]

@@jarodarmstrong509 And that is not the case in America and most country's so your argument is invalid ! This is just another false accusation to defend the current criminal system. This is what right wingers mostly do ! Blame all the corruption sinds Ronald Reagan to the people like it is their own fault !

[@artlover4997]

@@jarodarmstrong509 Not like they have any money to waste, most of the people in this vid have nothing left after paying bills.

[@davenone7312]

Working in unskilled labor jobs that were never designed to support a person, what do you expect? Not every job is there to support a household. People are working in supplemental employment expecting it to pay the entire cost of living. Thats just not the way it works. You need to get an education that provides you with a skill that pays all the bills!

[@DennisJack-km8ho]

The U.S. economy can actually get better if only the govt can start making better decisions for the sake of it's citizens, cos' they've really made life more difficult for its residents. Hyperinflation has left the less haves bearing the brunt of the burden. Its already eating into my entire $620k retirement portfolio. Like where else can we invest our money with less risks?

[@teresita2-]

I feel like I could really need more assistance because navigating the market is so frightening to me. I've already sold off the majority of my assets, so I could use some guidance on where to put my money.

[@Sampson-jh7yq]

I hope everyone has money ready to invest at the appropriate time. Planned actions can help you secure your financial future. You still have the best chance of becoming a millionaire on the stock market.

[@RuthEvelyn-rc3bg]

Biden is not entirely responsible for whatever is going. The economy is cyclical, and things will definitely get better. The first rule of investing is to keep investing, whatever the economy is doing. That is how you make substantial gains.

[@jose2212-]

That's some incredible gains. How do you find a financial advisor? I've been trying to connect with one for some time now, an I don't want to work with hedge funds.

[@RuthEvelyn-rc3bg]

There are many independent advisors to choose from. But I work with Monica Shawn Marti and we've been working together for almost four years and she's fantastic. You could pursue her if she meets your requirements. I agree with her.

[@HmmM-wn1dx]

I work 5 days a week but cannot afford a studio flat let alone decent one bed. Everyone deserves a privacy! UK became one giant crumbling house with a cruel landlord.

[@chrisvaughn5960]

The United States as well!

[@taniacarrera7406]

Spain too...

[@mrslondy]

Lithuania the same...

[@earnold1896]

Down under the same. We know Jesus though and follow Him and His Word (not religions which are only man made) . Flats are almost impossible to get now. However one of my sons rents and each time we have prayed the Lord has given him 3 flats while dozens of other people were hoping to get them. The first nice one bedroom was eventually sold but he had it for quite a long while. The second was a nice one bedroom quite big for one person but not that big for two and right by the beach with lovely greenery outside. He recently married and now they have a child. The landlady said he could stay but it had stairs.. The third flat/house he is in now is a stones throw from the beach too and lovely sea views and 2 bedroom. They got it ahead of many others. All his places in this pretty coastal town not far from us are because we asked Jesus as He is our Lord and Saviour. Praise God. The rent is quite high and they can't afford a house but I'm praying for a house or just a small piece of land. I feel so sad and sorry for people who miss out on a flat and I pray for them too. God is amazing though and Jesus takes care of us. Repent of sin folks if you want heaven entry and commit to Jesus and His Word the bible and walk with Him daily. You have to go through trials but He answers prayers for his born again children. You have to be born again through being sorry for sin and turning to Jesus only.

[@truthseeker3536]

The freemasons are the cause of this. But they are trying to hide it. Even on youtube censoring comments who expose them.

[@mrpeterson1481]

This is why you have a mental health crisis. The vast majority of people are like whats the fking point anymore 😂

[@ACXIAO666]

The mom with Grey hair if she needs extra money, i can help her out easily for 1 hour everyday for a good price😁 if she's not uptight😃

[@ajax1472]

@@ACXIAO666 you need some help

[@marktucker208]

EXACTLY THIS.

[@chanjackie2299]

I seriously don't get why you vote for the people you vote. They are your enemies, and you don't even realize it. In Hungary we pay around 32 pounds per month for heating. And that's for a big apartment, okay we don't heat the kitchen. I really don't understand what's going on in England. Massive crime, flooded by migrants, seriously, move to Hungary, if you can get a good job here.

[@chanjackie2299]

In Hungary we pay around 32 pounds per month for heating. That's a big house, okay we don't heat every room and the kitchen, but it's enough. Electricity is 12 pounds with a tv and a computer running all day. Water is a bit more expensive with the sewage together it's around 37 pounds. Healthcare system is 25 pounds. And these are all monthly. I guess these prices are okay.

[@gogosegaga]

A nation living off Aldi discount food and nothing else. Politicians should be ashamed.

[@allykhan8594]

Your country makes nothing,before making a list go visit factories in Asia like i have.

[@ghosthdel3098]

My dad works in the westminster building and we have a 5 bedrooms home, sometime i get told to have have lunch in the westminster lounge because we havent food in the house, well, the food that i like anyway. I wouldnt say we are wealthy, we just take on whats given to us on by the tax payers.

[@julianshepherd2038]

​@@allykhan8594the UK is the world's 13th biggest manufacturer. We make loads and we export services far more.

[@allykhan8594]

@@julianshepherd2038our top manufactured goods are cars from 2016 figures, when we produced 1.45m vehicles now after brexit 750k. Germany produces 6.5 million.

[@allykhan8594]

@@julianshepherd2038 you been canton fair? Go there come bk and find me what we do.

[@Whatt787]

Royal Family is worth $28 Billion, and own 6.6 Billion Acres of land, what are they doing to help the struggling familes of the UK??

[@SolorockinOne]

Damn, 6.6 billion acres of land? I can’t even fathom what that looks like.

[@keithgriffiths9864]

The entire UK is only 60 MILLION acres, and the RF don't own it all. All the dry land on Earth is approx 32 Billion acres.

[@anniec6420]

oh yeah... get rid of royal family and all will be perfect....news for you...look at america/russia and france....

[@heleeneverson8256]

At least your country have food banks that can assist you with food. Here in South africa we don't if the churches does not help. You left to your own devices. There is a stigma that there is only certain people without food but reality is most people

[@martin1377]

Nothing, but you all went out flag waving at the weddings and funerals!

[@divlweb]

This administration is putting many families in difficult situations. A lot of people are financially struggling to live, put a roof over their head and put food on the table. Things are getting worse these days, if you don't find means of multiplying your money you might wake up a day to realise you didn't plan well for yourself and family.

[@coolben854]

I agree with you and I believe that Professionals are currently dominating the market since they have access to both the necessary strategy for making money in this industry.

[@face2lune]

I invested 5k in Robin hood about a year ago and it steadily went down, now my portfolio is down to $800. I don't know what to do and i am in between jobs

[@divlweb]

@@face2lune Understanding your financial needs and making effective decisions is very essential. If I could advise you, you should seek the help of a financial advisor. For the record, working with one has been the best for my finances...

[@face2lune]

I’m Glad i stumbled on this. Please, if its not too much of a hassle for you, can you drop the details of the expertise that assisted you and how to get in touch.

[@divlweb]

@@face2lune I get guidance from *Susan Tori Davis* Most likely, the internet should have her basic info..

[@sir_christmas_leopold_duckson]

Personally, if it weren't for my dad, I'd be homeless.

[@filmntvguy1977]

Yep, men don’t put up with not enough. They find a way to get more. The problem here is all the single mothers who thought the grass was greener on the other side and left stable, functional family units to then end up in poverty, and cry poor!!

[@verdebritanica]

​@@ThatOneInTenThousand..Are you part of the Gammon and Pineapple party?

[@KeithSpencer-yp6it]

@@verdebritanica Have you got their address, that sounds like a club for me?

[@sarahashun1180]

@@filmntvguy1977 what an ignorant and narrow minded comment. Even 2 parent families are struggling. For many people in this country, work doesn’t pay and it’s been like this for a number of years.

[@billyliar1614]

@@filmntvguy1977 Apart from the men without a job. Bitter are we ?

[@user-xg4td3gg7e]

‘To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all’ - Oscar Wilde

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

This. People think they will have or deserve a good life just because they were born. I got news for you.

[@ashotofmercury]

@@zuzanazuscinova5209 at the very least they deserve a decent life. Jesus. 🙄🤦🏻‍♀

[@Dreyno]

⁠@@zuzanazuscinova5209More people were having a good life in recent memory. That’s just verifiable fact.

[@frederika3013]

@@zuzanazuscinova5209 how brainwashed you are. This world does not need billionaires who are parasitising and sucking dry everyone around either.

[@user-iz4rs5vf3n]

The Irish Poet died in 1900, surely life should have improved for people in those 124 years. seems we are travelling without moving

[@erickson6828]

The wages we received is not enough to settle our expenses, we keep killing our self on salary putting hope on pension to take care of our self at old age it's not fair.

