Cornwall community still hit hard by cost of living crisis

[@nicolasbenson009]

We Are in Unchartered Financial Waters! every day we encounter challenges that have become the new standard. Although we previously perceived it as a crisis, we now acknowledge it as the new normal and must adapt accordingly. Given the current economic difficulties that the country is experiencing in 2024, how can we enhance our earnings during this period of adjustment? I cannot let my $680,000 savings vanish after putting in so much effort to accumulate them.

[@SandraDave.]

Keeping some gold is usually a wise decision. You would be better off keeping away from equities for a bit or, even better, seeking advice from an expert given the current market conditions and everything that is at risk with the current economy.

[@KarenLavia]

You have a very valid point, I started investing on my own and for a long time, the market was really ripping me off. I decided to hire a CFA, even though I was skeptical at first, and I beat the market by more than 9%. I thought it was a fluke until it happened two years in a row, and so I’ve been sticking to investing via an analyst

[@JohnSmith060]

Could you possibly recommend a CFA you've consulted with?

[@KarenLavia]

My CFA ’Sophia Maurine Lanting’ , a renowned figure in her line of work. I recommend researching her credentials further. She has many years of experience and is a valuable resource for anyone looking to navigate the financial market.

[@ChristianKelv]

Thank you for saving me hours of back and forth investigation into the markets. I simply copied and pasted her full name into my browser, and her website came up first in search results. She looks flawless.

[@benedictmarshall7031]

The more I see of living conditions in Britain, the more I question its so-called ‘rich country’ status! Appalling.

[@DavidJarrold-e7j]

The same could be said of the USA and most other countries, just depends where you point your camera and what narrative you want to push.

[@edwardbernthal160]

@@DavidJarrold-e7j they could point the camera towards Scandinavia, let the Brits see that all is not doom and gloom.

[@anonmouse15]

They don't often make documentaries about the life and times of London bankers.

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

cool

[@stevo728822]

Same complaints in the USA, Canada, Australia.

[@AbigailBrown-wk7xl]

The Uk's living standards are on a massive decline. It is shameful that governments allow families to go without food, water, clothes and essentials to live . There is massive inequality. People are poorer than ever. Governments allow prices to rise and this hits the most poorest and vunerable in society. The government dont care . The government are out of touch . People are sick and tired of broken promises. Welcome to a third world country with massive inequality

[@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984]

Go tell that to the globalists who control governmental policy and the politicians the masses vote for....

[@wendyparry437]

totally agree .

[@wallerlad]

No matter who you vote for they are all liars nothing ever gets better only worse no matter who's in charge

[@davidwong4821]

You have to admit the problem. It's Western capitalism's fault. This is what western capitalism has brought the UK and US and western countries to, rising poverty rising inequality and rising prices because of the UK's sanctions on Russia. It's the Tories fault too. China doesn't have many of these problems. Why not? Chinese people are prosperous and China is developing fast and China has low inflation. It's because China is Socialist and the govt cares about the peoples lives. Westerners should learn a lot from China's socialist system, it works. Capitalism and Fascism don't work. Marx was right. Labour haven't been in government long, people have to give them more time change doesn't happen overnight after 14 years of the Tories.

[@EatMe-b7r]

This is just the beginning. The 21st century is the era of greed and debt and absolutely no rich people getting commupence.

[@papadajnia268]

as a polisch man working in uk for 20 years i must say this country is going down toilet ...goverment is disaster....is time for me to go home lads

[@SylvainCloutier-me1qg]

You need a good plumber!

[@SkyandMilo_9]

@papadajnia268 I don't blame you, I hear Poland is really nice

[@papadajnia268]

@SkyandMilo_9 is very safe

[@sarahann530]

​@SkyandMilo_9 If Poland was nice why are so many of them in the UK. They are like roaches.

[@pip1723]

Clearing up the Tories mess as usual.

[@user-xg4td3gg7e]

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

[@oliverbrooks8987]

As one man said, “You can’t eat the view”.

[@AceStar1994]

To those people who still say "Just get a job" Shut up.

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Here here. I’ve been basically out of proper employment for a year now and actually getting someone to even call me back (when they clearly said THEY WOULD) after an interview to give me the result, ‘let alone a freaking trial shift’ has been a nightmare.😩 UC (WITH ‘PIP’) just about covers things but that’s it and STILL need help from parents sometimes to fill in the gaps. I just want to get into work now that I’m a Uni graduate even just over 20+ hours would do but so far NOTHING. a complete nightmare.

[@DT-rb7ro]

​@@danielwhyatt3278 Cambly is worth checking out! It is an online method to earn an income. You have a degree and I assume you are a native English speaker so you do fit their criteria.

