Millions in UK need to double income to escape poverty

When the cost of everything is spiralling, from housing to fuel and food, millions of ordinary people are facing an ever greater struggle to get by.
Now a new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation says millions of people in the UK would need to double their income to escape poverty.
Their damning report reveals the extent of hardship and desperation across the country - describing it as "social failure, at scale".
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[@daysofgreenday65]

People should remember: poverty is not an accident, a coincidence or an inevitability. It is something which is manufactured by the ruling class.

[@Mysterkoma]

Of course it's not coincidence - it's mostly your mentality and if you wanna blame government for it you will never take responsibility for your life and rise up

[@JamesBoslem-fh9gr]

The Tory nirvana is back to Victorian times. Brexit was phase 1 and leaving human rights is the final stage

[@user-qo8ci2ye6v]

@@JamesBoslem-fh9gr Rubbish. You live in a fantasy world

[@daysofgreenday65]

@@JamesBoslem-fh9gr Exactly, or "the good old days" as they would say.

[@AndrewMclachlan-hq4jp]

No if your poor that’s cause your families lazy or not ambitious or lack intelligence

[@kenn4973]

I have lived in the UK until recently. They can pretend all they want, but this country is in trouble. Very big trouble.

[@johnthompson7105]

English people are in trouble yet all illegals live a life of luxury

[@rm71991]

You never lived in the UK so stop lying

[@thisweekmetaverse]

It is indeed. I left a few years ago and am in no rush to go back. It's not just cost off living, add in climate, weather, dark winters and crumbling housing in many places and it's grim. UK is becoming a poor third world country at a rapid rate.

[@carlbland68]

dnt come back its finished @@thisweekmetaverse

[@peterlee6148]

But why is the premier league still going strong? The money spent by handful of clubs is insane!

[@Prometheus7272]

I really hate this term "cost of living crisis", it should be called the government made us poorer crisis.

[@buy.to.let.britain]

could be called the 'irersponsibility crisis' ?

[@artofsam]

@@buy.to.let.britain Yeah starting off with those irresponsible bankers in 2008 who should be in prison.

[@gabrielsr4791]

Yes This is pratically everywhere 😓

[@pip1723]

Yes government financial irresponsibility crisis ...

[@catherinebirch2399]

And yet people still vote conservative.

[@thes3363]

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.

[@MarthaDeTa358]

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[@Florencecoxx]

That's awesome to hear. 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

[@thes3363]

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[@rosielee938]

Keeping us poor is all by design, my partner & myself work and just keep ourselves above water!! Yet this government squanders our taxes!! I’m sick to death of it. 🤬🤬🤬

[@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984]

Spare a thought for these illegals coming into the UK. In the next few years, 1M illegals and the Home Office quite happy to fund the invaders over UK homeless. So much for border control and the illusion of Brexit.

[@ianhill4585]

Squanders!!?? Don't exaggerate It's only 8 million a DAY (on one subject anyway) .But seriously, that's the wastage we know about, other crackpot schemes are available........😤

[@oddities-whatnot]

I had a well paid job but it simply not enough in my area for buying a property again.

[@colindavid2078]

yeah, but don't worry, all those who weren't even born in the UK have nice big houses, and plenty of benefits!! UK is a joke! with the failing economy and NHS, they better stop taking taxes of the people!!

[@lucifer6295]

Yes, work hard so they can free Ukraine with your tax money!

[@thirteentimes365]

It is outrageous that almost one-third of our population is in poverty.

[@user-qo8ci2ye6v]

It depends how you measure poverty

[@CharlMarais247]

@@artgreen6915 you can only add so much copper to gold, untill your only left with copper. This is what's happening when you demand and don't produce. feels like UK is in a downward education trend and they don't want to work. I had a look at the skills shortages. Basically, if you can breathe, the UK needs U. I find that crazy. Basic well paying jobs are in very high demand. You want to make money. Become an electrician or a plumber or a engineer or a painter. DON'T GO WORK AT TESCO! Make something, do something, earn something.

[@colindavid2078]

yeah, but don't worry, all those who weren't even born in the UK have nice big houses, and plenty of benefits!! UK is a joke! with the failing economy and NHS, they better stop taking taxes of the people!!

[@DBGE001]

Philip McCann's study (economist professor at the University of Sheffield) shows that half the country today is poorer than the poorest state in Mississippi and West-Virginia and has a quality of life which is about the same as Tennessee or Alabama.

[@sntki8561]

You don't know what poverty is

[@GoogleMail-cp6xp]

To me as a Norwegian, UK seems so shabby and impoverished. Maybe I'm wrong?

[@teainortakoy]

Depends where you live and how much you earn, the same as any country really. We're in the top 5 riches countries in the world but that doesn't mean that we don't have poverty in families and bad areas.

[@LungGore]

I lived in the UK all my life and to see this country heading this way makes me sad; especially when some countries are getting people out of poverty and we seem to be putting people in poverty

[@DankZoomboy]

It's sad to see what rapid immigration did to the local population lived and jods.. Doesn't that mak u angry broo.. Real British people can't even get jobs because of migrants

[@eveoakley6270]

Don’t believe everything you read and see in the media.

[@McRedneck]

dont you feel culturally enriched though?

[@19dazhogan82]

There once was as a time when the husband went to work Monday to Friday 40 hours per week, the wife took care of the home and children. While not living beyond their means and putting money aside, they could Afford to live comfortably, have a holiday once a year and maybe even have savings. All on a 1 income household. What has happened? Now both parents have to work full time just to tread water, kids are going to school hungry, families break up. Everyone is in debt, the banks get richer, the government takes more and more. House prices continue to rise. This has all been a very deliberate plan

[@Johnemburey-er1hp]

​@@19dazhogan82need to stop immigrants especially from Islamic nations. They would seek asylum and live lazily on welfare.

[@latinkon3]

£1.600 p/m?!?!? That's actual robbery! how can landlords sleep at night expecting people to pay that much?

[@salsabila786]

When the house they bought was 400k, they then took 80% mortgage and their interest payment probably over 1k monthly, that's how they justify it. If someone had 400k, it's unlikely they'd buy a house cash, there's much better returns with lower risk and expenses

[@AndrewMclachlan-hq4jp]

Mate move to the slums can’t be broke and moan about not affording houses in rich neighbourhoods

[@yayosadventures]

Mortgages

[@yetidodger6650]

greedy bastards, getting others to pay the mortgage for them.

[@Sassy-Sam]

I’d have no problems sleeping at night……. Charging from 3% to 8% for the money invested (and that’s before taxes & expenses), yeah, I would lose ZERO sleep over expecting someone to pay those rates! In the south the rental yields are ridiculously low! My fixed term savings account gives me more return than I’d get if I bought a property to let out in the south, where yields are typically 3% to 5%!! I get 5% return on my savings in the bank…….. so, yes, I’d definitely not lose any sleep!

[@_D1886]

I earn a little more than the average UK salary. As a single person, and with the absolutely insane cost of rent in this country, I am barely scraping by. Saving or putting money away into a pension is basically a pipe dream. I reguarly ask myself what is the point? What am I working for? I have no idea how people earning under the average salary are surviving in this country tbh. It's a national disgrace.

[@GeorgeJoubert-id2cv]

​@@PGHEngineer dumbass

[@robtheplod]

You need to work harder, those hotels for our new friends ain't cheap you know!

[@wilhelmvanbabbenburg8443]

​@@robtheplod oh yeah blame the refugee you poor loser...

[@danieloliver4558]

Exactly that you work so you can eat and be housed. Do you believe you should not have to work for those things

[@mickeymadmouse]

Find a work through internet, move to countries like Portugal, Moldova and you are set for the whole life. It's about choices nowadays

[@markkilley2683]

This is happening everywhere, in USA, Australia. Maybe not as quick but it is happening.

[@Johnemburey-er1hp]

It sure 8s happening. Add newzealand to that list.

[@danielmcarthur9004]

Yeah same with canada. Probably faster than the UK due to the housing crisis here

[@markkilley2683]

@@danielmcarthur9004 We also a housing crisis here in Aus. Most people don't care, if you do care, you're called 'woke'. I really don't know why being cruel is the answer.