[@deyinlukas-nj5hc]

Salary earners can't leave up to the life plan by them, while earning try and put something to work where you are can earn second source of income

[@chrisharrison-ir5wb]

Working for someone is like slavery yourself, you get pay and them get all the credit.

[@louranterlius9515]

You're absolutely right, to be a successful in life required not only hard work but awareness and sometime opportunity at the moment, investment remains the best way to start.​@@deyinlukas-nj5hc

[@johnsonmerry5956]

I agree with you. Investment is the key to sustaining your financial longevity. And not just any investment but an investment with guaranteed return.​@@louranterlius9515

[@gabrielsmith9781]

yeah investment is the key to sustaining your financial longevity but venturing into any legit investment or business without a proper guidance of an expert can lead to great loss too.

[@dawsondanny990]

Investing in alternative income streams that are independent of the government should be the top priority for everyone right now. especially given the global economic crisis we are currently experiencing. Stocks, gold, silver, and virtual currencies are still attractive investments at the moment.

[@rannyorton]

I've been able to scale from $350K to $650K this red season because my FA figured out Defensive strategies to protect my portfolio and profit from this roller coaster market.

[@belljoe]

I thought about investing in the financial market, I heard that people make millions if they know the tricks of the trade, but I lack good knowledge and a strategy to outperform the market and generate good yields. I have $160,000 but it's hard to bite the bullet and do it.

[@latanyaconlontl5849]

Having an FA is the best way to go. Based on a direct encounter with a CFP named Julia Hope Marble I can say with certainty that their skills are excellent. She helped raise over 580,000 in 18 months from an initially stagnant portfolio of 150,000

[@smithlenn]

This isn't the first time l've seen her name on social platform. I think her good reputation speaks for her, thank you for the recommendation I just contacted her

[@latanyaconlontl5849]

The best course of action if you lack market knowledge is to ask a consultant or investing co-ach for guidance or assistance. Speaking with a consultant helped me stay afloat in the market and grow my portfolio to about 65% since January, even though I know it sounds obvious or generic. I believe that is the most effective way to enter the business at the moment.

[@annwarren4171]

What makes my blood boil, is that the minimum wage goes up, then guess what! All the household bills go up AT THE SAME TIME! So how are we benefiting from it! The government doesn’t say that, do they!

[@JoshAston23]

Last year my bills went up by 13% and my food shop by about 50% and gas/electric by about 75%. Meanwhile my wage went up 3%. Make that make sense.

[@sayitlikeitis8759]

Have you only just noticed this?

[@randomdude_2000]

Your not supposed to live forever on minimum wage your supposed to use it as a stepping stone to a better job, most minimum wage jobs are held by students and immigrants who have no qualifications yet, if your middle aged and haven't figured out how to learn a trade or skill that earns you more than minimum wage that is literally a choice that you have made for yourself.

[@user-sx3pc4dj3r]

​@@randomdude_2000but that's not how it works, I remember min wage being £5.25 I was on nearly £9 Nowadays I'm on £12 and min wage is now £11.20 I think. You can't work your way out of this, crabs in a bucket everyone is being dragged down by min wage increases. I'm considerably poorer than I was 10 years ago. I longer do anything more than the bare minimum, no overtime, nothing. No incentive to.

[@jacknakamori3280]

Sorry? You want..... extra free money? The minimum wage rise is supposed to rise roughly in line with inflation - not to outperform it!

[@khadsykoo2528]

The money is being redirected to the wrong places: MPs salary, illegal arms, and wasteful spending

[@edc1569]

MPs salary is a ridiculous distraction. When the boss of perismonn is awarding himself millions.

[@edc1569]

Look it up, he’s making multiples more than the wage bill of the House of Commons and lords summed up. That’s where your rent money is going, fat cat CEOs and bankers.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Profits up Rents up Prices up Wages, not so much

[@cozza1996]

If only our government didn't spend billions on an excel spreadsheet over COVID. I'd have made an excellent spreadsheet that worked for £5m and a top shelf twix

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

And how many MPs are on boards of directors, have 'advisory' roles for hundreds of thousands for just a few days work? They're paid because their MPs it's clearly corrupt.

[@vadusnisky]

I gave up my flat and I live in my van.never been so well off,no bills,no rent.i have savings for the first time in my life. Best thing I've ever done,wish I'd done it 10 years ago.i keep all my wages. You're all having the peess taken out of you. Everything is so messed up, thank the Tories for making us all poorer than we were almost 20 years ago

[@dr.viijaydevganmdmedicine5634]

I feel so sad for u...

[@helenstudio5468]

Thats the best boss

[@peacebeyondpassion2]

I'm in the U.S. and hardly ever turn on the heat unless it's just unbearable. And only because my grands live with us, If not for them it would always be off. Electricity of course has gone up ridiculously of course. I cut costs in every way possible. No cell phone (still have a landline) no new clothes, shop at dollar stores, thrift stores, cook at home, do my own hair, nails, and grooming of all sorts. We have learned to enjoy the simple things in life. When you look at things that way, we are truly blessed.

[@user-tk1xd9js1z]

Where in the USA do you live? How much does your phone landline cost every year? Why do you have a landline but not a cell phone? Mint Mobile cost $15x12 = $180 for a year (prepaid).

[@Europa1749]

My cell phone is way cheaper than having a land line.

[@mnaveed1751]

I thought 🤔 it was only me, but millions of us working and don't have anything left at the end of the month

[@missc4079]

Remember you will own nothing but be happy. Your not to supposed to have a life outside of work. Look at how they increase the pension ages in the hope that less people will live to enjoy that time. Its a way of slowly getting rid of retirement altogether.

[@doudi0101]

26 billion dollars aid was given to israel just today, we need more us citizens speaking up against this

[@CrumpetsNBiscuits]

BRING MORE BOAT PEOPLE PLEASE AND GIVE THEM HOTELS, MONEY, FOOD, E BIKES, TAXI RIDES AND STEAL HOUSING FROM US TO GIVE THEM.

[@sonyasmith1991]

We. are nothing but slaves!! It will not change until WE decide to change things.

[@patricia_1303]

That’s exactly what I thought, but there’s so many people struggling, I’m working full time and still live with my mum as I can’t afford to move out, it’s never been that bad before!

[@speakup3373]

This is why I'm not having children, because I know I cannot afford to raise them well.

[@moa3008]

What about the illegal; and the illegal immigrants; they like having large numbers of children; and many of them are not wealthy enough to afford having several children?

[@no.1fangirl]

It's sad but it's why my daughters have decided not to have children.

[@sharonsomers]

And yet the immigrants crank them out like rats in the gutter and are given taxpayer dollars to raise them.

[@facehugger3]

You could easily afford them if you were an illegal immigrant.

[@aao449]

In the bad old days, “great” Britain would just raid and loot the resources and savings of other lands but now you must get past their improved defenses.😅

[@carol1916xd]

I'm a 23 y.o nurse living in the Netherlands (originally from Portugal). I am now renting my own place (that can suit 2 people but the landlord only accepts 1 person to live here). I could NEVER be financially independent at this age in Portugal (and specially being single). But seeing housing prices here getting higher, I’m starting to panic because how will I ever be able to buy an house independently? In any country really? I can’t stay in this apartment forever. Adult life is getting more difficult by the day… I’m scared of the future.

[@yoney7555]

We are not living but we are surviving.

[@elizabethabele3039]

Disgusting that normal hard working people who live in a wealthy country such as the UK, have to live like this.

[@Derpydink]

The UK is not that wealthy anymore. In terms of per capita, we're about the 25th richest country in the world. Literally India has more money than we do.

[@paulsawczyc5019]

People do make enough money, but the state takes it all away from them - this is done on purpose to make you poor - here in USA.

[@chanjackie2299]

In Hungary we pay around 32 pounds per month for heating. That's a big house, okay we don't heat every room and the kitchen, but it's enough. Electricity is 12 pounds with a tv and a computer running all day. Water is a bit more expensive with the sewage together it's around 37 pounds. Healthcare system is 25 pounds. And these are all monthly. I guess these prices are okay.

[@Inceba]

​@@DerpydinkI have no empathy for the poor in Britain given how Britain keeps our people in abject poverty. Goes to show the benefits of its eternal plundering is not benefiting the common people. British companies own 70% of our mines. They control our government. Lonmin gave the Marikana massacre order to Cyril Ramaphosa. The interfere in our politics. Phil Craig a British national wants to make the Cape independent of Azania. The arrogance. He needs to return to Britain. Many British own palatial homes here. You have a problem with poor immigrants, we have a problem with your wealthy ones.

[@j.pappas9083]

@@Inceba Azania LOL

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

If it is any comfort...it is exactly the same situation here in New Zealand. The working poor in this country rises every year. The rich get richer the poor are invisible, rents have just gone up, landlord's are supported by the government, renters are ignored. You do your best while knowing it won't get any better any time soon, if ever. Good luck.