[@robertreader6539]

There are many more single parents and the fathers are absent. Back in the 90s it was one worked and the other went to do the housework. As a team it worked but societal breakdowns and people wanting to see the greener side of relationships has ended many families. It's very sad

[@rachelnewmarch5163]

@@robertreader6539 The majority of people speaking on here were in a relationship with both partners working ..... years ago rents were affordable to a family on one wage but rents and housing costs have skyrocketed and wages haven't kept up. It isn't about single parent families it is about the fact the average family is struggling due to unaffordable living costs

[@scottowensbyable]

​@danielwhyatt3278 Join the American military, while you're waiting for the economy to get better.

[@GiovanniMazzeo-r1n]

I left Cornwall at 18 to look for work looks like nothing has changed,a tourist region with low wages, high house prices,too many second holiday homes.Sad to see nothing has changed!

[@AbigailBrown-wk7xl]

Wages stay low and prices rise everyday. It is criminal. We are still waiting for labour to do the right thing . There is massive inequality

[@frugalitystartsathome4889]

They’ve been in power for weeks, love, not years. Did you seriously imagine they had some magic wand that was going to fix decades-worth of problems overnight? People really are so naive…

[@dukeofvoid6483]

They're too busy letting in worthless third world migrants in order to further suppress GDP per capita and screw over the existing population with the accommodation bill. Ratios are a very difficult concept for the Labour party. Perhaps they just don't believe in them.

[@NotfromDateline]

That's the problem. Your reliance on the Gov to fix things. Instead learn a high value skill, be industrious, and earn more. It's the only way.

[@dukeofvoid6483]

@@NotfromDateline There's no easy solution for chronic overpopulation.

[@cupra2Jock.]

​@@dukeofvoid6483 was waiting for someone to hit the 🎯

[@BaybieK]

Sadly there's no way out of this, the decline in living standards is here to stay.

[@RealBobWilkins]

Stop giving money away to And stop giving millions of OUR MONEY to illegals foreign aid and fake climate nonsense and we will have more money .

[@lolly1811]

Thats a bit depressing

[@Hummmm-vh1tn]

​@@lolly1811we talked about wealth extraction in the billions, this is just the result. Our pound is weaker and so is the economy, fancy well off England is not a thing anymore. A few thousand people have everything that was taken from us.

[@bobjames6622]

Yes there is. STOP pumping out units you cannot afford.

[@realest-12]

​@@lolly1811This is just the beginning

[@dalebenton3354]

Not just Cornwall is being hit by cost of living crises,The rest of the Country is in for it as well,Cost of living here in Norfolk ant any better really,Whole Country is always screwed up all the time

[@GiovanniMazzeo-r1n]

Pay rates aren't going up but prices in the shops are every week .The UK feels poorer and looks run down everywhere I look!

[@mstt3530]

Britain is poor, it’s the truth. No one wants to talk about it. Funding from the EU pulled, Brexit happened, and the UK doesn’t produce anything. Not only that, the country is too busy going to war with taxpayers money. The average wage in the lowest group of people in the UK is £11,000 annually. In the highest it’s £180,000. London is basically carrying the entire country. I left the UK ten years ago. I never looked back.

[@juliet7703]

Don't blame you at all

[@stevo728822]

The UK was a net payer into the EU.

[@jw841]

The only thing the UK produces now is taxes, fines, bureaucracy and activists.

[@mstt3530]

@@stevo728822 blah, blah, blah. They were our largest exporter in services. Please do the numbers. We lost our biggest trading partner. You’re too blind worrying about the small fish!

[@mstt3530]

@@stevo728822 now they’re not. The UK has lost funding from the EU, for the most vulnerable parts of society. Do you think Westminster gives a toss about a Welsh community? The EU did, and gave the Welsh Government a substantial amount of funding to support local initiatives. The funding was pulled in 2021 from one of the poorest communities in the UK, and has not returned. Thanks Brexit!

[@pifapaul]

All these people struggling whilst one of the richest families make multi millions from cornish lands. It's time the people of Cornwall start to demand that the duchy of Cornwall is returned to the people

[@R53Hole]

That didn't end well last time they marched on London...

[@JoshuaTrinityWolf-dc4up]

Here in north Canada my wife and I do not heat the home at night. In the old pioneer days they didn't heat at night. BUT, it is important to keep the mold out by heating at 22 c or 73-75 f in the daytime. The walls will give the home heat at night. Our home only had mold in one room because we closed the door and mold started. Leave the doors open to avoid mold and illness. We even leave a window open at night for off gassing in the home and immune health.5-7 layers of blankets and you sleep great and never have colds and flues.

[@Curlyblonde]

The UK has gone back to the living standards and income levels during the time of Charles Dickens. Wouldn't be shocked if the government brought back the Poor Houses. Royal Family and MPs voted themselves recent income raises and increases to their heating allowances. They are unconcerned about the plight of their loyal subjects, seniors and tax paying working class poor. Outrageous that the citizens allow this inequity to exist and consider it normal.

[@mariateresaambrosio445]

Hai ragione,i ricchi vivono in un mondo finto 😢 è tutti gli altri a guardare 😢

[@Curlyblonde]

@The-Great-Brindian I do not live in the UK, am Canadian, so have no voting rights, just my perspective from the outside looking in. If the Brits are too apathetic to advocate for change and equity for themselves, and are willing to settle for the current status quo with its injustices and impoverished living conditions (currently they have the worst among the G7 nations), it is certainly not up to another nationality to shake down their system. We have our own issues with our current tyrant government that we hope to change sometime next year.