[@charabotte1]

Happening in France too. It's wanted. Probably all mapped out at G20 events. It's basically everywhere so not a coincidence.

[@markkilley2683]

@@charabotte1 It's posible.

[@tommyfree4736]

If I were to stop my overtime at work I'd be in trouble. My basic wage is exactly the same as my outgoings before food and fuel costs. I've cut absolutely everything I can when it comes to bills. I even turn my heating off completely after my son goes home to his mum. This country is screwed

[@hana26z]

Then you will realise oh wait a second, why m I working? Is that not better to have benefit?

[@Stefan_Dahn]

The luxury of divorce and single households.

[@srinfinity5587]

I’ve stopped paying the electric bill how they want me to pay. I pay them 2018 rates.

[@katarinagbajobi6620]

Iflation is actually inflated cost of goods and services by the riches. They want more and more. The elites have created casts like in India where poor people have no chance of getting out of poverty get better for their children.

[@fortitudo2110]

I used to go for a capuccino on Friday morning as was the end of the week... I no longer go as it too expensive. -.-

[@dulceoliveira9901]

I work from Sunday to Sunday, I have two daughters, I'm a widow, I'm not entitled to benefits and I'm surviving, but I wanted to live and not just survive.

[@hmq9052]

You need two incomes really.

[@Robby334]

Well done xx

[@cidamed]

My solidarity. As a Buddhist, I will send my sincere practice to you to reach the immeasurable and ilimmited benefits. 😊

[@SA-ff9uc]

Needs to get herself out there.@@hmq9052

[@thebritishbookworm2649]

Wow am so sorry for you. May God bless your life deeply. 🙏

[@daniethturnereth4868]

It's just assumed by those in government, or those who are doing okay that we're struggling because we're not working hard enough. In actuality, we're working ridiculous hours in dead end jobs that we hate and have very little time and resources to find anything else. The game is rigged. I've listened to these Tories constantly bashing the working class, Liz Truss even had the audacity to suggest we need to graft more. Meanwhile, they are laughing it up in the house of commons every week, like some ridiculous pantomime show, claiming expenses from the tax payer and blowing our money on pointless schemes that no one believes in or cares about. The image of Rees Mogg with his feet up in the commons is one of the most offensive things I've ever seen. Do not vote these ridiculous people back in.

[@davidazure1539]

So Glad to hear this. And glad to see can also see the problem isn't us not working hard enough.

[@smithlenn]

I was advised to diversify my portfolio among several assets such as stocks and bonds since this can protect my portfolio for retirement. I'm seeking to invest $200K across markets but don't know where to start.

[@latanyaconlontl5849]

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.

[@dawsondanny990]

This seems like the worst period.Even the markets are very unpredictable.started investing recently when the market prices were a bit high,today i am more than 60% down

[@rannyorton]

The best course of action if you lack market knowledge is to ask a consultant or invest-ing coach 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

[@dawsondanny990]

Fantastic! can u share more details?

[@rannyorton]

She's known as Julia Hope Marble''. One of the finest portfolio managers in the field. She's widely recognized; you should take a look at her work.

[@gooderspitman8052]

I found an old pay slip from 1973, I was then aged 17 years old. The payslip was for a week’s pay and my pay aged 17 was £27.50 which equates to £485 in today’s money. Now imagine if youngsters were receiving that kind of amount and then think on that at aged 18 I would have been on even more money. So tell me again how bad were the 70s and Pre-Thatcherism.

[@0w784g]

Thatcher didn't advocate uncontrolled migration that suppressed wage growth, that came with Blair.

[@Stuark54]

This is what happens when the minimum wage doesn’t keep up with the cost of living. In my day if you lived frugally you could easily afford a nice roof over your head, three meals a day and a holiday each year.

[@Heaven-dy9lj]

The minimum wage is a fallacy. It was introduced to be the maximum wage.

[@rosalindchrister]

There is no minimum or living wage it is an hourly rate

[@deangelisdata]

there is no minimum wage there is only the serf allowance

[@Em-im1yz]

You need 35k a year for that now if ur single no kids and living in the north. If you're couple with kids better both be earning 35 - 40k each.

[@yofinance1777]

This is what happens when the sheeple society full of electorates become distracted, divided and manipulated. Lazy and pathetic, society does not hold those they elect accountable and let them get away with absolute fraud! Society is getting absolutely everything it deserves! Disgusting what we have become!

[@oddities-whatnot]

The UK is a mess. Kids leaving school now can go to college or university, get an apprenticeship, basically train for a well paying career but its simply not enough nowadays. They reckon the average salary is about 37k. Fine if you were on that 25 years ago so you could afford a nice house in a good area, as a single person, but now you need double that or two of you living together on at least 30k each to have a decent standard of living. I was on at least the UK average but im having to share in my part of the country as houses are at least 8x the salary I was on. Ive given up work for the time being because I dont see what the point is, and NO im not claiming any benefits. So many people must be in the same position, why work hard all week if you still cant get anywhere to call home ?

[@patricia_1303]

Exactly that’s my point, I work 40 hours a week with better wages, living at my mum’s flat but still not enough to be accepted for a property because the prices are ridiculous! And landlords expect you to earn double of that! UK went downhill!

[@aaronbrown7217]

My wage is way bellow the £37K. I just about earn without tax removed £21k per year and there is no suprises that I can't even get on the property ladder at all.

[@lifegamerpro4033]

Don't worry we indians take care...you in our factories in india 👍

[@murdock6450]

Move to somewhere cheaper then?

[@catherinebirch2399]

@@futoooob I did that for most of my life because I could see the futility of the 9 to 5 existence. I'm retired now but I'm far better off than I've ever been in my life. I've been on two holidays to the continent last year. A lot of people who've worked hard for 40 years plus can't afford that.

[@thomasfreddie9235]

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[@thomasfreddie9235]

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[@jamesvillegas877]

It's the same all over the world now.

[@jtrevm]

I am one of the lucky ones who worked over decades and have my own home. I am retired and now most of my income is State Pension. Not enough of course. I have now to sell my home. No choice. Plan is somewhere cheaper and smaller. Until I die. But still lucky. I have a roof and food on the table. At my age, nothing more needed. And - no one is going to throw me out.

[@G4RY1159]

All about timing, and sometimes hard work

[@kanedNunable]

yours will be the last generation where most owned their home. no chance for most young nowadays.

[@jtrevm]

Seems very likely. Except. We need some politicians who do understand supply and demand. Build. Build. Build. Good luck with your future. Truly. You deserve better.@@kanedNunable

[@todorkolev7565]

and when you sell your house, it will be taxed so MUCH, that you have nothing left after buying the smaller house!

[@jamesb312]

@@todorkolev7565 No, a sale of a main residence in the UK does not attract Capital Gains Tax.

[@danmahon127]

Something I hear all the time is "I've worked so hard for everything I have and that's why I'm well off" - well in my opinion, many people have inherited money, or they've had luck in life. There's plenty of hard working individuals who deserve more.

[@Turanic1]

For some people working hard is collecting rents off 12 properties once a month, and putting it all into spreadsheets while projecting future profits 😂 I bet those are the f##kers that defend capitalism and teach everyone how to work hard

[@kaptinbarfbeerd1317]

The people who say that we're born 70 years ago. It's a way different time now but they just don't get it

[@danmahon127]

@@kaptinbarfbeerd1317 totally

[@diannevenner-kc6gu]

Yes the baby boomers age in their 70s now we're the last generation that were able to say this along with the job for life quote. Nowadays it's difficult and different world.

[@pistopitpit]

I’m an immigrant who came to UK 15 years ago with one backpack and around £200 in my pocket. Now I have my own home and good salary. It was luck and hard work together which got me to this point.

[@andrewalton1909]

So she’s living in one of the most expensive areas of Greater London, working part time and complains that she can’t afford a flat? Her son looks old enough to take care of himself so there’s no reason she shouldn’t be working full time. There’s no significant other or family to help out? I really don’t see this is fault of the government.