[@rossm2853]

We need a wealth tax.

[@cosmicmuffin322]

We need a capital gains tax. It's disgraceful that rich foreigners from fascist countries move here and become our landlords, owning multiple homes, while born Kiwis will never own a home or even be comfortable.

[@user-yk9em3je6q]

@@cosmicmuffin322 Still happy with MMP?

[@josh3221ify]

😂

[@Europa1749]

Canada is also deteriorating rapidly, a third world dumping ground with rising inflation and unfettered immigration. House prices and rents are rising to unaffordable levels. Our useless politicians at the Federal level are driving us into the ground with bad decisions and wasteful spending.

[@alpenhuhn1]

When I lived in London for 4 years, everybody was so posh and wanted to get on the 'property ladder ' . I left after 4 years. You work and you dont get anywhere !

[@soundseeker63]

I thought things were bad in 2008-2010 but its even worse now. 14 years of austerity have absolutely gutted this country. No wonder mental health issues are exploding right now, life in the UK for so many just feels futile. We are rapidly sliding back towards Victorian era levels of poverty, illness and inequality. 😣

[@lochnessmunster1189]

No, country isn't "gutted"- that's Daily-Mirror-type language.

[@user-te3qm5mv6r]

It's "progressive liberqlisation" meaning all new regulations must be less and less, including healthcare subsidies must be eliminated.

[@lochnessmunster1189]

@@user-te3qm5mv6r sometimes reducing regulations can be beneficial to the least fortunate.

[@katieb2098]

I was working full time In palliative care, and became homeless!! And I was told tough luck by the council . I now stay at home with my baby, I went back to work 3 months after a c section .. I will not be rushing back to work, I laugh when people try to shame me for not working, broke my back looking after the most vulnerable people and told to f off when I needed help .. never again.

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

Taking care of a baby is not doing noothing. Childacre is work. No reasonable person should shame you for being lazy. It is the opposite: taking care of a baby is very demanding and extremely important work. In a fair society, you should be paid for that.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Yes easy to become homeless the way rents are rising. Wages not keeping up. Private housing is precarious now.

[@carinaadams6797]

You’ve offered something to society _(unfortunately at a cost)_ , you didn’t just decide to breed and be taken care of.

[@pineapplepenumbra]

@@samuela-aegisdottir "Taking care of a baby is not doing noothing." It is literally insane that some people believe that it is. They wouldn't be around, themselves, if someone hadn't put in the work and effort of raising them (and, for those who believe that childcare isn't work, it's a shame that people bothered).

[@pineapplepenumbra]

@@janetmalcolm6191 Early on in lessons, I often show pupils a couple of houses and ask how much they reckon the parents of a mate of mine paid for one in the late sixties.. I then explain why the game of Monopoly was invented, and some of the reasons why high house prices are a bad thing.* I've only had one person get the price correct. The same house, IF it had kept pace with wages, it would be about £115k to £125k now, but about 2 years ago one went down the same road for £750k. * Despite idiot newspapers crowing about them going up, as they have been told that that's a sign of a good economy, and never bothered to think about it for themselves. Ironically, often, it's the same newspapers that whine about too many immigrants and a declining native population, not seeing (or choosing not to see) the connection.

[@gregjeffrey376]

Meanwhile the most profitable companies are making exceptional profits. But at the same time they can't pay their workers a real living wage.

[@user-gt8st3qf4o]

What is a "real living wage"? define.

[@john-fr5yd]

Why are the workers on minimum wage living lavish lifestyles . Why dnt they have saving habits .

[@joshuadalton6063]

Stop buying from those companies then? You're the ones making them rich lol

[@jennysmith9134]

@@joshuadalton6063 Not sure about UK, but some industries have almost monopolies.

[@jennysmith9134]

@@john-fr5yd Saving habits? What do they save every week? I'm not sure what you mean by lavish lifestyles... I don't see that in this video. If those who are in poverty buy marijuana or something similar, it is to escape reality. I'm not saying it is right to buy drugs, but poverty is much harder to get out of than it might initially seem. If someone has an extra $30, they want an immediate escape because that is more tangible than some long term goal that they don't see as possible.

[@mikofi]

I remember my childhood in Poland looked exactly like this. People were working but many didn’t have enough money for a decent life. It’s very sad to see that the same situation is taking place in countries that for most of my life I considered rich and with higher life standard.

[@canergz]

I remember the UK was putting all refuges in a 4 stars hotels for weeks. Cannot understand why they don't take care of their own citizens in the beginning... It's pathetic.

[@olivedidnt4609]

Simple.... The UK were taking part in the wars now when refugee start arriving in their country they have to take responsibe for it

[@leilabint]

I remember I 'paid' a premium price to stay at marriot in oxford, for two nights there were refugees put up in the hotel. one of the men would sit near the reception doing nothing just sitting and ogling at women i felt really uncomfortable and then for both nights there were kids running around and someone even fiddled with my room lock. imagine paying taxes and indirectly funding this. I am an immigrant myself but people like this only make it more difficult for refugees that really need help and for other financial immigrants like us who just want to live pay taxes be a part of the community and then go back to our home countries when we retire.

[@user-xf2vf9wn5j]

Update. Some 5 stars hotels now included. And some of the young men from France stay in the hotels for years. Limitless budget for this apparently. Meanwhile most refugees, those who have escaped to safe countries neighbouring actual war zones, don't even seem to be part of the UK elite's discussion.

[@kylestokes4501]

My mom got up 2 hours before us to start a fire in the wood heater outside. That also heated the hot water for us to get ready for school (Hardy Wood Heater). She’d gotten dad off to work, before we woke, while still dark out. A Railroad worker, he was gone a lot, sometimes a week at the time. She packed our lunches with a handwritten note, and little picture she’d draw us. She then sat our clothes out, on a chair, and our bath towel laying over the back rest, all near the den’s oil heater. She’d make us breakfast if we wanted it, and even put our back packs on our backs, and complained of how heavy they were, that we had to lug them, and we hugged and kissed her telling her they were fine, and off to wait on the rural county bus. Then she got ready for work, serving school lunches at a Private School in another county. She was never to tired to cook us a full supper, each night and complete the cycle. I miss her everyday. No one will ever love me the way that woman loved me, never again in my life. And she died way too soon to reward her for being such an amazing mom. The night before she died, she was ordering my wife and I, our Christmas Presents, for a Christmas she wouldn’t live to see. Lord, thank you for letting me get these words out❤, I haven’t mourned her properly. Shock is giving way to grief now, and as I’m always late, it’s years later, and I’m alone working in Chile, left with my thoughts. Homesick for a home in MS that is long gone now. When my brother died, at 17 in a car accident on his way to work, they found all those letters in a Cedar Chest in his room. Even my notes. He made notations on some of them(last day of school, Kyle’s Birthday, my birthday, day before Vacation!, day after Kyle’s Soccer Championship, etc. I was the richest poor boy in Mississippi, because of her. RIP Mama RIP Joey

[@threethrushes]

Your mother sounds like an angel. Unfortunately, they don't make 'em like that anymore. Thanks for sharing your memories.

[@helenacrossbow1412]

❤🙏 Rip to your loved ones.

[@maryshaffer5675]

A good wife is a pearl.

[@kylestokes4501]

@@threethrushes Amen!!!, Blessings to You!!!

[@kylestokes4501]

@@helenacrossbow1412 Amen!!! Blessings to You!!!!

[@m1421]

The whole system seems wrong to me. Work, pay taxes, for what?? So we can spend billions abroad on wars???

[@user-te3qm5mv6r]

Pacifism makes sense

[@manjeetgill1]

To house our unwanted guest coming over on dinghies....

[@SamuelBlack84]

So much money wasted on foreign aid Is it our job to keep the entire planet? Or, I suspect virtue signalling ?

[@finanzferdinand9874]

Weve all been conned into thinking there is a corporate ladder to climb, when it dosnt exist for the vast majority

[@fais29]

I live abroad and went back after a year to see my parents. My immigrant retired hijab wearing muslim Pakistani mother was buying extra bread, milk and other items everytime we went to shop just to put in the community food bank. She said people are struggling so i try to do this every time i come to the shop. I say this only to show we are all in this struggle together and we muslims do not hate everyone else. We care for our neighbours regardless of race and religion. My parents arent rich and also complain about the cost of living but they worked hard and have a little extra and therefore try to help the people in the local community.

[@cliffkonkle3467]

They sound like beautiful people.

[@adamvose2651]

Sending love your way from a American and a Christian

[@user-my8bb6nc1x]

if working doesnt get you out of hardship, then what is the point of working

[@jacknakamori3280]

There are different types of working - not all of them offer a route out of hardship.

[@KaranBagga87]

You become a janitor and you think that will take you out of hardship??