[@JugglinJellyTake01]

To be clear Winter Fuel Allowance has been a sticking plaster to avoid: - putting up wages, benefits and pensions; - to avoid ensuring the wealthy pay their fair dues instead of squirelling them away in offshore accounts and tackling corporate tax evasion which are negotiated down - to avoid holding the profiteering energy companies to account not just the billing companies but the whole supply chain. - to avoid energy efficiency measures, holding landlords to account for sub standard accommodation and sky high rents This is not about Winter Fuel Allowance, the sticking plaster, it is about a whole barrage of both Labour and Tory disregard for people. Neither party is about the family, workers, the old. They are about ripping off the majority for the benefit of the few. This news article is your two minutes hate to distract from the much bigger picture of corporate and privileged greed. Until people get on the street and demand change nothing will happen.

[@John-c4r1o]

Wealthy people in Britain are not getting a bigger share than wealthy people in other nations. You only need to look at the obese feckless tattooed types on the high street to see why everything is going downhill.

[@cupra2Jock.]

Can demand all you want. Labour are importing more and more voters everyday. Communism is 7-8years away in my opinion. It will be a mini China, just watch.

[@lbunnygordon1133]

You took words right out of my mouth...

[@fintamaria2429]

When you produce nothing but make Billions in profit off the backs of Workers, Rents three times higher than the minimum wage in the economy, water, gas, etc. These bring workers into great poverty, make them dependent on food banks and other aid,, Although workers work hard😢😢😢

[@DakotaFord592]

There are so many rich men in London. Lol all a girl had to do is book one. Lol

[@mpat100]

Blessings for all Cornwall residents.

[@JhonyEnglish-c2u]

Whill our country is sends millions in aid to other countries

[@lbunnygordon1133]

A lot more than millions..plenty of hidden money just not for helping those in need..or raising wages and living

[@londonspade5896]

Cornwall should invest in tidal electricity production, that coastline can be put to so much use.. The UK does nothing to invest in the future, and it's catching up to us

[@CasaCalling]

Work full time have two kids I'm completely sinking

[@Shawnne01]

It's the same in the US. Prices are rising for food and housing. Wages stagnate. I feel for all in this position. Homelessness is rising.

[@lbunnygordon1133]

Agree but there the med facilities are mainly if you have insursnce plus tent cities wrre so wicked in covid time. Sems nhs so on here is better..

[@wilburkong]

why should society pay for their bad choices in life?

[@saveandinvestwithgiorgiolo8375]

Cornwall voted for Brexit having been large recepients of EU funds. I am sure many of these people voted for Brexit and made themselves poorer.

[@tomtroy3792]

I was really hurting before the cost of living increase now it's unbearable

[@The-Great-Brindian]

What's so unbearable, Tomtroy? That you don’t have a Bugatti Veyron parked outside your mansion in remote Yorkshire? Or is it just the fact that you seem to be on a mission to contribute absolutely nothing useful to the economy?

[@andrewsmith3613]

Remind me how importing vast amounts of unskilled labour is supposed to make this better?

Think of it as a tax. By limiting supply and increasing demand, price go up! Effectively forcing people to pay more than they otherwise would. 20% tax on £1 is 20p. 20% tax on £2 is 40p. By giving you to pay more, more tax revenue is generated. It's all one big scam

[@jeremiahpoole6526]

Because we have a decreasingly low birth rate with an increasingly ageing population.

[@Chocolate_teapot420]

Because it keeps inflation down by addressing Britains labour shortages.

@@jeremiahpoole6526 I never understand that arguement. What I think You're saying is pursuit of infinite growth on finite land with finite resources. Across the world populations want to shrink naturally but we're not allowing for it to happen, for the ridiculous pursuit of infinite growth. Why?

[@jeremiahpoole6526]

Populations will shrink but will become incredibly old as people are ‘dying longer’. The economics will follow suit - for richer or poorer.

[@ahsanurr4219]

Long Live Cornwall and Long Live Britain!

[@chris-ub8in]

People having 5 kids is just selfish and irresponsible.

Yet 100 years ago it was totally normal. And welfare payments didn't exist. Given the options of infinity migrants or people having a few kids, I know which I'd pick

[@joshuajames1720]

totally agree.

[@Letskeepthingsreal]

Muslims are having endless children in the great replacement. Why shouldn’t whites have kids, we need to replenish whites.

[@janewayles499]

Actually we are facing a huge fall in population and don't have enough young people working to support the ageing population hence our need for overseas workers. One full time wage earner used to be enough to support a buy a house family but not any more. We need people to have families but we are pricing them out of it.

[@joshuajames1720]

@@janewayles499 We don't need more people you fool! We need less, for 1 thing to curb climate change, its the only way. One child = 80 years of consumption.