[@le_chat4911]

Some people are use to live on benefit and charity 🙄

[@kevoreilly6557]

Well done missing the point - it seems that has been the way her and her son have been for years; it’s only now an issue and a growing issue for many families

[@karenrobinson129]

Agreed.

[@bannol1]

We have been led to this situation over the past four decades and this is exactly where politicians and the wealthy want most people to be. When economic uncertainty and poverty becomes the norm, it easier to manipulate a population. There is no real benefit to governments and the rich to have a large, comfortable and financially functional middle-class. Middle-class people are too much of a bother the more of them there are.

[@skymanifest8339]

Good job mass immigration and multiculturalism have made us a richer, more dynamic, place to live, huh?

[@d.dr.v42]

@@skymanifest8339This is not immigrants fault is always the rich bastards that profit for people misery

[@papichuckle]

Nothing will get better You can always rely on the British public to vote for the same people and do nothing

[@STTC]

So true

[@Jay_Richardson]

And make stupid choices that screw us all for the next 25 years example like being dumb, ignorant and brain washed by right wing propaganda voting to leave the EU for a start. God i so badly want to leave this country. Its just endless promotion of racial instability, dumb and ignorant society, people constanlty moaning but do nothing to help themselves, right wing controlled media and Government, soical media warped everyone, no one helps the helpness in the event of an emergancy instead take pictures or videos to post, bad boy attitude youth, youth talk like tards saying like, like, like every 2 seconds. Is that a country to be proud of? I'm so done with this.

[@lasttango7522]

​@@STTC Totally agree. We are voting for our demise.

[@papichuckle]

@@chrisviking7807 they will vote in labour next and be surprised when nothing changes

[@andrewwalsh2755]

Zionist Labour in... more lies, deceit and dishonesty... and ANOTHER bogus war then!...😱

[@JohnHuxleySavage]

A small handful of people own nearly all the land and generate passive income from it by gouging the workers who actually generate all the goods and services in society. Land ownership is the root of this problem.

[@lbunnygordon1133]

It s called modern feudal system...

[@josemengelez6947]

@@greg6126 they clearly do, that's why you feel threatened and lash out.

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

It's certainly a big part of it. Deindustrialisation, hyper-financialisation and mass immigration also

[@otinanai5439]

@@S.Tradesno actually he is right. Cadogan westminster grosvenor. Google those 3 names and you will find out that majority of land is owned indeed by handful people

[@AndrewMclachlan-hq4jp]

I hate this yiur broke cause your family’s is either lazy or stupid like my family people have money cause there smarter or work harder if you aren’t born into money it means your family failed financially it’s not the Governments fault

[@damienroberts7735]

This makes me feel very sad because it is the constant topic of conversation at home on a weekly basis, and seeing these videos just amplifies the awareness of how people are suffering in quiet desperation. I worry about everyone around me on a weekly basis, forever concerned about my family and friends financial and psychological wellbeing. The hurt and struggle behind closed doors is soo real that I've slowly developed some mental health struggles surrounding this stark external environment that is eating away our soles. No torch of leadership is being carried to draw us out of this dark that is consuming us, and mothers and fathers are barely surviving their own unhappiness just to feed their children. Love and happiness are dissipating into loneliness and slavery of a system built on greed and corruption.

[@moosky7344]

Councils across the country going bankrupt hasn't helped, plus councils on the brink of bankruptcy,means severe cuts, sackings and depleted services all across the board for years to come, yet we can find 10s billions to give away for free to other countries. Our interest rates for our national debt is 100 billion annually 😢 I heard some councils are having a 3 weekly bin collection to cut costs, imagine what it will be like in summer. Then i read in South Africa they receive 2 bin collections a day 😢

[@Nanan-he9om]

Same sadness in France, people have the same problem of survival cost of living. the Real danger is the lonelyless who Can destroy strong mind, if you are bless to have family and Friends the love you Can share with them will protect you to any mental disorder.

[@glennhopkins2643]

Tony Blair is to blame.

[@lamb1168]

Double the income just to meet the poverty line? My goodness.

[@hc1897]

No worries there are “only” 6 million people in that position. Not quite 1/10!of the total. The politicians are in no danger, they can continue to play with the country for many years.

[@starlightgirl8863]

It's a disgusting joke

[@jessicasaunder6965]

Everyone needs income as their tool, emergency fund as their security, investments as their hope, and budget as their control. Get those in place and you'll feel at peace with your financial picture.

[@mulizimustapha4406]

Our economy struggling with uncertainties, housing issues, foreclosures, global fluctuations, and pandemic aftermath, causing instability. Rising inflation, sluggish growth, and trade disruptions need urgent attention from all sectors to restore stability and stimulate growth.

[@user-hc8uu7wt9y]

I retired at 53 thanks to my husband . It wouldn't have been possible without his company stock plan because it far exceeded the 401k we both have. He is six years older than me and was sick of the day to day grind but we had no clue if our savings and investments would be sufficient, we finally went to a financial management meeting and we make all decisions for a profitable Investment and prepared a plan for our early retirement. We should have done that years ago but never considered that we might ever have enough to retire early and I thank God and my husband for the ability to do investment . We are now financially stable with everything paid for and we have a good health insurance ! Don't wait time is something we have in short supply and no amount of money will buy you more, I pray that anyone who reads and held to these words will be successful in life too 🙏🙏🙏

[@freddycook630]

can you imagine what will happen when the average wage in China is close to or more than a UK wage, that’s when the wheels will come off. If you send all the money to Amazon and all the work to China, then what do you expect. Our factories close our work drys up and we get poorer and poorer while the rich get richer, someone other then me must see how obscene it is that one man can have a net worth of $229 billion he made from all of us giving him our hard-earned cash.

[@lbunnygordon1133]

Try tory govt having a shareout with pals and richest 1 per cent of 73 trillon in 2023. . 😢

[@person.X.]

This is exactly what is slowly throttling the UK. The imported stuff the UK needs gets steadily more expensive as China, E. Europe etc get wealthier. If the UK still produced stuff then it could switch back to local suppliers but they no longer exist so the UK is now stuck in a trap. It was pretty obvious this was going to become a problem back in the 90s after the industrial bloodbath of the 80s but everyone just pretended that everything was hunky dory and spent the oil income, borrowed money and sold the family silver to foreigners. Hopefully at some point the UK will redevelop its economy and become more self sufficient as well as developing more competitive export industries.

[@scetchport]

Same in Australia.

[@wmoule]

That would never happen as there is literally not enough resources in the world..

[@AndrewMclachlan-hq4jp]

You have little understanding of economics 😂😂😂

[@user-tt8yj7vm3m]

Few years ago Europeans were playing with food in their streets enjoying by throwing milk and tomato and wheat while other nations are starving ,not thinking that they may suffer one day ,cause nothing is guaranteed in this life

[@Mariabouke35]

I absolutely hate going grocery shopping now 😫😫😫 i would do less shopping if im by myself, but i have 2 kids 🤣🤣

[@soundallowed]

Poverty in the UK increases after leaving the EU. Really? Who would have thought that....

[@grbbbc]

So where in France, Germany, Italy cheaper?

[@bobjames6622]

Ahh, didn't take long to find the remoaner!

[@ianhill4585]

As subtle as a kick in the nads aren't they!?

[@rodstawaa]

Why can’t we just vote ourselves back into the EU

[@tedcrilly1]

As many Australians in the comments will testify, they are struggling too.... maybe they should rejoin the EU to fix their pro....... oh?!

[@kokliangchew3609]

As a Malaysian who used to live in the UK as a British Permanent Resident from the 1970s to the 1990s, I didn't expect things will be worse than at the height of the early 1980s recession and record unemployment in Maggie's Britain. Yet, I'm wrong.

[@damianbutterworth2434]

I thought the 80`s was good. I had a nice job in a Space semiconductor factory and driving a 5.7 litre Camaro. Full motorbike test was £28. Beer was cheap. You could smoke in pubs. There was no wokes. Cheap houses. All the people on the dole was also working on the land so they was not that hard up.

[@das5813]

I still call her the EVIL thatcher.

[@lovejoypeace6174]

Damian: And that's the problem. People wasted money when they had good jobs.