[@lordprotector3367]

You don't starve?

[@wattbenj]

@@KaranBagga87Of course. Honest work. One of the most important jobs in society.

[@Dennis-xj8nh]

Survival and dignity

[@derKaiser28]

In The Netherlands this is also a growing problem. And more and more people with jobs that are homeless.

[@patrickglennon7058]

Do they sleep in shelters?

[@AssarKask-kp6uo]

In Sweden too its propably in almost every country..keep em poor..

[@HHWP1488]

then make smoking weed illegal lazy stoners

[@c0rnichon]

@@HHWP1488 But they aren't lazy. The point was that work does not secure basic necessities. Learn to read before you comment.

[@winterwulf1995]

​@@HHWP1488I can name several famous potheads who are more active and successful than you will ever be. You want me to?

[@MR-dg9sn]

In the UK, people are penalized for working by paying more tax and we're never entitled to any government assistance schemes. The NHS issues a useless blue card that hardly anyone accepts they send you stupid discount codes that never works. Most of our pay disappears before we even see it. Those who don't work or work part-time often fare better than full-time workers because we pay more taxes but receive no government support and are never entitled to anything. Due to household income thresholds, we don't qualify for anything. We receive no assistance or funds. I've tried to find schemes we're entitled to, but there's nothing available. National insurance rates are too high, and I don't even have time to see my GP, and when I do, it's never the actual GP I see. The service we get from. NHS is so poor. Why cant i just save the money i am paying to NI and pay for myown health service myself when i need it and get a good care! They make us beg for the service we are getting like its free, its not actually we have paid for it! We have to pay for everything. Council taxes are exorbitant, and the roads are filthy and the crime rate is so high. When our cars are stolen, the police merely provide a reference number, and our insurance premiums skyrocket when we try to renew. Driving even slightly above the 30 mph limit on roads feels like a criminal offense, and the police seem more focused on penalizing drivers than focusing on actual criminal. In the UK, hardworking individuals are punished for paying taxes and receive no benefits or support from the police, NHS, or local council despite contributing. It's absurd, and I don't see how it will improve when those in power don't seem to care. When you are stressed out from all of the above they say lets concentrate on mental health and well-being!! Its a joke! Millions has gone into this rediculous scheme to get you to speak to someone that can not and does not have any power to help you. They are sitting there for you to TALK! I call this modern SLAVERY.

[@vickijohnson9367]

Ever watched the video, The Great NHS Heist”? You can thank global finance, led by U.S. private finance. Our government threw Americans to private finance wolves decades ago. We are corrupted government, finance owned, with non-stop propaganda. End stage parasitic unregulated capitalism. That’s all. They are scraping every dime off humanity. There will come a day when civilization starts to understand why civilizations collapse, get burned down, and then have to rebuild everything, or just leave it burnt to the ground if the “master” robber barons are not interested in paying to rebuild it. Private finance controls wealth, they create wealth through debt instruments for the privileged. The thing is, all the hard working folks know how to make fire in the 21st Century. We certainly do not need to continue our gilded age, with only the few in gilded towers in charge of the rest getting ground up into grist.

[@andrii.zahorskyi]

Socialism inevitably leads to poverty

[@pathflight9803]

Anywhere in the world- if you rent, and you have three kids, and a entry level job eg cleaning, teacher assistant- you will 100% be struggling. Possible exception Norway

[@ema3774]

Even there not anymore

[@rogermoore-gd9do]

Yes stands to reason she is living beyond her means and blaming others for it.

[@richarddutchholland4780]

This just ain’t happening in the UK….this is happening in every developed country in the world

[@edwardbernthal160]

No it is not , you are the reason the UK is in the state it's in. Open your eyes for goodness sake and wake up to what is happening, you are being led into believing that what you are living in is the new normal, it's not and most countries are looking on in shock and pity.

[@claudiafigueiredo4979]

Here is getting worse

[@mimikhan9546]

Money going to IsraHELL

[@richarddutchholland4780]

@@claudiafigueiredo4979 But still nowhere near as bad as America…..

[@richarddutchholland4780]

@@claudiafigueiredo4979 This was two years ago and worse it’s become kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGibi4mCi8mCZqMsi=-wuV8EEWfj6JqqJ_

[@onx99]

Politicians should be on minimum wage and nurses and doctors should be earning 100k a year. MP's are criminals, all of them.

[@farmoboy83]

At least in portugal PM gets a salary of aroung 7 times the minimal wage which is not a lot considering the position and responsibility. The problem is corruption, laws designed to favour the wealthier and not the 99%. Politics are the pcrostitutes of the capitalism we live in.

[@santostv.]

We have corruption imo because of our culture (from regular people to politicians) and exactly because they get paid sh*t, so when someone offer you 75k€ they accept without thinking. Is same thing with dr*gs on airport,shipyard ect when you earn 1000-1500€ 5+k€ seems like a lot Ect ect

[@PLuMUK54]

The UK Prime Minister also gets a salary around x7 the minimum wage.

[@Rod732]

I agree but these people in the video ain't doctors not nurses, many work just part time with kids??

[@Jonnyicey]

I get what your saying but the problem is you want smart people leading the country. They should make it more open how much their total renumeration is from all the little deals they do.

[@KCchiefs735]

ON THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IT SAYS GIVE ME YOUR TIRED , YOUR HUNGRY , YOUR POOR… WELL ITS AMERICANS WHO ARE TIRED AND HUNGRY AND POOR

[@gordonp4675]

I was in the USA last month and it seems that everyone is driving a big fancy Ford F 150. Maybe a lot of Americans are living beyond their means? Maybe too many tax cuts for the very rich and corporations?

[@CuttyKitty1]

I live in Canada, and we're experiencing similar issues. Full time college professors cannot live close to campuses because they earn too little! Sessional instructors live near poverty line. You cannot afford rent, and you cannot afford to move out to buy a home. Mortages are ridculous. And the houses in Canada - which has vast territories - are built from wooden sticks. Yet these houses and the small properties they're on cost millions of dollars.

[@BrucefromLondon]

Why do we keep voting for the same political parties that do nothing for us? Out of touch politicians that don't do their job!!! Why do we keep tolerating the same nonsense?

[@arcan762]

because we are a bunch of limpdickpillocks 😇

[@SRPC21]

Because I don’t want people on benefits to have a payrise. Work should pay (it doesn’t) but I’m afraid the left always advocate higher benefit spending which just encourages people to not work at all. I already pay insane taxes and it’ll go up even more if labour win.

[@IRAM_rehman]

We didn't vote for the last 2 wasters... They begged themselves in......

[@Barneysma]

They are all as bad as each other, no party seems to be effective.

[@blazzz13]

@@Barneysma Problem is the Conservatives have been in power for 80 of the last 123 years. So "all as bad as each other" is lazy thinking.

[@robovac3557]

I really like this lady. Looks like she takes care of her house. Everyone deserves a warm place to live.

[@missl8894]

💯💯👍

[@CrumpetsNBiscuits]

BRING MORE BOAT PEOPLE PLEASE AND GIVE THEM HOTELS, MONEY, FOOD, E BIKES, TAXI RIDES AND STEAL HOUSING FROM US TO GIVE THEM.

[@lucyb9618]

@@CrumpetsNBiscuitslol are you ok

[@Derpydink]

Yes. Like, this lady seems like she genuinely works hard and is just not earning enough - I am glad they showed someone like this. Normally it's a woman with 5 kids by different fathers who has false nails, lip fillers, dyed hair, false lashes and a kilo of make up saying 'I can't afford bread pls my family is dying'.

[@mozarkozark]

No, they don’t. You get what you put into society. She obviously doesn’t give society much. This is just natural selection.

[@tek87]

The problem of the poor is not a lack of money. It's a lack of production. Being a single parent doesn't help either.

[@rogermoore-gd9do]

It does not matter if you are serperated they still have to pay or they are dead you will recieve benefits.

[@caileycoghlan9151]

The average yearly wage I have been seeing on new job postings is 20,000 pounds a year. Having just moved from Canada, I have never seen such a massive gap between the cost of living and the average wage. Not to mention, the electric bills are absolutely outrageous in the winter. Companies should be ashamed of themselves for offering such unliveable wages.

[@lochnessmunster1189]

If wages are 'unliveable', are people dying?

[@justynakavi407]

I used to live in London for 7 years. That was 12 years ago. Came back last summer to celebrate friend's bday and couldn't believe my eyes. The energy is off, most of the people looked grey and sad, food prices almos doubled. A lot of very old people working physical jobs and at the same time huge restaurants closing some parts as they aren't fully staffed. And that was my beloved vibrant city of London, hard to imagine how rural areas function...

[@Cocoisagordonsetter]

I'm going to London for the first time in a few weeks. Sounds like Sweeney Todd times. The hotel prices are high so I almost considered going somewhere else, but I've never been and it's my bday.