[@drbloomer6380]

Hats off to all the Mums and Dads that are really trying to make their kids lives special and secure. Love is more important than tangible things! 💙

[@scottishbordersnomad]

I ended up homeless on street in cornwall for 7 months with my dog i used to sleep at redruth train station sometimes hector cat keeping me company before he passed away , i had to go to scotland to get housed , i miss portreath so much x i was always at that church in Camborne for food sonetimes clothes aswel and toiletries

[@sarahann530]

Scotland does a good job housing lifes failures

[@alexs6770]

Bless you no one should be on the streets. I hope you are doing better now.

[@sarahann530]

@@alexs6770 Why does Scotland have to house homeless Englanders

[@JanetHill-ft7rk]

Im sorry for the way you had to struggle and hope you are ok now ..the little cat was there for you. I personaly prefere the company of animals to most humans.Bless you dear man

[@scottishbordersnomad]

@sarahann530 I am not a failure I have a terminal tumor and lost my job I worked at heartlands in pool and in port Isaac where I was BORN in cornwall , if you leave cornwall over 5 years for WORK you lose your local connection if not lived where you were raised for 5 years so you really shouldn't make assumptions I am dying , I hope you look at how you judge people and stop being a horrible person , I now have a large home and my own business and fighting my tumor and I now have rightside paralysis, the only failure is how you were raised to be so horrible

[@chrysalis4126]

We need a government who will stop the super rich hoovering up all the assets and pushing up the prices of housing. Rents are through the roof. If 50% of your income goes on housing then what's left over is taken by all the other bills and food and you feel like you are working for nothing.

[@tinabrenner3562]

Maybe not producing 3,4,5 children

[@time4advancement244]

Their children are YOUR responsibility We are in this together

[@peterdalton200]

Greetings from Lalor, Australia! My ancestors were Cornish (12% of my DNA). In Australia, we are facing the same cost of living crisis. The food charities, Food Bank and Second Bite, are always busy.

[@blanamaxima]

Mother of 5, dude wtf …

[@niqjaw5009]

Obviously had no consideration for the environmental impact these extra human beings would have on the world. Breeders are selfish.

[@R53Hole]

Giggity!

[@mjl2904]

Single mother of 5!! I need to know more context but that sounds like a self inflicted wound

[@tonyatthebeach]

Exactly. Labour can skin middle earners like myself who live within their means (childless, work 6 days a week) to clothe everyone else but once we're crippled, watch the economy start to tank. Maybe some people need to start taking responsibility for their own actions

[@books4739]

@@tonyatthebeach OK so you can exist but those 5 kids from a country that barely produces any kids shouldn't exist? hmmm... ok...

[@MusicLover-ui9sm]

This s is happening in the USA too And other countries Always have hundreds of billions of dollars for wars but not to help people

[@happycook6737]

The old saying you can only trust yourself is correct. No one and no government will rescue us in tough times. We must exercise personal responsibility.

[@v.tantov.14v]

the government only care about tax from people,,,

[@SirJellyFish08]

When you say “single mum of 5” you instantly loose all sympathy. Why have children and expect the state to pay for them? It is completely unfair on everyone especially your children. If you cannot afford to raise children in a stable income household do not have them!

[@MKiurinuRigold]

My country is warm and cooling when it rains - a cup of tea or coffee cost $1.54 euro From SE Asia It depends on what you eat and at where - the difference in prices are great

[@stevo728822]

Won't be cheap for long. You have yet to shut down your fossil fuel power stations. The transition to net zero will see your cost of living soar.

[@beaujeste1]

Wages two thirds of the national average, a seasonal economy, and a massive shortage of affordable housing… And since Brexshit, no European subsidy to compensate. 🤷‍♂️

[@EpicCrust]

I'm from there and it's all true, i've left now. But everyone there makes out they live in the best place in the world to overcompensate for how bad and desperate a place it is

[@damienmorrison7226]

@user-pd6pb2uq8r shut up

[@REX4340]

European subsidy? We were net contributors😅

[@Sara-xc9xo]

​@@REX4340 not in Cornwall

[@edwardbernthal160]

@@Sara-xc9xo 8 years and the REX's still believe what they were told.

[@Thai.Farang]

If you're struggling with a child, why then go on to have another three kids and expect any different? Ridiculous

[@ceooflonelinessinc.267]

Because people want to fulfil their dreams just like rich people

[@T1CHE14]

But they cant, so they shouldn't. Its not fair the kids​@@ceooflonelinessinc.267

[@frugalitystartsathome4889]

⁠@@ceooflonelinessinc.267how can having four kids you’re struggling to feed, clothe and house, let alone educate and entertain, be regarded as “fulfilling a dream”? You can’t keep doing the SAME thing but continue to expect a different result, not in any aspect of life.

[@ceooflonelinessinc.267]

@@frugalitystartsathome4889 Yeah. You're right.