[@damianbutterworth2434]

@@lovejoypeace6174 I`ve semi retired now at 53 due to not wasting money. House paid off. Free Wood heating. Solar panels. My monthly bills are £250.

[@das5813]

@@lovejoypeace6174 Totally disagree. The evil thatcher milked the people and treated it as just another money making racket. Did you know that she copied Augusta Pinochet by forming a special branch of the police like his Death Squads ? They are still barracks near the Conservative HQ and they're there just to protect Neoconservatives.

[@weepingangel6805]

As a delivery driver I work 7 days a week but save £2k a month. I am single no dependents but how many single men like me are pretending they can’t save? They’re lying.

[@moosky7344]

Who wants and can find work 7 days a week, depends also where you live too, you're just the exception. Why don't you leave the work for the other unemployed who can't find work

[@realest-12]

Its everyone for themselves

[@danleary123]

You know it's broken when your better off doing nothing with yourself and fundamentally being provided social housing with a guaranteed tenancy than going to work paying nearly all your earnings back into the property (for most) and constantly being at risk of eviction from selling up.

[@salkoharper2908]

I know a young man who was working, he dropped out and quit. He lives at home with his parents and does odd cash in hand jobs. He told me he has more money now than when he was working full time and paying rent. It is now more profitable for a large segment of the population to literally not work and pay taxes. Any system like this will collapse, it is only a matter of time now.

[@CarlBland-tn1jo]

It is broken I don't work flat gets paid for pip a UC every two weeks only skint a day or 2 of the month not better or financially if I worked but at least I would have sum thing to fill my days up with

[@Abraham_Tsfaye]

When I was in UK. I saw empty boarded up streets under a constant grey sky, litter everywhere. Homeless people sleeping in doorways. A women with cat whiskers makeup casually walking into Tesco with her pajamas. Opioid addicts out of their mind and women so drunk they urinated on the streets. It's a sad declined country.

[@moosky7344]

Councils across the country are going bankrupt, 2024 is the year of cuts,sackings and lack of services for years to come

[@monacophotographyevents2384]

@abraham_tsfaye Looking at your completely ridiculous Pro Russian, Pro Hamas propaganda channel, I would be amazed if you have ever been to Europe, let alone the UK. Try to be less obvious.

[@Istroops]

True!

[@Prometheus7272]

​@@monacophotographyevents2384It is genuinely true though, some places are wastelands.

[@Jalleur14325]

​@@monacophotographyevents2384there's no doubt that Putin wants to flood the west with migrants to try and sink it.

[@jordanlepage3322]

My whole life, like many others, has been this way. I'm struggling so much at the moment and don't know what to do. What an existence we have, eh..

[@Amrit_Love]

That is why we need a Creative Society where people's life is the most precious thing in the world. We, as a society, are on the brink at the moment, so unity is the only thing that can help us. Global Crysis forum on YT shows a way out.

[@S.Trades]

Something fishy about this..... 🤔

[@Amrit_Love]

​ @S.Trades Bro, our whole life we've been divided and treated like cattle. We all have family, friends, relatives and etc. whom we always welcome to help. So why don't we do the same for every person in the world? We can hate and kill but can't love and live in piece? That is not true and you know that as well. Look at climate change, look at this world with open eyes and this world is what we've created. And if we are the reason for the world to be like that, we can be the reason to create the opposite world, but only together

[@S.Trades]

Do I smell a religious cult? 🤔

[@incredibilis4024]

It is all part of the plan, have you ever wondered why invaders are at the top of the housing and benefit list? Have you ever wondered why we are left in squalor while invaders get 5 star hotels for free? It's all about replacing us with a new people who will work for peanuts and who can be controlled more easily!

[@hyperstarter7625]

Single mum, working part-time, living in Surrey. If she needed to double income, she needs to work full time, live with others with an income and probably move? You can't rely on the Government for anything, so why are we pretending they can help?

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Govt policies need changing. Yes UN said this can be sorted ASAP when they looked into things. People need to think about that. Very telling.

[@davidbowie2046]

This whole poverty thing started with Cameron/Osbourne. They changed everything from benefits to taxes and all for the worse!

[@kevoreilly6557]

Austerity killed growth in the UK (stopped all the investment) - GDP per capita fell for a decade - and then Brexit kicked small business growth in the nether reasons

[@niptodstan]

I retire this year. The worry of how I'm going to live makes me ill. I've not worked for the past year due to ill health. But I've contributed for 50 years. I started at 15 and have never stopped. Yet I have nothing. Fuel bills are the biggest drain. Diesel, gas and electric. After those and council tax, I have under £100 a week to feed myself, internet/tv. Phone/insurances, Water etc. It's a horrible thought of what is to come. Yet someone who have never contributed can come here and be warmer. Eat better than me and get more help. What a disgrace

[@mariotaz]

Who can come here and get that?

[@niptodstan]

@@mariotaz Boat loads. They're filling our hotels up while our homeless freeze and starve.

[@FaceFcuk]

Boat ppl

[@moosky7344]

You get free bus pass, free tv licence, 500 quid towards electricity. Pension and universal credit etc you'll be fine

[@niptodstan]

@@moosky7344 Free TV license? That ended ages ago.

[@DBGE001]

Millions to be cut off from gas and electricity this winter as energy bill debt continues to rise The number of people in debt to energy suppliers has reached 5.3 million, says Citizens Advice, as its figures show 800,000 people went more than 24 hours without gas or electricity in 2023 because they could not afford top-ups.

[@GMT439]

It's all by design.. This is a CULL.

[@babajaga158]

Vote tory for few more decades and will get even better.

[@lbunnygordon1133]

I was cut off although bills inc by rurhless llord backed up by council in 2022 to 23 especially during snow period no heat light gas etc. He got away with it all. 😢

[@gmanlee575]

Brits have been done bad have been reduced to be being poorer than the poorest us state misssippi per gdp per capita

[@b.nichols3255]

And it costs almost £350 per year just to be connected, before switching on a kettle.

[@miriam2909]

I really feel for this lady. Having been a carer for my husband for years before he died and years before I was pension age and unwell myself I was in a pitiful state. Now on an aged pension my health has improved including mental health but I’m still well below the poverty line. I pray nothing breaks that needs replacing and budgeting is a nightmare. 68 and in Australia.

[@pappuchak8605]

😂😂😂😂😂... You people actually do not know what poverty is!!

[@--jan--]

​@@pappuchak8605What a unpleasant reaction to such a personal story. Not everything has to be compared to third world standards. And losing a loved one is always a tragedy.

[@pappuchak8605]

@@--jan-- You people are nail to hair fkn racists!!

[@vanessachapman4868]

I'm so confused. This woman used as an example of "poverty" works only part-time. She has a flat filled with furniture, and a kitchen packed with supplies. She has a smart phone, a laptop, and I would guess, a wi-fi connection in her home. She and her son are both well dressed. This is "poverty"? Meanwhile, in other countries, three generations share one mattress in a shack and have to walk 1 mile to a public well to fetch water. We have people in the first world whining and complaining that their part-time job isn't paying enough to pay for all the luxuries they feel they deserve. Try working 12-hour days all seven days of the week in a rice field and then tell me how hard you have it. We don't have a poverty problem. We have an attitude problem.

[@thebig476]

She lives in Surrey and pays £1600 per month🤣😂 Some people believe everything they see.

[@Southpaw2198]

You forgot to add the expensive looking smart watch. UK is still awash with opportunities compared to much of the world. I mean, she does not look under fed or anything right

[@moosky7344]

Those countries you talk of are 1.4 billion, ie ,India,Africa people and you expect them all to be well off? Over population has severe consequences,just because someone has clean clothes, laptops dosent mean anything, comparing those countries isn't right. She's got 1 child, compared to those countries with numerous broods causing their own demise. With one child she should of been ok, being responsible

[@vanessachapman4868]

@@moosky7344Where did I say that I expect people in India and Africa to be well-off? That's such a strange conclusion to draw from what I wrote. Having "clean clothes" and "laptops" DOES mean something. The woman in the video is warm, comfortable, well-fed, and lives in a beautiful country in a peaceful time of history. My problem is calling her "poor" and trying to get others to pity her and others like her. I feel like these types of videos are trying to get people upset for no reason.