[@sushiaddict94-oo7oe]

@@Cocoisagordonsetter Person above is talking absolute nonsense & complete scaremongering. London is exceptional, world class city and richest in Europe. Not sure what area/people they are talking about but doesn't reflect my experience living in London for last decade. If you live here and can't get a good job/income it's on you not the system.

[@susanf4857]

Same in the US. I see so many elderly people working and I hope they are doing it because they want to and not because they have too 😢

[@Cocoisagordonsetter]

@@sushiaddict94-oo7oe I'm sure it will be amazing there.

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

London is an 80% brown mono-culture. it is a hollowed out ethnic welfare city funded by the silent white majority who never wanted the disaster of diversity. White flight also from Birmingham.

[@martinspeer262]

This government is a total and utter disgrace and instead of trying to help people Sunak just came up with yet another cruel way to go after the poorest of the poorest

[@CourageUnderFire87]

Same in America! Our government sends our hard earned taxpayer money to Ukraine and Israel

[@rennmaxbeta]

Same in Australia

[@bonniedesjardins2937]

Same in canada

[@philprofi6896]

Same in Europe

[@paulsawczyc5019]

@@CourageUnderFire87 Governments need to make people poor in order to control them, raise armies and navies, and to create hoards of workers. Money was created to keep you poor - not to make you rich.

[@staciehulm4595]

That's life. No one was ever promised affluence. Remember the Okalahoma Dustbowl and the Depression. My Grandpa slept on park benches. My grandparents had Spam for the holidays and used a dresser drawer for my Uncle's crib. They spent their honeymoon dealing with bedbugs. You just have to get on with it. Look at what you do have instead of what you don't have. The lady in this video had a nicer house then I do. She was clothed and didnt look malnourished. You're not alone... join the club. We're there too.

[@cliffkonkle3467]

Ya everyone just bend over and take it in silence.

[@rsviews2167]

I'm sure Larry Fink agrees with your motivational pitch. Keep it up lad, yeah, that's life. MMmmm Yeah....

[@user-fy7ru4ii1i]

I think it's wonderful, we can all be on youtube, watching these videos and venting our frustrations in the comment section. It's really constructive.

[@fionanicholson1995]

lol. True

[@rsviews2167]

Thanx for your very constructive and enlighting comment, Mr Coca-Cola.

[@lemonhead162]

I'm not in the UK, but I work my butt off and can't afford my rent anymore.

[@mariarohmer2374]

If you want to move in my state you need to pay first, last and sometimes extra for security. You also have to pay a non-refundable fee to just fill out an application. Also the new thing now that landlords are somehow getting away with is requiring renters to make 3xs the amount of their rent. Which is not only absurd but criminal. But I don't see anyone doing anything to stop it.

[@SomethingSomethingg]

Are you an American by any chance?

[@lemonhead162]

@mariarohmer2374 I'm from Austin originally, but now live west of the city. I know exactly what you're talking about and it's ridiculous. I used to think I was making a decent salary, but now, I have to pay almost my whole check to rent (with all the fees added) and never have money left over for anything else. I'm 50 years old and am actually getting scared of where I will end up. I truly am poor now, and most likely will have to get a second job just to make the rent.

[@mariarohmer2374]

@@lemonhead162 That makes me so sad. I'm sorry to read this. I do understand. Too many people in their 50's or older are finding themselves priced out of housing. They work, they want to pay for housing but cannot. Or like you they spend all their money on rent. The government or private endowments need to be more proactive in finding answers and helping. It's not impossible to start by telling landlords they cannot pull these greedy scams. IDK why more people aren't talking about this. It's affecting so many. A solution is not impossible either. Stay strong, friend. Sending you my best wishes!🙏🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@Awareness-ob1lg]

​@@lemonhead162I live in Lebanon next to that Z regime that is doing horrible things in Gz. Come and live here, I will help you. It's cheap here. You rent for 150$ and for another 350$ you can live fine. We can become friends.

[@shortbreadbiscuit2002]

Meanwhile Jeff Bezos just bought a $500m yacht. The world is a sick place.

[@randomdude_2000]

If he wasn't providing a service that everyone wants and uses daily he wouldn't be so rich

[@slinkiegirl2001]

to be fair he pulled himself up from his bootstraps, he started off in a broom cupboard, for a room, he has created a brand that has created tens of thousands of jobs around the world, i say good luck to him, you can not take it with you

[@RJames-lb8dr]

Tories and new tory Labour under Blair and soon starmer are the problem along with worshipping of brass money capitalism is the problem amd the lies its spinning for last 100 yrs or longer in uk and usa etc also the people in the country are doing nothing about anything from top down The tories and all right wing capitalism countries are telling you huge lies and huge porkies

[@sarahpauline4904]

you don't have that kind of wealth without benefitting from the work of someone else who doesnt get paid for it. It's a monopoly.

[@rein3684]

@@slinkiegirl2001Amazon workers have a high turnover rate.

[@FatFrumosDinLacrima]

Why would you have 4 children if you are on minimum wage ?? It does not make sense 🤮🤮🤮🤮👎👎👎👎

[@maryjones3523]

Children are a blessing.....not a curse.... They come with their own.. from God ...

[@robert2685pf]

@@maryjones3523 God has nothing to do with common sense or family planning ! Acting before thinking and then crying is easy, isn't it ?

[@cdheidt]

That is logical, but its pretty easy to have kids. I think in a lot of ways, when it comes to children, logic goes out the window.

Because it's the legs closed/open mentality -lower classes always keep open, upper classes always closed.

@@maryjones3523 god doesn't pay the taxes to pay for the benefits, we do

[@hughclass1809]

I stopped working....it was pointless to keep a job.... i couldn't earn enough for rent, utilities, food and insurance...out of control inflation.....now i live in a old car... get welfare payments, get free government insurance and have a side hustle for cash..... My quality of life is lower...but my mental health has improved and im much happier...i learned to get live a much simpler life now...

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

Liar

[@annea6288]

Government handouts will make you vulnerable for increased control. This is ultimately what the government wants.

[@D.Rose1990]

Why is this happening in the UK? So called 1st world country… please people think real hard who you vote for, this Government doesn’t care for its working class citizens. It breaks my heart to see this happening in the UK. That lady made me cry when she said that she doesn’t cook dinner every night anymore because she can’t afford to.

[@fmanresurrected6774]

You voted brexit 😂😂😂

[@rasputindasilva858]

Nonsense, of couse seh can afford, she doesn't cook because of laziness.

[@Michael-og8dt]

​@@fmanresurrected6774F all to do with Brexit. Scumbag politicians, the vermin left and massive 3rd world immigration

[@now591]

You sided with Communisn in WW2..along with USA. The long term results are what is showing today .

[@CHRISANDREOU4199]

​@@now591 Your right

[@hydra66]

Work just doesnt pay in this day and age. The system is designed to give more and more to the landlords

[@user-hi1et2tb5u]

I own a property that I rent out, and the price to buy the property is calculated on 15 years of full rent(IMO) then I have to pay tax on the rent I receive ,apart from any things I had to buy for the property The main problem is as rents soar higher ,the price for investors to buy a property also goes up to the 15 year equation. The Government needs to cap rent ,to limit the sale prices of property and also give a tax break to tenants so if you pay 10k rent a year that is tax-free in your wages But all governments are afraid to interfere in the capitalist system apart from taking more tax from it. The whole system is double or triple tax ,you are paying rent on money taxed from your wages to a landlord then he is taxed on that taxed money same as vat in any shop you are paying 21% vat on money already taxed at source from your wages truth is slavery was never abolished it was merely better disguised.

[@allykhan8594]

Why did your parents not help buy a house? What were they doing?

[@robtheplod]

The Government oddly hammer landlords, who are doing the job of the government with social housing... odd policy!

[@allykhan8594]

@@robtheplod sell up go abroad do not invest in this country.

[@MsKenzo7]

Having a buy to let these days after the raise of taxes and interest rates is not worth it. Landlords are selling their properties before they are financially crashed.

[@TheSereneWanderer87]

As an interior designer, i often get projects of interior design of bungalows and big mansions of businessmen and elite people. To tell you the truth, these people live off of common people like us, even their kids don't work. They have a fleet of cars in their big parking spaces. They have everything done for them from the househelp, chefs, you name it. And what do they do? Run big corporations and increase consumers and consumption to increase their profits. These elite groups are what are keeping the poor man poor due to the increased consumption and rising inflation. The more WE consume, the more WE are making them rich, the more WE are increasing the inflation due to increasing demand, and ultimately the more WE are getting poor.

[@user-zw3bg9vr5g]

The Minimum wage should be no less than £20 per hour! If employers can’t afford to pay this then the Government should step in to help.