[@hannahlou3406]

I agree to an extent but more should be done to make fathers pay. I know a few who make good money 60k+ were previously married to kids mother yet pay nothing for their kids after divorce.

[@MrOrangeonion]

Wages do not rise to benefit, only to make you complain less at the rise of everything else. Its to stop the common folk from realising what they are doing and to stop revolts.

[@jujutrini8412]

Didn’t Cornwall vote to say they didn’t want EU funding anymore?

[@stumac869]

You mean our money that was stolen in the form of addional taxes to pay for the EU which they paid a much smaller amount back taking their cut to pay their outrageous salaries, pensions and benefits which they pay no tax on.

[@nothanks1239]

Not everyone voted to leave the EU in Cornwall. I voted to remain. So, let's not condemn us when not all of us asked for this.

[@rajanslathia6127]

It looks BREXIT policy failed.

[@stephenmurray8559]

Nothing to do with brexit. Not. A. Single. Thing

[@Anonymous-r3s]

@@stephenmurray8559Brexit had a negative impact on the country that’s a fact. The amount money the country lost since then is huge.

[@stephenmurray8559]

@@Anonymous-r3s oh really? How much did it lose?

[@stephenmurray8559]

@@Anonymous-r3s And it's not a fact. The economy has continued to grow. GDP is higher now than before brexit. It's not a fact

[@donovannewman8462]

If a sovereign nation needs an economic bloc of countries for economic prosperity, I would say the failure isn't leaving the bloc but rather the internal politics and economic affairs of that country.

[@TTraveller3]

Kindness, generosity & compassion are core values of Christianity…. And critical to British life. Food banks developed to help a small group of struggling Brits. Sadly these volunteer services will soon disappear as British society declines and decays…. WHY? EVERY aspect of British life is in crisis & chaos including: energy, NHS, education, aged care, transport, homelessness, housing, food, child care, schools, etc etc As immigration chaos, youth crime, street crime, record Domestic Violence, stabbings etc increase to record levels…. it is very clear Britain is a “broken” nation with many areas best described as “third world”. Sadly the worst is yet to come as the population grows at unprecedented rates! So sad…. So tragic…. So preventable.

[@Durka-Durka01]

They haven't seen anything yet, wait for Starmer to start sending all the cultural enrichment there!

[@caravanstuff2827]

Im sad to say if you haven't brought and payed off a house and have a pension by your 65 then you've probably made some bad decisions in your past...im a working class stiff who has worked my adult life working minimum wage job's and two on occasion and have managed to achieve it..the world is a cold hard place for folks who haven't done the smart things!!!.❤️🇬🇧

[@GlasPthalocyanine]

You're missing the fact that people move around to where the work is. That's not just minimum wage, btw. Anyone in the Forces, or the Police, Doctors, Nurses, Building contractors.... Sure, I bought a house in the 80s and then had the privilege of being able to afford to live in it for 30+ years. Not everyone is in that position. And how can I pass on the benefits to kids who have had to find work in other parts of the UK?

[@caravanstuff2827]

@@GlasPthalocyanine yes , if there's no work or opportunities we're you are then move to we're they are.. I've had to move to other countries chasing work and have had to do without to pay the mortgage and rates etc..the excuse that houses we're cheaper back when is not going to fly..well the houses have increased in value so have the wages and the biggest increase in prices are in the major cities..not everyone can afford to live in the city so move to we're their cheaper!!!.❤️🇬🇧

[@zr9145]

​@@caravanstuff2827eugh delulu

[@MrOrangeonion]

Id love to do this for people. Wouldnt we all, imagine being able to make so many people happy from something.

[@Southpaw2198]

left the UK 30 years ago. never looked back. get out if you can, it's only going to get worse

[@MsKenzo7]

England behaves like a narcissist, helping the people outside their own threshold and treating their own appallingly.

[@lbunnygordon1133]

Same elsewhere look at Canada US Australia

[@lewisbale1]

It's the same way here in the USA too 😢 illegal immigrants get free money and housing 😢

[@firestara4830]

They don't help anyone, so-called "foreign aid" is only a way to get large government contracts like an investment but the tabloids have taught you to always turn against the foreigner and the poor rather than the rich who evade taxes worth a lot lot lot more

[@stephenmurray8559]

People are poor because we are taxed on tax on tax on tax. Your employer is taxed so they pay you less. Your wage is taxed. You then buy petrol to get to work and a third is tax. You jump in your car which is dearer than ever cause it's taxed and the car company is taxed into oblivion. Then your food is taxed and you pay council tax too. If in Scotland you even have to pay a quarterly tax for owning a house. For OWNING a house. If you get 2000 a month probably only about 600 of it is truly yours. Where's all the tax going? I work in the system and see who gets the money. New arrivals from the third world and polish and Romanians. Trust me. I see it every day. £37,011 in benefits while we are working for an average wage of 25000 in Scotland. We are being scammed

[@zennihilator3724]

This is 15-year old news at this point... Are you going to do something about it or talk another 15 years while it gets worse?