[@moosky7344]

@@vanessachapman4868 she's about to be evicted in a housing crisis never seen before in this country,150 k children live in insecure accommodation i hostel's and b and bs, surrounded by awful experiences with no hope It might be a beautiful country in your eyes,but that image is untrue for 10s of millions of us,are you serious haha,you obviously still living back 30 year's ago If she gad half a dozen children she'd be way worse off, especially all of us having that many children, we'd bankrupt our country, most people can't afford any children or afford to buy a house etc I'm alright Julie,but but let's compare the situation where people live 1.4 billion strong who have it worse for self inflicted situations having far too many kids hence the situation there. The UK only credit rich borrowing to keep the status quo, while paying 100 billion annually in interest rates on our spiralling debt,with many councils going bankrupt like never before!

[@mikecahill3989]

People have no idea what’s coming and many will be swept away or have to leave the country. Owning your own home is also ridiculously expensive with the fees on top of fees charged by estate management companies and service charges

[@damianbutterworth2434]

I found it strange you have to pay all these fees and surveys to buy a house but if you buy an expensive car there are none.

[@Red_1976]

I left 5years ago and haven’t looked back. I got a full time job within three weeks of arriving and in three months bought my own house. Single parent, one income. You can do it, but just not in the UK.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

@@Red_1976What country did you move to?

[@moosky7344]

​@@Red_1976yep if i get or won any money I'm off, but where to, most of the world is in turmoil

[@moosky7344]

​@@EmilyGloeggler7984probably somewhere in Eastern Europe

[@andrewmacaulay9272]

GOVERNMENT MADE IT LIKE THIS

[@user-bc3zs2wn5z]

I moved to Romania over a year ago but went back last week for work. I was shocked at how expensive EVERYTHING is now. I’m glad I left. The UK doesn’t deserve qualified people.

[@AdrianSams]

Part of the current problem of low wages is down to freedom of movement when we were EU members. Flooded with EU citizens from Eastern Europe who were more than happy to work for the low wages which suppressed the wages of millions,. Ever tried asking for a pay rise when your boss says, "If you don't like it then leave,plenty of Bulgarians,Romanians and Poles happy to have your job". No? well you were very lucky. An extra 10million people have come to the UK in the past 12yrs, more immigration in the past 20yrs than we saw in the previous 2000yrs and yet we were told and still are told that immigration can only be a good thing.

[@mimi64231]

This is UK after Brexit 😱 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGfLpH1tnZ2na9ksi=H8GJLOZscqWvvKKL kzbin.info/www/bejne/pn63i5SFp6meY8Usi=1udwLZhRHeDyREa7 I and my famili moved to Poland one year ago. Leaving the UK was a very good decision. All the best from Zakopane.

[@ocswoodlands]

i have never been to UK but my daughter is studying in London. what amazes me is how expensive London is and yet the wages in UK is not high at all. How did UK become so expensive??

[@Itsmetheworldsgreatest]

It’s all done on purpose to stop people owning homes …. Welcome to 2030 you will own nothing and be happy ‘ WEF’

[@user-fl5pr4lc4o]

GREED

[@underground9560]

BREXIT

[@9595luke]

Because of all the foreign investment

[@stuartsutherland7664]

Housing, lack of and cost is the biggest problem for this country.

[@lbunnygordon1133]

Always has been but now worse than anyone could imagine.. 21 to 25k doesnt cover anything.

[@wmoule]

If we keep letting in over 700k people in one year, what do you expect? Unless you want to throw planning regulations out the window and just start building on countryside where ever a developer wants.

[@salsabila786]

​@wmoule we actually need more labour, just not cheap labour. The wages also have gone down in real terms in last 2 decades. Immigration is just a smokescreen, unemployment is still low levels, there's more jobs than available in the job market and health sector, service sector and many other sector the wait is so long not due to Immigration but not filling roles after years of advertisement. Which doctor wants to work in UK at 50k before overtime when they could make 4 times that tax free in Dubai or more in the US

[@stuartsutherland7664]

@@salsabila786 Why pay more wages when you can get cheap labour and doctors from overseas! Immigration is a real problem! It has a negative effect on the working population here and the countries that the cheap labour force is taken from.

[@salsabila786]

@@stuartsutherland7664 we don't have enough qualified doctors or nurses to cover current vacancies. Just the human health sector in the UK has 215,000 vacancies. We don't have the staff, increasing wages is important to cover the cost of living, Germany and other developed countries have higher wages than UK. Problem isn't immigration but greed within UK, the inequality is shown in the video. In a service sector developed country, there's shouldn't be 14 million people in poverty, most who are working.

[@thomaspowell2043]

This is what being a human being, being human, is about. I'm pretty sure we've got it wrong as a species somewhere along the line.

[@303octavian]

We're a virus. End of.

[@SPHau]

To feel alive should be the norm for humans not dreading another groundhog day of the same old same .

[@murdock6450]

Human needs to stop trying to accumulate so much and just be.. like zen.

[@CLOCKCHASER2222]

Big time wrong, we’re doomed

[@dhanyrafael]

In Romania, and Eastern Europe, we always have been poor. So it's easier for us to endure the terrible times that are coming. I survive with only 350 euros per month. I eat mostly vegetable soup. I don't go out, I don't buy new things, only second hand things, I don't have AC in summer to reduce electricity, I don't travel, etc. I consume electricity only about 70KW per month (20 euros). I consume water only about 10m3 (2 euros). I eat for 200 euros per month. I am lucky to have my own 3 room apartment (living room, kitchen, bathroom) and I pay only 40 euros per month. And that's my life. Of course, it could be worse. People in Burundi, Africa are living with only 10 euros per month. So, I am blessed in many ways. I accept my destiny. Stay safe, hard times are coming.@@murdock6450

[@kevintravis1807]

❤ I was deported back to South Africa after six years in Britain. Grand parents from Britain. Did not claim benefits. Don't take drugs don't drink alcohol. Christian South African's not welcome to Britain. High unemployment rate in South Africa 2024 . Was not a leech on British tax payer. Slept rough in Glasgow.

[@marterlew]

Some people still have new cars phones full tv package and stil go on foreign holidays every year. Then say they have no money

[@misterpositive9337]

How long are people gonna put up with this. Surviving is not living.

[@Dark_Bandon]

The poor don't have the luxury or the time too do anything about it because you're too busy struggling to stay afloat.

[@jacksoncrate]

what she have kids for?

[@Dark_Bandon]

@@jacksoncrate For the same reason no female wants to give you kids.

[@mikefoster5277]

Thinking about it, survival has been the primary aspect of human life for millions of years (and still is, of course, among other living species). With the general increase in technology driven living standards around the world, it seems our individual expectations have changed - and possibly become unrealistic in many cases! Life, at its core, is still first and foremost about surviving - anything over and above that is (in reality) a luxury. Of course, the inherent inequality created by modern capitalist systems doesn't help matters, because we witness first hand how much 'better' things might be, 'if only'. But that is merely an illusion. We shouldn't lose sight of life's primary existential reality - if you're alive, then you're succeeding.

[@GavinROfficial]

Everything feels just so hard at the moment

[@mirabella2154]

Well, it's not like they didn't announce it, right ? WEF...

[@mollusckscramp4124]

It is.

[@SA-ff9uc]

In Bangladesh?

[@adiintel1]

Well 1% interest rates basically very cheap money could be a big reason.

[@RYANLEWIS-pd7zs]

Zesty guy, chill out there are kids on youtube.

[@twofarg0ne763]

Welcome to life in the US. I hate seeing this happen in the UK too.

[@kevoreilly6557]

It’s far worse on the UK (I’m from UK and live in US and so get to see both)

[@myrskylintu1]

It is getting harder now in Finland too, but not that hard. Rents have actually come down a bit recently. I lived in Manchester back in 1994, and it was not that bad. Now it looks really bad in UK.

[@Jalleur14325]

Finland is a beautiful country.

[@loadapish]

U got a spare room mate?