[@theracer6882]

Then business file for bankruptcy and you end up worse off. Raising minimum wages should be the last thing you can do. There are a lot of other things like cutting income taxes first.

[@Loostyc]

​@@theracer6882you can't just cut taxes. You need to raise taxes for the rich.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@Loostyc Only for costs to be passed down to everyone else to cover it unless you don't mind shortages and a regressing economy.

[@shauncameron8390]

Australia already has this and its situation is every bit as bad.

[@Loostyc]

@@shauncameron8390 It isn't a quick fix. Maybe there's still too much inequality. The poor are still too poor and the rich keep buying more and more assets. We need ordinary people to be able to buy assets.

[@kareldw2094]

It's honestly getting out of control.

[@samhodgins9804]

I agree and that's why I am turning my backs on the main parties once and for all

[@morganoox3838]

Or is it going exactly to plan?

[@kareldw2094]

​@@morganoox3838deffo😢

[@samuelwenborne8390]

I work as a Plumber at a military base where they house 1700 of the immigrants that have just come across the channel illegally.. and i can tell you..they are blasting out the heating 24/7. All free, paid by you guys and me. Absolutely disgusting

[@celticwarrior777]

Wowww grrr

[@Goldi3loxrox]

Its terrible !! What can we do about it Anything ? Wish i knew what the answer is. not politics thats for sure.

[@NoName-ku1ok]

Перевод не понятен Отопления нет 24 часа в сутки?

[@ecclairmayo4153]

🤢

[@samuelwenborne8390]

Also... they do daily trips for the immigrants to the local towns so they see something else other than the dull army base .. Chelmsford, Ipswich, colchester, Braintree etc..around 10 mini buses full of immigrants get dropped off in the towns and picked up afew hours later.. and one time the security on the base was telling me they do random searches of their rooms, incase they are hiding weapons or drugs and they found a bag full of handbags and wallets that they had stolen on the days trips. It's absolutely disgraceful our government is letting this happen. Basically shipping these immigrants into our peaceful towns..and they are robbing people and shops. They are also coming to these bases straight from the boats in Dover with all kinds of diseases that we haven't even had in this country for decades. They get free food and drink all day.(which they complain constantly that its bad) Something like £30 daily allowance each which they send home to their families. Free cigarettes. They had the Heating on full blast over the winter months while my 90 year old Nan down the road is freezing to death cos she cant afford the heating on... It's a all Male immigrant camp and we finding used condoms everywhere. This post will probably be removed. But it's the truth. RAF Wethersfield.

[@plumeria66]

Why isn’t anyone making the royal family accountable?

[@lochnessmunster1189]

Because it isn't their fault. I'm not a Royalist, but "poverty" in the UK (a vague, meaningless term) isn't caused by the existence of the Royal Family.

[@plumeria66]

@@lochnessmunster1189 But they have billions. They can afford to be generous and pay for poor people’s utilities.

[@lochnessmunster1189]

@@plumeria66 Who are "poor" people? I earn minimum wage. Am I 'poor'?

[@SolorockinOne]

@@lochnessmunster1189Yes, you are. I am too at 38,480 in the US.

[@lochnessmunster1189]

@@SolorockinOne At what percentage of the world are you in, earning $38,480 per year?

[@happycook6737]

How sad! And the UK is horribly damp and cold most of the year.

[@craigbarnett9489]

I still earn a similar wage to what I earnt in 2001 meanwhile the cost of everything has trebled. Our government is taking us for granted, they like to tax us more to pay for people who don’t work. In this country your either that rich that you don’t care or everything is free if you decide not to work. The people in the middle of it all are the hard workers that earn an average wage and have nothing left every week, it’s disgraceful. We pay for rockets for other countries to fire at each other whilst our own armed forces are depleted. If we went to war all our children would be forced to defend us whilst said government would retreat to their bunkers. I really am ashamed of my own country

[@gilessteve]

Don't be ashamed of your country. Be angry towards those who have subverted it.

[@Kirsty178]

Nothing is for free! Maybe looks at how much people get on benefits. They have work commitments they have to meet or they loose money! How many people do you really think choose not to work ? May look at your MPs and what they get in expenses and payouts before you start attacking the worse off in this country! MPs get more in a week than most people on benefits get in a year!

[@FrauIndian]

INflation is getting worse. You are not wrong. But most folks (USA) do NOT know that France gave MILLLIONS to the state of Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. There were donated funds from one at least international charity as well.

[@xeero24]

Bro, if in 23 years you haven’t managed to earn more money, you share a big portion of the blame. In 2001 I made maybe 20k while going to school full time, today I make 6 figures, that didn’t happen overnight it was a lot of work and risk.

[@jermaine_222_]

They don’t tax you more to pay for people who don’t work people that don’t work still pay taxes too, your lining the governments pockets go figure

[@BLUESKY-zt1nv]

Boss of British Gas on a £4 million wage ...and there are many more just like him .

[@coderider3022]

Go check your pension funds and see what your own before you complain. You probably are an owner of centrica

[@tellmemore8837]

While people can't pay the bills.

[@moosky7344]

Unfortunately it's a drop in the ocean that amount, reason for cost of living, housing crisis is from other reasons

[@TheRealOmnissiah]

Why can't he be paid £4milliion?

[@coderider3022]

4m is if he , any one of his employees or company screws up, his career is finished, it’s after dinner speaking and sound bite for a random news story. If you had that arrangement (failure is final), I’m sure your number would be high 6 figures as compensation.

[@anisskhoukhi5350]

King Charles should care more for his subjects. It is a shame that such a rich country as the UK has too many poor people with no or little future possibilities.

[@NikhilSharma-td3hr]

This is not poverty. It is luxury poverty.

[@donnatravel]

Nothing luxury about living like this.

[@user-xf2vf9wn5j]

Those who have lived in different parts of the world will know what you mean. But the government is taxing UK workers until we squeak, and then spending recklessly on issues that only the elite support or care about. They could bring in different policies tomorrow that will prevent the poor from freezing and starving. But their posh dinner party friends will be upset.

[@AttyDG]

They have no idea

[@NikhilSharma-td3hr]

@@donnatravel Come to India

[@donnatravel]

@@NikhilSharma-td3hr no thanks

[@Grid519]

In this world of greed and money, the leaders want their subjects to be the least successful.

[@DrJams]

So you going to pay for everything?

[@nektekket852]

@DrJams nah Percival, you are.

[@CrumpetsNBiscuits]

BRING MORE BOAT PEOPLE PLEASE AND GIVE THEM HOTELS, MONEY, FOOD, E BIKES, TAXI RIDES AND STEAL HOUSING FROM US TO GIVE THEM.

[@spacecat2195]

@@CrumpetsNBiscuits its not about the boats .. its 40 yrs of neoliberalism that brought this country to its knees.

[@vongoethe111]

This is infuriating. How woulda millionaire PM have a clue what poverty feels like.

[@monipenny408]

The entire UK govt is infiltrated by Z1ionists

[@moosky7344]

If conservatives get in power again the unelected prime minister pledges to strip all benefits from millions of people if they don't find work within 12 months, with the help of the work coach, so that's the sick, disabled etc without support, will make homeless people in the millions if the tyrant has his way. He also this billionaire said he's going to strip doctors ability to write sick notes

[@nashambenyisrael7689]

they laugh behind closed doors... I hear celebs and rich people tell us how we should live and be happy but I think they have forgotten what normal life feels like...

[@hopesprings7812]

Exactly, when are people going to wake up and stop voting for career politicians.

[@Supernaturality]

I work in a school and being an LSA is an incredibly tough job. You have to do so many different things in a busy, busy day. They deserve a fair wage and definitely one to live on.

[@ralitsapavlova4861]

Crying for the fact you have to cook for today and tomorrow and warm it up tomorrow IS NOT A PROBLEM, my friend!

[@billmaster1157]

What makes me angry is the lack of any solution, there are no opportunities to grow, no chance of escaping this. It annoys me further that people still look for government to solve their problems, just stop. No political party is going to save us. They are the same party flying different colours. There is no hope in politics, and I am done looking for solutions in it. So if anyone has any solution that does not involve the government, we want to hear it.

[@user-te3qm5mv6r]

Vote Pigasus for President! Pigasus the pig!

[@rossm2853]

wealth tax

[@billmaster1157]

@@rossm2853 wealth taxes have never worked. Anywhere, at any time. In fact, I would go as far as to say its this anti-wealth sentiment that is exactly the cause of many of our problems. There are no incentives within the UK that actually drive investment, hard work and productivity. Gifted doctors in the UK find work abroad because the quality of life and pay are superior in other countries. The cream of the crop rise to the top, which is not here, while we get everyone else who cannot find work elsewhere. In other words, we get the bottom of the barrel. When you have an attitude, law and policy that chases away people with wealth or skills that would bring wealth to the country, you have setup a system where you will get poorer and poorer. We need more incentives, not less.