[@donna25871]

How sad that you are just full of grievance- you must live a very unhappy life.

[@stephenmurray8559]

@@donna25871 I'm not full of grievance. I live a very happy life actually. How sad that you read that from my comment. I think that's what you call projecting. Here's hoping one day you learn to enjoy your life like I do.

[@zr9145]

​@stephenmurray8559 it's literally you projecting your own prejudice though. Also your numbers simply are not correct...

[@drbloomer6380]

We had to move north to buy a house, just to get on the property ladder. It’s paid off though and next year we’ll be able to move back to Cornwall and own. People are having to do all sorts of things to survive now and it’s a shame that locals have to move to other areas to buy a house or for cheaper living expenses.

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

that's nice of them to have a free meal

[@heatpump8566]

I thought under a Labour government there wouldn’t be foodbanks, there wouldn’t be poverty, wouldn’t be old people dying from frost! Absolute shocking. Starmer and Labour out!

[@nothanks1239]

These aren't quick fixes. Let's just see if there are improvements by the end of term before we jump to conclusions.

[@jip230]

So you've had a Tory government - which created many of these circumstances for 12 WHOLE YEARS and you get a Labour government for what - four months and believe things will change overnight? You're part of the problem and you're too stupid to see the real cause of this situation

[@Rogueonepigeon]

Honestly it's barely been a minute, you need to start preying if you want miracles, the truth is it will probably take 5 years just to reverse the damage done by the previous govt and even then we are still in a much weaker position than where we were before Brexit so it is damage limitation.

[@cupra2Jock.]

​@nothanks1239 Google W.E.F UN Fabian Society Agenda 2030...this is all by plan. Look at the democrats in USA, all communist weirdos trying to bring the USA to its knees. Trumo saved them...for now. We have been on that road since about 2007, now the motor has picked up speed.

[@terrapyn99]

Sir Starvalot's version of Labour cares more about enriching its corporate donors than the working classes choosing between heating and eating.

[@neilmcclary]

Cornwall is just a great big nursing home now tbh ,just loads of retired people , most commen accent in cornwall is west mdilands

[@happycook6737]

Who pops out 5 kids these days? That lady doomed her children to poverty. Personal responsibility!

[@alexs6770]

Unless she took on someone else's choldren or sdopted them.

[@calamityjenn]

What do you want her to do with them, then? You don't know her story.

[@Es3iya]

exactly. people always cry and curse government, a governemnt which is dependant on a worldwide economic situation. but what do people do to help themselves, except cry, complaing and point to the government? nothing or make 5 children.

[@niqjaw5009]

Typical breeder expecting everyone else to foot the bill.

[@mopes2713]

I refused to have a second child with my wife upon learning that it costs one hundred thousand dollars to raise a child. So she filed for divorce and is currently pregnant by her new fiance.

[@369dabbler]

Single parent of 5? How?

[@ayshahawa8005]

She was in a relationship, had kids ,they split.. and now she's single mum of 5 ..

[@venlafaxinedomperidone8377]

Wanted child benefits

[@joshuajames1720]

too many people having too many children they can't afford. same old story.

[@GlasPthalocyanine]

Are you saying you don't know where babies come from?

[@joshuajames1720]

@@GlasPthalocyanine they are saying that having 5 children you cant afford is selfish and irresponsible. Perhaps the mother in question didn't know where babies came from!

[@bigal1644]

I wonder where the all the money has been spent that those that have contributed their taxes get hardly anything back?!

[@nellspencer6417]

Cornwall is one of the poorest economic regions in Europe. Zero hours sandwich making in the summer? Outrageous. Some folk can't afford sun tan lotion let alone the staggering cost of holiday rentals. Own a holiday cottage in Cornwall ( or any where else desirable)?. You are directly responsible for the lack of housing and derelict village communities. At least 25% of housing stock in Cornwall is 2nd homes and then there are the air b&b's. How is this ever going to get better?

[@Andrew-lu6wp]

Don’t worry , there’s no sun in the uk .

[@elmobolan4274]

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SHAMEFUL!!!!! But it's not any better here in America either. I like how Corporate America loves to brag about how successful they are but won't pay a decent wage. 🤬

[@Anonymous56657]

Brooke has enough money to get her nails and hair done.

[@Sara-xc9xo]

Yeah. It's harsh but I did notice that. She may get it done for free from a friend, we don't know. But I did notice it

[@Power_Familyx6]

Exactly what I thought and also having them lips injected with poison, money isn’t that bad if you can afford them luxuries!

[@positivejoy-z6y]

and lip filler

[@Anonymous56657]

@@positivejoy-z6y and fake tan… She doesn’t look like she’s strapped for cash at all

[@hayaglamazonluxe]

She's being interviewed on a national TV programme. There is nothing wrong with her wanting to look presentable.

[@pacpern9988]

Labour should be ashamed of their actions

[@luketierney3407]

Shame on our planet for this happening anywhere. Even more so our own country.