[@rackin9594]

@loadpish I was going to ask the same. I will be visiting there or hoping to live there for 6 months or so. I don't mind splitting the rent. I come from the Caribbean, and I work in Tech too. However, I am doubting it is hard to find accommodation in Finland unlike the UK.

[@Tanvaras]

Australia is in the same boat, every day people living on the streets heading to work carrying all they own and then back on the streets after work due to housing/rental crisis coupled with cost of living. And all our government does is talk, talk, and more talk and zero action.

[@rennmaxbeta]

I agree mate, also trying to survive here in Queensland. Rent and costs are insane. It's depressing seeing more and more people living in tents, out of cars etc in the area.

[@mariotaz]

You guys earn so much more money than the rest of the world. I lived in Melbourne for 2 years, damn you guys get insane pay I don't understand how Aussies can be poor.

[@sandrafinbar]

@@mariotaz the rents have gone up and we had 13 interest rate rises in the last couple of years. It all adds up.

[@christinefiedor3518]

Depends on where in you are. I’m in South Australia and it’s not too bad here. But it’s not as good as it used to be.@@mariotaz

[@moosky7344]

All roads lead to demand for accommodation, leaving lack of accommodation and pushing up the prices because of greed. The demand needs to cease

[@thomHD]

Our obsession with home ownership, landlords who actually contribute nothing to the economy, our lack of modern smart apartment buildings - together with an almost-American disregard for public transport and the social mobility that brings - means we feel the squeeze more than so many other developed nations.

[@salkoharper2908]

@@futoooob Britain now has the high taxes of a Scandinavian country, with the services and infrastructure of West Virginia in many places. Worst of both worlds.

[@thomHD]

@@futoooob Nah the UK does at least have European quality ingredients etc...

[@Creep2freak]

The UK is no longer a developed nation, it's a nation of slaves in engaged in heavy action. Peace could have been had a long time ago. Technology has been used to enslave us when it was meant to set us free. The greedy few have been planning this for a long time.

[@lovejoypeace6174]

American food looks good but it is full of bad stuff and hormones.

[@lovejoypeace6174]

Food is America is horrible and full of bad stuff.

[@SubjectiveFunny]

I was homeless and living in my car with my husky 7 years ago. 1 year we spent living in a 2007 Ford Ka. Maxed out credit card, no parents, no siblings, nobody to ask for help. No degree, no college, nothing. I worked as a delivery driver for Dominos, whilst i looked for a proper job. Took me a bit, but now i have my own place, and I have a job with a company car and £37k per year. YOU need to drag yourself out, nobody else can do it for you.

[@playthegame7445]

Nice, it looks like u got the message. It's seriously beyond me how grown up adults behave like they're owed something by the government. Nobody gives an f about u, these days if u don't work to improve your life nobody will

[@bharath2508]

Are you from UK?

[@drago1943]

@@playthegame7445 Hang on, most people don't want handouts they just want the government to do the job they was put into power to do. They could do many things to help the people with the cost of living and none of them would require any handout, like sorting the cost of energy and the supermarkets profiteering and so on.

[@playthegame7445]

@@drago1943 Well it doesn't look that way

[@muhtadaali8847]

My landlord did not fix his boiler for a whole year and I was paying 300 a month for electricity. I was struggling really bad.

[@99fruitbat94]

I am a health care assistant in the UK , private nursing home . I earn just a few pennies above the minimum wage . I could earn more in other jobs but I actually love what I do . 46 years doing this job . I am very lucky that I don't feel the cold easily . So can keep heating low . However I have to live a HMO because I can't afford to rent anymore . House of Multiple occupation . Luckily this HMO is a good one .

[@anthonystuartjones]

I think what you mean to say is "I could earn more in other jobs but after 46 years of doing this I can't be bothered learning a new skill and it's easier to do what I know, I know this is my fault but I like to blame everyone else for my situation".

[@S.Trades]

Be happy. A lot arent! And you are very lucky to love your job!

[@99fruitbat94]

@@S.Trades Thanks 👍 Best wishes.

[@ameliajones7292]

​@anthonystuartjones it takes time and money to change careers. If you don't have any spare money you can't afford to work less to study. Some courses are funded, yes, but rarely with enough to live off. Also, there is no guarantee that having the skills or qualifications gets you the job.

[@S.Trades]

@@ameliajones7292 yup... always excuses. Change your mindset. You want something to change, you havd to make it change. No one will do it for you.

[@cbrashsorensen]

The British support and adore their Oligarchy--just as we do here in the U.S. UNTIL you stop turning on each other and DEMAND that the British Oligarchy pay their fair share you may need a third income.

[@blackmaster999]

LIFE FOR MOST PEOPLE IN THE UK IS ONLY GOING TO KEEP GETTING WORSE EACH YEAR.

[@violetagira5128]

In United states, housing is even more expensive. For a 2 bedroom 2 bathroom apartment, my boyfriend and I pay $2480 a month. That's without electricity or internet. I could never afford living here by myself. 1 bedroom apartment goes for $2100 a month. Horrible. I see more and more homelessness on the streets. I often wonder, is it all by design?

[@Whatt787]

US has a higher standard of living, bigger apts and houses

[@Wellingclub]

Agreed. 70% of my income goes on necessities. It’s ridiculous.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Some are working but in a deficit. Not everything covered from week to week.

[@r-urbex1611]

So you still have 30% as a disposable income then. You are a lot better off than a lot of people

[@Wellingclub]

@@r-urbex1611 sure, but hair cut, Netflix and debt payment payment then put you into a negative. The point is that necessities should be lower than 50% but it’s just not possible in the current Environment. Certain businesses that thrive in the necessities bracket are taking advantage.

[@Wellingclub]

@@janetmalcolm6191 me included, this does not include debt payment, student loan or a hair cut.

[@saturationstation1446]

if you make that much you are literally in the top 1% lol. but not for long. they have to get those numbers you know

[@scottgresham6759]

Having been in middle class and lived in poverty for some years and returned to the middle class, I feel for this woman's situation and others like her. I haven't seen it look so tough in the UK for a long time.

[@anthonyfaucy2761]

Its sad how many disgusting posters there are here so your post providing empathy is refreshing. What has humanity come to when there is so much vile and nasty comments to others who did nothing to them

[@scruf153]

America is worse

[@user-di1qc4gz3k]

The days of leaving home at 18 and raising a family are long gone which is why their are adults over 30 that still have to live with their parents because it's too expensive to live on your own.Most single and child-free people who decide to leave home end up moving back home because they simply can't afford it even though they have less responsibilities.Moving to another country won't solve the problem though because the "cost of living" crisis is worldwide and you don't get the NHS outside the UK. I use to live in Tenerife between 2006-2008 and the rent there now costs a lot more than it did back then and the days of cheap holidays abroad are gone.I went to Greece a few month ago and the cost of food and drink there was the same as the UK.These days you need more than a university degree to get a good job and even then if there's no demand for that job then you're wasting your time studying it because the odds in getting a job in a non demanding field are slim to none.

[@jacobs3031]

The job market is flooded with degrees. Too many are encouraged to go uni who shouldn't of gone to uni in my opinion. I worked non skilled jobs with uni graduates. If your not top of your game don't bother going.

[@venki1349]

UK becoming like Eastern Europe. Only difference is Eastern Europe has less immigration than the UK.

[@NottinghamForest24]

Guys just look on High streets in Towns Banks branches gone,Argos gone , Wilko gone. Facilities stay empty more than year already. But Landlords ask from work class peoples to pay rent 1k.

[@lollollol234]

Landlords your sugar daddy?

[@RYANLEWIS-pd7zs]

Shut up.

[@Turanic1]

I remember I saw statistics that majority of UK population own their own house, so they are the owner class, the rest ( working class) are essentially milked , because someone has to do all work and feed the owner class as well 😂

[@skymanifest8339]

Good job mass immigration and multiculturalism have made us a richer and more dynamic place to live, huh?