[@rossm2853]

@@billmaster1157 No the problem is the super wealthy will own everything. They own the assets, land, multiple houses, shares. Wealth is built through owning these assets. If they aren't taxed there wealth continues to grow and they continue to buy more. Normal working people can't compete. I'm not talking about taxing working people more ie doctors, I'm talking about a wealth tax targeting those (who predominantly) not working with say £10 million or more in assets. This is who needs to start pay.

[@billmaster1157]

@@rossm2853 this is beside the point. I was specifically asking for a solution *without* government. Ie no taxes Also, thats really stupid. The wealthy can only stay wealthy by constantly buying, selling, innovating and competing. Without an impetus, there is no source of wealth. That impetus is always an incentive to improve ones condition above what already exists, which requires a constant raising of the lowest standard with the highest. Besides. Its always happened that a wealth tax always see the wealthy selling off their assets and moving elsewhere. California tried this recently where this happened exactly and ended up losing a source of tax revenue.

[@raoulmoat6762]

So if you work and still can't afford the basics doesn't this show how working is pointless? You may as well be unemployed!

[@chanjackie2299]

As a migrant you get more money in aid, than these real English people working. Thats shows that the system is your enemy. I seriously don't get why you vote for the people you vote. In Hungary we pay around 32 pounds per month for heating. And that's for a big apartment, okay we don't heat the kitchen. I really don't understand what's going on in England. Massive crime, flooded by migrants, seriously, move to Hungary !

[@user-te3qm5mv6r]

Soon they will use digital cash so they can claw back benefit money from anybody with any kind of job.

[@turtleanton6539]

Yes🎉

[@rogermoore-gd9do]

If someone is doing a minimum wage job that anyone on earth can do how can they expect to be anything other than poor?

[@amandamoon9062]

In Germany the same, in Nigeria too.

[@sagatuppercut2960]

They interviewed two women and there was no mention of a FATHER or a boyfriend. I don't know why there was no biological father present, but if there was, and he was working, there would be TWO INCOMES to provide food and shelter for the kids.

[@melchiorlise2466]

Your point is ? Of course two income is better than one when one is struggling, but the main issue isn't that there's no father. It's not normal to not be able to afford the cost of living even as a single parent.

[@candyann-qb2xi]

It's 2024 not 1934 families are made all different

[@Laurap01]

Deceased? Left? You don’t know the circumstances.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@candyann-qb2xi Because in 1934, there was no welfare to encourage single motherhood.

[@scch4056]

Why is the money going to Ukraine? why to migrants? Politicians should be held accountable....

[@santostv.]

To Ukraine not all of it is in cash, its w*apons and equipment , migrants is because of birth rates decline and cheap labor like every other place in the world

[@BranislavB-hx9zy]

Poor EU countries also spend money on refugees and support Ukraine. The UK is a rich nuclear nation..

[@philprofi6896]

In a democracy politicians, judges and journalists are never held accountable for anything. I might also remind you that in a democracy racism is a criminal offence which can land you behind bars.

[@terrorbilly1]

@@philprofi6896 Democracy is just an empty slogan now.

[@andrewlee8909]

Politicians like foreign aid because it prestige like to be seen on the world stage helping other countries while neglecting our own

[@gooderspitman8052]

I’m aged 67 and I have a payslip from fifty years ago, I was aged 17, working in a coal mine and I was getting £27.50 a week, which equates to around £485 in todays money. Now what seventeen year old gets that kind of money? And don’t forget that when I reached 18, I got men’s wages.

[@skycloud4802]

The properties were very cheap too.

[@bill-2018]

I was an apprentice in engineering and remember £13 per week. Aged 68 now.

[@MusehanaH]

@skycloud4802, properties were not necessarily cheap...a pound had value

[@gooderspitman8052]

@@bill-2018 me too.

[@JoshAston23]

And that works out at £25,220 per annum. That's pretty much the average salary these days for a typical office job. The apprentice wage now is £6.40 per hour, so around £250 per week or £12k per year.

[@violetka20]

I work in care sector. 90% of my co workers are foreigners. Carets, nurses, even admin staff. Yes, it’s tough. But it’s a job. And we’re always hiring. We are looking after your elderly. British people don’t want this kind of work because it’s tough. I know people claiming benefits but they would not work in care. It’s bizarre.

[@sydneylaroche8276]

Not everyone is made for care work. I know they are severely understaffed and it's a very important job, but I feel like when they are so desperate to staff they hire literally anyone, it attracts the wrong kind of person; abuse in care is widespread.

[@fnma21]

So true.

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

Oh please - British people do all those jobs and they've been doing them since long before you ever came here. You only work with foreigners because you live in a place which has been completely taken over by immigration. You make me sick, you come here, you get far better jobs than the ones back in the dump you come from, you lower our wages, push up our housing costs, you take up our school and hospital places and then you have the nerve to lecture us about how wonderful you are There were NO LABOUR SHORTAGES at the end of the 90s, you weren't needed. You were brought here to lower our wages and change the ethnic composition of our countries. People claim benefits because they aren't enough jobs. Google how many unemployed people there are and how many vacancies there are. The difference between those two figures is caused by you

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

@@fnma21 Not true at all. There isn't a single job British people don't do. Didn't you see the story about the carers who were forced to pay back their Universal Credit because they'd been incorrectly advised about the hours they could work?

[@winterwulf1995]

No we don't want those jobs because I'm not spending the rest of my life wiping the backsides of the people who voted away my future for their own short term comforts

[@cheriparisedwards3468]

This kind of struggle is not new and I don't know why it's being treated in that manner. I spent most of my life living on a very small salary with which I had to raise two children. Reagan had deemed that trickle-down would be an effective way to help the working poor, however the money never made it those of us with the lowest salaries. For a few months I needed and received government help in the form of foods stamps and a 250/check and was looked at in a negative way when I had to use them. At least today's low-income get some empathy and understanding, because it wasn't something I experienced when I was in that struggle. I will say that when I moved to Texas to recreate my life about a dozen years ago when I was in my mid-fifties, I was able to receive support without the judgement I'd experienced when I was underemployed in Illinois to help me get on my feet and within a few months I had a job, and then returned to graduate school, where I taught and a full-time position before earning my degree. I still live with PTSD from the fear, worry and struggle of living from paycheck to paycheck.

[@capri2673]

Someone should have told him what a dump this country is not to bother coming here.

[@fireat40]

and bringing 4 children!

[@Aurora-qn2dx]

Whole world same problem.

[@TimComley]

Calm down

[@felixpope6073]

You think his own country was better?????

[@capri2673]

@@Karlos.xx.travels Please keep telling them!

[@Ballinalower]

It is the same in Canada and for the same reason.

[@hbt739]

Doesnt canada have a"left" goverment? Or what do u mean

[@Ballinalower]

@@hbt739 Huge inflation and wages not keeping up. Many Canadians and legal immigrants resorting to food banks. 1.5 million immigrants last year and only 90,000 new houses. Homeless Canadians and legal immigrants sleeping on the streets while illegals stay in hotels at taxpayers expense. Health service overwhelmed. Violent crime up 300 percent in the last year. Massive disruption from pro Hamas demonstrators threatening jews and police do nothing. Most government actions make no logical sense and achieve nothing except to waste billions of dollars.

[@farmoboy83]

Portugal too and many other european countries as far as i know. This is a global universal capitalist system that will eventually deprive the 99% from almost everything they used to have.

[@melanytodd2929]

The same in South Africa 🇿🇦. Corrupt, wealthy MP's.... no jobs.

[@The160879]

Canada is finnished Trudeau is a fully paid up WEF man

[@stephaniedegange2737]

may God bless all of you in need...working adults living in poverty! this is so wrong!

[@taneltolsting2900]

I live in Estonia. Looks like you have reached the same standart for living now.

[@KeithRingo]

Government watching this and thinking "open an only fans after your 40 hour shift"

[@lervish1966]

Stop projecting your own fantasies onto the government.

[@scousiered3124]

Even if she's only on the NMW, that's £19k. I have to ask why she'd be on NMW at her age too. I can guess.

[@mimikhan9546]

@@scousiered3124 Poor Education

[@scousiered3124]

@@mimikhan9546 even with no education, she'd have worked her way up a level at least once.

[@mimikhan9546]

What about if u have Burn out?

[@Chloe-vi5mb]

I can’t believe this is what life is like in England it’s getting more and more unbearable by the day !!

[@stephanwuertz9988]

USA isn't better

[@rennmaxbeta]

I'm glad our family moved internationally over 30 years ago.. it's depressing to see the UK now. But other western countries are following suit with so-called leaders using the same playbook.

[@user-te3qm5mv6r]

Read the press in India many people dream of jobs in UK or USA.

[@rake483]

05:23 This needs to be mentioned much more often. It is insane how much poorer the working class has become.