[@Sammy-il1qf]

Should have voted Reform! Voting in the same two parties over and over again, and expecting a different result is inanity. This was the time to take a chance!

[@faizankut]

Nothing will EVER change the ruling class dont care

[@realest-12]

Crazy how people think things will get better, this is the new normal, things will only get worse

[@grahamdrummond2412]

Agree, always annoys me when they refer to it as the ' current cost of living crisis ' It's how it is, it's here for good, those extra painful food prices recently are baked in, nothing is going down, it never does

[@kennethvenezia4400]

So what happens this winter when people don't put on their heat? All the moisture feeds the mold, the mold grows out of control, people get sick, especially the children, the NHS gets overwhelmed, things just get better and better because now Britain has taken back total control, just in time to lose toal control. Very sad. The british people deserve better from their government. Don't expect to get it.😢

[@kinggeoffrey3801]

Even with the heating on my house gets mould in the windows. You have to clean them regularly to keep it at bay. But I can't stand the adverts that just tell you to wrap up and use a hot water bottle. That is not the solution. It's totally irresponsible. This has been going on for years now, it's a disgrace.

[@Sara-xc9xo]

Yes especially in Cornwall. I'm fortunate enough to have been able to install external wall insulation and have a new heating system. The damp here still needs to be managed a lot. In Cornwall, opening the windows doesn't do it cos it's so damp here. Before I could afford to make the improvements, the walls were wet with damp and condensation

[@kennethvenezia4400]

@@Sara-xc9xo I'm sorry to hear that. At least you do have some tools in your battle against this problem. I've been to Britain a few times, but not since the 80's. While I found it damp, I don't recall people having this problem to this extent. Again, I don't live there, so perhaps I'm wrong. Anyway, I wish success in keeping warm and dry.

[@Masud_S_Hoghughi]

Cornwall - isn't that where Wurzel Gummidge comes from?

[@holymoly6829]

Yes and how many of these people where convinced that Brexit was the way to go Cornwall got massive EU subsidies but they forget about all that Tories where in for 14 years Labour have been back in power 4 months …

[@wilfredsterling2124]

You need to look at highly exploitative marketing and misinformation and desperation to understand why people voted for Brexit..

[@NotesNNotes]

It’s the same here in the US - you have people intentionally misinformed who vote against their best interest. Sadly both our parties don’t represent the people, both push an exploitative agenda, and somehow this comes back around to serve the politicians further. Have some compassion for the marginalized, nobody has really ever looked out for them in government.

[@clancywiggam]

@@wilfredsterling2124 English people voted for Brexit because they have no critical thinking.

[@holymoly6829]

@@wilfredsterling2124 Of course you would say that !

[@holymoly6829]

@@NotesNNotes Throughout history these people have been making the wealth The people at the top treat them poorly and they love it Thank you sir Can I have a little more please 💥

[@jamesprivet]

The questions not asked: how many of these people coted for Brexit and supported Ukraine and sanctions on Russia which cut off cheap energy to Europe? Or voted for Thatcher in the 1980s that led to the destruction of UK industry and especially favoured London over the North. But Channel 4 refuses to ask the question. Instead everything is the problem of the Labour government that has been in for a few months?!

[@HannaHasAPlan]

👏🏻

[@Intelligence_Failure]

I reckon retail of either fresh produce or regionally/nationally grown fresh produce would be a good thing to subsidise or exempt from taxes. the latter option would simultaneously make healthy eating more affordable, support local farming and decrease dependency on food imports, and potentially decrease the carbon footprint of people's diets through shorter transport routes (it certainly would if you compare regional for far overseas fresh produce; comparing to processed foods seems difficult). of course it doesn't fit with the austerity plan of the current british government, but I would think that this could be a very widely popular policy too. say it's for kids and for farmers and for the environment/climate. heck, I even think older people already buy more fresh produce and would appreciate it even without being told to. that kinda seems like all of the important electoral bases covered. emphasise climate and maybe benefits of national farming regulations over imported produce (pesticides and aorker exploitation) for progressives, emphasize that it lends itself to a more traditional lifestyle and more traditional cuisine for conservatives. I'd say do it for retail of all nationally produced fruit and vegetables, maybe some dry staples like flour, and come up with some sustainability criteria to add a selection of fish, meat and dairy products worth supporting.

There is no tax on fresh fruit or veg or meat. Only some processed food is taxed like ice-cream, and hot food and drinks consumed on the premises are taxed. The problem is the carbon taxes added to haulage companies and levies on farmers.

[@leslievincent20]

I'd rather live in Cornwall then Gaza.

[@chloesnell9114]

Just cause we aren't in gaza don't mean people aren't suffering I feel for the people of gaza and the west bank and Lebanon but that doesn't mean I can't feel for the people around cornwall I live here and I see it every day.

[@cws8914]

UK sold a huge stack of gold at rock bottom prices years ago. Bad move.