[@RYANLEWIS-pd7zs]

More farts for you to sniff huh?@@skymanifest8339

[@becky2235]

Im living around abuse as i cant find a place to live privately due to me being severely disabled and in and out of hospital im out of work, social housing have told me to go to a womans refuge but its over 200 miles away and thats the nearest i cant do that due to my hospital appointments being in this area id have to join a new waiting list. In the middile of all this im trying to help where i can another 2 relatives with health issues. Some days im so sick i struggle to leave the house. I was doing a lot of volunteer work until my health took another turn for the worst and i cant get to see my specialist for months. When i do they seem to pass it back to the G.p. who then passes it back. This country is just unbelievable. So many times by the time things get serious im waiting for a ambulance for 14 + hours then have seen myself in the carpark for another 8-16 hours! It really is unbelievable. To go private for somewhere to live you need a few thousand for first months rent depoist etc. but most of all a co signer! Thats the difficulty who wants that responsibility? Someone to say yes ill cover the rent if that person cant. So health gets worse living around abuse.

[@jo18533]

So sorry you are going through all that. I hope things improve for you soon X

[@Abbyyena]

Is there other family or a friend you can possibly stay with instead (where you feel safe)? Your story breaks my heart. I’m so sorry about what you’re going through.

[@moosky7344]

The abuser should move out not you

[@becky2235]

​@@moosky7344unfortunately it's not my house it's horrendous. Trapped

[@sallyclay1974]

The U.S. is in trouble , as well. It's a global issue. Overpopulation, rising rents and mortgages, inflation , illegal immigration , unemployment, lack of affordable housing, high crime, a homeless crisis globally , and short age of affordable places to reside

[@grahamhobbs3675]

What an awful country we have become. Hope it can be fixed but I don`t see how that will be achieved.

[@G4RY1159]

Sadly 2 far gone now

[@seekingenlightenment9685]

So a small NI and tax reduction should be fine then ! Thanks Tories !

[@oddities-whatnot]

And yet it will make no difference to the biggest problem, and that is how to afford a nice house in a good area as a single buyer. People shouldn’t have to get partners just to do that by relying on someone else’s income to survive. Its all wrong.

[@colindavid2078]

yeah, but don't worry, all those who weren't even born in the UK have nice big houses, and plenty of benefits!! UK is a joke! with the failing economy and NHS, they better stop taking taxes of the people!!

[@terryj50]

Stop asking the tax payer for money ask your boss.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

The best investment you can make is in yourself. Are you prepared to do whatever it takes to achieve your goals in life ?

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

@@oddities-whatnot Don't expect to buy a nice house in a good area at first, start with what you can afford and trade your way up. Invest in yourself to improve your earning potential and /or learn practical skills to enable you to improve your property and add value.

[@TheAdamRawks]

2 in the flat, 50 mugs in the cupboard. Laptop, mobile phone, Car keys hanging on the flat keys. 10 boxes of branded cerials on the counter that cost three times the alternatives. I have sympathy for people on renting cost, electric/gas, council tax. But there's so much evidence of bad spending if you actually watch the background as opposed to listening to the interview. But I'm yet to see anyone with a BMI of less than 40 on one of these poverty snippets. Nobody's starving and the heating's on as being as there's no jumper in sight. It IS tough out there, but not enough people take responsibility for their part in the situation to ease the pressure that comes from the things that are out of their control. Living without luxury isn't poverty.

[@rondonnis6588]

this is the sort of video that journalists like the subject to say the words "just" and "hard" a lot. how about using the words " demand" and "soft" instead lol

[@ronuss]

so true. so many just dont get educated about how to live day to day properly. eating pre made foods, getting take outs, buying fizzy drinks that cost stupid money. drink water, make ur own food , its so much cheaper. stop eating cereal , its not even good for you. just buy what you need from day to day.

[@Artix13]

Also, Apple Watch on the wrist. That’s a totally unnecessary luxury. I believe she’s struggling because the cost of living crisis is real and everything HAS become a lot more expensive but your own spending also plays a part.

[@travisdingolaite6184]

@@Artix13if she wasn't spending money on the things you pointed out, yes she would have more money, but she would still have nowhere near enough to actually truly thrive

[@S.Trades]

@@travisdingolaite6184 nobody owes her a living. She is master/mistress of her own destiny. Her life choices, are hers alone.

[@lucydawson1344]

£1600 pcm is insane. Unfortunately it sounds like they’re going to need to move out of Surrey but even here in Nottinghamshire you’re looking at about £1000 per month rent for a 2 or 3 bed house. Maybe £800 if it’s a bad/poorer area

[@deniseb4426]

I grew up in Brazil during the 80s ("The Lost Decade", due to hyperinflation). The only advice I can give is for the young generation: when you get your first job, save the most you can while you still live with your parents because it will be difficult to save when you live by yourself. This way you will have a good down payment towards your place.

[@fghjjjk]

The state of the country is becoming disgusting. Being made poorer daily!...

[@ashwilkinson889]

It's insane that they're still using the *get a job, just work and you'll be fine* rhetoric...business costs have risen and they're using that as the reason for not increasing wages..yet the natural monopoly of housing food and energy expenses rise too and we're stuck in the middle sinking under it all!!!

[@S.Trades]

Some people can't even afford a hair cut. What's a "natural monopoly of housing, food and energy"? The only natural monopoly there, is National Grid? There's no monopoly on the others.

[@ashwilkinson889]

An individual must eat, be warm and sheltered in order to stay alive.. There aren't many other alternatives to that in my understanding.

[@rainerschmid9965]

What rhetoric is useful,then? Do nothing, don't work, give up, it's pointless, eat the rich, it's the government's fault, bohoohoo I am homeless, etc. etc......that rhetoric?

[@supermanbobby3154]

Whenever you feel down and out, just visit India🇮🇳 & look around the people.. U will feel much better & go back with strength & confidence.

[@user-bz6nt2ez5q]

Yes, that's why they go to the countries of those people complaining, and do double the work for the same salary.

[@kevinthompson820]

Why, if so many of us are poor, are the airports filled with holiday makers, in particular those going skiing, none of which is cheap?

[@moosky7344]

Why in India are there are millionaires everywhere but millions in severe poverty, not everyone is affected the same way derrr, winners and losers, its always been that way, just getting much worse

[@kevoreilly6557]

It’s income distribution (inequality). There are plenty of people getting buy, just making less - but at the poverty line that making a little less is devastating as decisions are “heat or eat” not 1 or 2 ski trips a year

[@mrumarGTA]

Cost of living wont end anytime soon

[@krob2327]

Why you say that? What’s the cause of it?

[@Alibo400]

@@krob2327because it’s the planned demolition of the western economy.. covid was the starting point, it wasn’t for nothing , there’s no turning back now. We just have to prepare best we can.

[@chiccabay9911]

New checks at Dover. ;)@@krob2327

[@moosky7344]

​@@krob2327supply and demand, war in Ukraine losing all that access to cheap energy, what Europe was built on especially Germany, who are in a recession because of it, farmers revolting because subsidies being cut because of the recession. Supermarkets won't pay them a fair price, if they do they'll pass on the cost to consumers, its all a vicious circle

[@Truthseeker1977]

I totally feel u. This is not right we live in UK. 14 million in poverty. This is sickening. None of the politicians worry about heat or eat. Come on UK re organise and make life easier for your people

[@DileepaRanawake]

Glad one of the channels is finically covering this. Good work 4!

[@leigh7507]

Maximum rent for council houses should be 30% of a full time wage of a minimum wage worker so the rest can go on bills and food.

[@kevoreilly6557]

I think that’s what it used to be … then of course councils were told to let tenants by them (which was awesome for my family) but they weren’t allowed to build more (which was terrible for everyone else)

[@Kavala76]

The UK labour force appears to be following in the footsteps of the US labour force.

[@gmanlee575]

Care to elaborate, is this regarding zero hour contracts

[@wmoule]

Americans don’t even work that hard compared to Asians..

[@mollusckscramp4124]

I mean I wasn't gonna do the classic American thing and derail a thread to talk about American issues... but when I saw a comment stating how outrageous it is that anyone's rent could be £1600 (thereabouts in $ converted), I really had to restrain from replying "First time?🪢"

[@nixic_]

Right my rent here in Southern California is £1900 and that's a great price....@@mollusckscramp4124

[@gmanlee575]

@@mollusckscramp4124 i heard ny rent prices are crazy like more than londons

[@user-pj2kq9qr7c]

You are not alone. I've not been out for ages/ months.