[@Darren-kd4hc]

We live in a sad world

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Been sad for years but not getting much better. My nieces have good jobs but hate what they do. The world of work is not good at the moment.

[@winterwulf1995]

Oh well it'll be over soon

[@Zxcvbueisn444]

In Uk of the past you were told go to school get a job and you would have your own home, security, car heating and a nice life. That dream is over for 80% of people. Its failed because of all politicians not just one side. It’s low wages, high taxes. High costs for energy and housing. If you are low income worker id go abroad. Work in Dubai in a 5 star hotel for a couple of years. Save 15k a year. Then take life from there. Working like a slave in Uk to not even get anywhere is pointless. You are effectively replicating the strategy and of poor migrants to Uk yourselves. Go somewhere to save money to escape your low wages. Thats the state the Uk has become

[@iluvgsds]

Newcastle Two bedroom houses for sale £85000. Jobs advertised e.g Aldi £12 an hour. £1770 a month take home. Get a partner thats £3540 a month Household income.

[@Zxcvbueisn444]

⁠@@iluvgsdsi agree i worked there 2010-14. Bought a flat for 68k. Saved decent amounts. Like i said or you said the key is mobility. Go where it makes sense. Or move from where something is not working. But from being a Manger and hiring people like on this video they always have issues. Lateness illness family emergency mental health issues and after a while you understand why they have ended up like this.

[@mimikhan9546]

Where do I sign up?

[@liveisgreatlivenotdie9268]

Live in some Asian countries where the cost of living is low and you can still have a good quality of life there. My Canadian friend, Kirk, is living in China. He is very happy there

[@janetmalcolm6191]

​@@iluvgsdsLots of places small houses are over £200 grand plus. Minimum wage jobs everywhere. Govt wonders why people don't rush to get them! Obvious really....

[@Acto22]

£7.000.000 burned per day in hotels..how UK has poor people?

[@kiyoshitakeda452]

Such a "wonderful" country.

[@kevthedruid]

The sickest joke of all time was when george osbourne re named 'the national MINIMUM wage '' the national LIVING wage' clearly if universal credit is needed to top it up then its everything but a living wage ,

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Many didn't pay the Living Wage. Minimum wage was less. Anybody in a job should get a reasonable amount. Not needing top ups.

[@Castle743]

America is the same Working families are struggling It feels like the "Depression"

[@user-te3qm5mv6r]

We have to pay an average of $10k a year for health insurance, did you know how much it costs us?

[@josh3221ify]

Not struggling enough apparently, since you are busy sending billions to fund wars that have nothing to do with you

[@josh3221ify]

Jolly good 😂

[@josh3221ify]

😂

[@bulltraderpt]

Samson, "our kids just come in to the country, there are four of them". WTF are THEY doing here FFS!

[@angelacahill9460]

So why did that African immigrant couple send for their 4 children if they can't afford to feed, clothe, house them in the UK? Instead they now live off the UK citizen's tax dollars and generosity. Taking from a UK citizens mouth and pocket. Why is this encouraged and allowed? Same here in the US...

[@charlt7670]

Maybe you can colonize their country again and take their wealth like you did in the past to make Britain rich again! Ohh oops, can't do that. Ain't got the NAVY ships like you had in the past anymore do you. Poor thing

[@TheAkturus]

He said they both work full time. You should be asking who benefits from keeping people on wages so low that they can't live from it. It's a much more interesting question.

[@brightspark7523]

The cost of rents and heating are massive.

[@jonsimmons4150]

why i emigrated to oz.. but here jobs are 500% harder to find. rent is more, and less available.

[@dod642]

As at the end of this report, this governments answer is always to just reel off some very large numbers as if the problem doesn't even exist. It does and it's yet another national disgrace brought to us by the tory party. CH4 should do a regular weekly feature on poverty in the UK.

[@NexusTheFocus]

I agree 💯

[@missl8894]

​@@NexusTheFocusMe too 👍

[@mariarohmer2374]

My heart breaks when I see our friends in the UK hurting like this. Makes me question why they're okay with the royals living in several castles, employing hundreds of servants and quite frankly living the good, cush life. Rather they should be pouring money into helping their people. Anyone who can't feed themselves or their families or heat their homes. Or people who don't even have homes.That's what modern royalty should be doing if they are to exist. That's just my opinion.

[@user-xf2vf9wn5j]

It's nothing to do with the royal family. They have existed for centuries. Our politicians are bats**t crazy. They won't be happy until every working class person in this country is starving and freezing.

[@mrmeldrew693]

What happens when people reach 55 to retirement age without anything saved? There will be millions unable to find work, in rented accommodation over the next few decades with zero provisions or ability to support themselves.

[@LilyGazou]

In the US people are living in vehicles. Lots of them on BLM land, in the desert. Others are moving to South America and Asia.

[@Curlyblonde]

In the US, 60% of new retirees are homeless living in tents, cars and RVs. Even if they saved and invested what they could while employed, illness, divorce, failed investments, job loss wiped them out financially.

[@down-to-earth-mystery-school]

My husband and I immigrated from the US to Mexico 18 months ago. If we had stayed in the US, we would be homeless. There’s still financial pressure here, but not nearly as much.

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

Due to Blair and open borders.

[@zu8507]

@@Curlyblonde 60%??

[@lisacooper6328]

me too and the energy companies are making huge profits we the people need to stand up and say no

[@fl-ri-]

You won't achieve anything by bankrupting energy suppliers who are forced by law to make basically no profit anyway. You won't achieve anything by increasing the costs of leasing out oil fields, which has only really just become profitable for the likes of BP in the last few years (they were billions in the red until then), if you raise it higher you'll just have no one to extract the gas and your bills will rise even higher. This kind of thinking reminds me of Mao, who thought if we kill the sparrows then they won't eat the grain and there'd be more food for everyone... and then swarms of locusts ate all the grain and millions starved. Perhaps look at the breakdown on tax income/expenditures for the country. A quarter of all tax taken in is spent on social security, considering the tax burden is higher than it was during the war I don't believe this is sustainable. A third on the NHS which is still somehow at breaking point despite funding increases every year since before the tories took over, there's some obvious corruption happening here that needs sorting out.

[@fcliverpool6167]

Good job! Keep working hard! Patriotic!

[@rossm2853]

We need a WEALTH TAX asap. It's criminal that we tax the daily workers, yet the millionaires and billionaires pay less tax for no work while there bank accounts grow.

[@beatrixbrennan1545]

That doesn't help. The government just spends it on migrants and war.

[@shauncameron8390]

And then a DISPOSABLE INCOME TAX. Because they were wise enough to INVEST while you spent all you have on trying to live "the good life." Yes you may have worked hard and earned the right to try and live that life, but it doesn't make it a wise thing to do especially if you care about your future.

[@rossm2853]

@@shauncameron8390 Differing backgrounds plays a massive part in this, unless your family or someone with infuence teaches you how to invest and manage money in our system, how can we expect people to know this. Education is a massive part for sure. We should be taught this at school.

[@JuliusFawcett]

Massive wealth transfers to the top 10% over 50 years are a political choice, tax the top and redistribute now

[@James_36]

you clearly cannot do basic math

[@JuliusFawcett]

@@James_36 maths is one of my strongest subjects alongside economics

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

Top 10% pay 30% of the entire tax take. They have contributed more than enough. Now it's time for Labour's benefits and welfare dependent generation to step up to the plate and put in a shift. Far too many feckless, baby popping wasters draining the welfare system.

[@danielseaburg9763]

@@JuliusFawcett ''redistribute now'' ''maths and economics, im a genius'' Here's proof that you're not. Jeff Bezos is worth 193 billion. There are 6 billion people on earth. Let's re-distribute his wealth shall we? Tell me, oh enlightened mathematical and economical smoothbrain, what are you going to spend your newly acquired....*checks notes*....$32.16 on? Anything fancy?....

[@MrAlio101]

​@@danielseaburg9763he's right and that's exactly what should happen. The top 10% have trillions of dollars. You've used an example of one of the "richest" men of the planet. That in itself is ridiculous. There's companies and people that are far richer than bezos, we just don't know about it. Clearly its not your strong point either

[@pawel8365]

Everyone I know left the UK and their lives are far far better than if they stayed.

[@gilessteve]

I moved to Bulgaria and there's no comparison. I hope I never have to go back.

[@pawel8365]

@@gilessteve How is learning the language going?

[@gilessteve]

@@pawel8365 Terrible! lol I can just about get by in shops, etc.

[@alexcurmi7412]

I would have loved to but we can’t now because of Brexit right? You can get a long visa but you won’t be able to live there for many years as far as I know. Unless I’m missing something?

[@gilessteve]

@@alexcurmi7412 I have residency because I moved here before Brexit but I'd like to know the answer to your question.