[@francocanuck]

So do somethings move ,and next times vote intelligently

[@mikaeil2314]

These ppl are not in poverty, they are just broke

[@Jackthesmilingblack]

On the basis of a visit to Oxford in June this year, I can advise that just about everything is more expensive in UK compared with Japan: Food/restaurants, rent, house prices, utilities, bank rate, taxation cost of motoring (fuel, insurance, vehicle prices, tyres), public transport, clothes/shoes ... Partly, but not entirely, it's due to the exchange rate, but you name it, it's more expensive in UK. There's also the hidden costs of crime. Not just increases in insurance, but also all the extra cost of crime prevention measures. Flying the UK coop is a no-brainer. I took the plunge in 1972. Jack, the Japan Alps Brit

[@freddieventura4382]

the problem is housing. We need more public housing otherwise we cannot offer our full potential to the society. We are living in the mud

[@originalunoriginal4055]

It's not about the lack of it. It's just all public housing stock is going to the wrong people. E.g. illegal migrants entering the UK without any documents.

[@Chisel_Chest]

@@originalunoriginal4055 and druggies.

[@patriciarowe6685]

​@@originalunoriginal4055Agreed 🤝

[@marumaru6084]

Mass immigration is the problem, 14 million people! 48% of London social housing is taken up by foreigners can you imagine going abroad and getting a house???

[@Ardwick-Crome]

Nonsense. We have far more houses than we need. The problem is we have a net migration of 700,000 people when it should be zero.

[@susanpeters5392]

2 incomes are better than 1 So at 63 living alone on 1 income NOW !! It is so impossible it's the high rise of utility bills and food I cannot see a way out.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

If you have a space bedroom, rent it out. You can earn up to £625pm tax free under the "Rent a Room Scheme".

[@_D1886]

Two incomes are better than one of course. But it shouldn't be necessary. You shouldn't *need* to have a working partner just to survive. If you work a full time job - any job - you should be able to afford to feed, clothe and independently house yourself without getting into financial stress. It's a national scandal that this isn't the case.

[@mingmingyip19]

​@_D1886 Why? when has it been any different? I was born in the 80s and remember lots of people living much worse than today. And staying with people that they'd rather not just to survive.. that's life. Look across the globe, pretty much the same everywhere, some places worse.

[@tedcrilly1]

@@_D1886 Humans have lived in shared dwellings since we first dug out a holes in cliff faces. Not saying things are perfect living with others but it sure helps.

[@christinaedwards5084]

@@tedcrilly1on condition you haven’t got a mentally deranged tenant living with you.

[@32ukneil]

Living crises has been going on for years for many people, not just a recent thing. I work full time, but don't go out either. I don't buy furniture or go on holiday in the UK. I don't buy new clothes. I don't see my friends out of my local area as travel is too much. I've had to sell my car, learn how to cut my own hair. I walk or cycle to work which is just as well since I've had to stop going to the gym. I don't go to the dentist. I don't have a TV. I am forced to share a flat with strangers and argue over cleanliness and noise, sometimes there is no hot water or heating. I have to live next to a A road that is polluted because it is cheap. I've had a Landlord evict me once so she could use my room for Air BnB. All of these things are on going for a long time. I can not get a council house or flat. As I am a single working male.

[@shawkorror]

Poverty is being homeless and eating from bins to survive, I did this for 2 years, being POOR is not the same. That being said, I wonder what could possibly have happened since the late 90's that caused all the houses to be gone?

[@Whatt787]

What does the King and Queen say about this??

[@kevoreilly6557]

No, the literal definition of poverty is given in this video. What you were was destitute. I’m glad you are no longer on that trap.

[@julianshepherd2038]

American style freedom. Freedom to work 12/7

[@stum7396]

Would you join a fight to raise the minimum wage?

[@halfpint5877]

Thats only your first job

[@preferanonymous]

Except for the part where it's nowhere near this bad in the USA.

[@suntzu94]

At least we have guns unlike the peasants of the king

[@lee9650]

She is right so many of us are struggling to do anything with our lives simply because we can't afford to do anything. I can't afford to move out of my parents living room, can't afford driving lessons, I can't afford to "up-skill" or "level up", go to college as an adult to better myself. I can't get a job because I simply have nothing going for me. All jobs want references and employment history which I don't have and the longer i'm out of work the more difficult it becomes. I'm fully capable but there is so much red tape thwarting my chances in life. Relationships are non-existent as who would want to date a nobody. It really does destroy your self esteem and causes anxiety. It's a waist of a life and miserable.

[@paulhank7967]

Join the military. They're short in all services.

[@animal79thecat]

Stop making excuses

[@lee9650]

@@paulhank7967 Funny you should say that but even the military require all sorts of qualifications depending on role and then there is the issue of references and the fact i'm in my late 20s and not achieved anything might go against me. Also, they have to be satisfied with your GP records and I have had a few medical issues which I personally don't think would effect my ability to do the job but I have heard stories of people being rejected due to certain medical/health problems. So even the joining the military isn't an answer for everyone.

[@lee9650]

@@animal79thecat How am I making excuses? I would be making excuses if I hadn't tried, but I have and to no avail as yet. These are real problems and obstacles that don't just go away because you want them to.

[@COBAIN_94]

I'm on the same boat bro. I'm living in a different part of Europe but being in the late 20s nowdays it's a curse. Anyway, be strong and hopeful. ❤

[@mpat100]

Blessings for all these people and those struggling financially

[@thewolverine1913]

Don't worry.. you should all be comfortable knowing that the money meant for UK citizens is being rolled out to Ukraine and Israel.

[@sb-fc6uj]

Private landlords are making a killing from vulnerable people. Its totally unfair for a basic human right - to be able to have shelter. My council flat is £400 a month but if I went private in this rural area it would be about £800-900 for the same thing. My daughter rents a bedroom in a bungalow in Bristol and pays £1000 a month for the privilege. My elderly parents rent a small 3 bedroom new build on the outskirts of Taunton - nothing much there and its £1200 a month and that air flow/mould maintenance is shocking. Come on government why are you not building more good quality council properties. The rental market must burst at some point, like this lady has seen many landlords are selling up (including. a friend of mine who owns a couple of buy to lets, she says she just gets what the estate agents say she can get) and then there are even less properties to rent if it goes to a private buyer.

[@sb-fc6uj]

@@issei4561 they are not free as I said I pay £400 a month and it's a flat not a villa.

[@SnakePliskin762]

Landlords are bailing out in record numbers due to unfair s24 and interest rate rises. A lot are trapped,renting out at a loss.

[@moosky7344]

They can charge what they want when the demand is high, there's no rent regulation to speak of because the government don't care, their policies abroad and at home caused the dire situation

[@jasperedwards2713]

shops are closing no ones spending money

[@Runningformylife1983]

Shops are closing cos everyone's buying on line now!

[@jasperedwards2713]

but lots of shops dont sell what you want@@Runningformylife1983

[@baronvonjo1929]

Feels the same in many countries around the world. Here in the US my mom bought a townhouse in the 90s making less than 40k making less than 15 dollars an hour. Now I make 15 an hour and townhouses are about 200k and above. All abouts in the same area as well. Rent is about 1500 a month I dont even make 2000 a month. We are so screwed.

[@CommoditySC]

Man what are you talking about? In the USA you have the best income to expenses ratio in the world. Literally nobody has it better. If you can't make it there, you'd be on the streets in any other country. In my city, the cheapest townhouse is 300k for 750 sq feet on the most dangerous street. The average income here is less than your worst state, Mississippi. Count your blessings. Don't compare the US to the UK.

[@mabuhayproductionltd3627]

Can your mom sell that house (or rent it out) for profit ?

[@examnotes6]

Uk was totally dependent on its colonies to extract money and resources from countries like India till 20th centuries, now all the looted money is depreciating and even India's economy overtaken that of UK, This was bound to happen