[@razaulkabir3820]

They voted for Brexit too 😅

[@2reeceybaby]

Aren't you missing the massive elephant in the room? The Plandemic? The ongoing proxy war of Ukraine vs Russia? Both are the tools used to make us poorer and to push through the Fourth Industrial Revolution. How can you have access to the internet and just ignore this. Or did you not know?

[@milsub59]

How much was it ?

[@cws8914]

@@milsub59 They sold half of the gold reserves at US $282.40 per ounce. The price is now at over $2500.00 an ounce. It will be north of 3000.00 in a few years no doubt.

[@cws8914]

I bet most of the gold was also sold at Fort Knox.

[@iangrant3442]

The system works if you work on your personal development. However, it is long slow and hard. It is also parental responsibility because my daughter is doing well and has had her university education paid for.

[@NobodySpecial509]

1:01 Single mother of 5… 😬 Where are the father(s), child support!?

[@RegiyThornton]

‘When the labour government came in, we had great expectations for improvement’ 😂 I thought old people were wiser and knew voting tories or labour would do nothing!

[@sallyclay1974]

Their system is similar to our welfare system, in the US. Too much government dependency

[@Kendoddsdadsdogsdead532]

You will have nothing and be happy. Labour 2024

[@rb7327-r9m]

Cornwall lost a lot of subsidy due to Brexit. The Johnson government promised to equal these subsidies. They didn’t.

[@georgesos]

Well, at least they have free NHS , right?....

[@jeffmclaird6597]

Last English person to leave .. please turn out the lights.

[@alexander777-n3s]

We are becoming Children of men in UK

[@bethanhamer.8669]

Why is the teacher moaning instead of working full time ? We have to and I’ve got twenty years on him .

[@janewayles499]

Because someone has to look after their children because now childcare costs more than some people's mortgages! It was a different world 20 years ago.

[@brhodes0]

Entitlement. Can you imagine him trying to control a class of kids. F**kin hopeless.

[@bethanhamer.8669]

@@janewayles499 in 1991 my mortgage rate was 15.5% . We earned less than a teacher then and now . Our monthly income was 1,400 . We both had to pay poll tax . I paid all my wage in child care so I could keep my job for when she was older , no generation had it easier . Sorry for sounding harsh but compared to most people teachers are hardly hard done to . ( not talking about myself . ) I’m not rich and was brought up on a council estate with my widowed parent . At 18 I got 34 pound a week ,for full time , my rent was 21 a week , I paid poll tax , friends gave me clothes , I only got to eat if I was at work . Folk are spoiled today and generation after generation struggled . Just seems to me some could help them selves more

[@Leeniebean]

It was like this during thatcher

[@happycook6737]

As teachers, they didn't understand what a variable rate mortgage is? Only working part time? Really???!!!!! 🤯I'm a teacher and I teach full time and work a second part time job and also a side hustle to stay afloat. I didn't have kids either even though I wanted to. Reality is sad but it is what it is and I recognized that when I decided to make teaching my career. Day off? What's that 😂

[@pip1723]

Thought brexit was going to make us better off...well that's what they said.

[@kolokowalsky772]

This is a real UK. The government and politicians claim that UK is the"rich" country, with "strong" economy, they should be ashamed,. It is a disgrace that Brits are suffering, having no support, and means to live with dignity.

[@patriciasweet1391]

Born in Newlyn [west], I would love to return but can't afford the property. If I could afford to I would ensure that my property went to a local person/couple at a price they could afford, I don't want my wealthy greedy offspring making money off the backs of hard working locals struggling to make a living and not affording a decent place to live. Too many people are causing property prices to rise beyond the reach of the locals, sheer greed by mostly second home owners but also people inheriting property from their parents/relatives.

[@REX4340]

Housing cost is cause of UK problems. Need CGT on ALL property, scrap stamp duty, encourage build-to-let.

[@richardbrown9344]

Its sad to hear these elderly people say they had great expectations from this new govt...With all due respect dont people learn anything about life and that all govts are criminal organisations?

[@hellohellohello6847]

Top tip girls! Don’t have 4 kids or any kids for that matter until you have a good job and have bought a house. They only have themselves to blame

[@stefanossmitty3318]

How about having a husband first? That may help 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984]

"Pockets of deep inequality" 😂😂😂 I'll take blue snow weather check on that one.

[@bobstar6837]

Sorry buy why would you have 5 kids if you can't afford it. Now we have to pick up the slack.

[@mjl2904]

5 kids and a single mom, if the kids have the same dad and he is still alive. Unless there was some abuse she needs to apologise and go back to him and make it work. The only losers are the 5 kids and they did not ask to be here.

[@alexandreVERDUN-yz3oe]

Mike May he looks like the king LoL

[@Mike_5]

In the Good old days Cornwall used to have it's own smuggler language now they have the DWP

[@lazyhunk2]

Enjoy the fruits of your votes.

[@barbaracourt2772]

Why all these women looking after children on their own the men helped producing the children why are they not around helping bringing them up

[@danwiddison]

We've been enduring massively overpriced housing for far too long. Our big chance to see systemic change was in 2019 & instead the people voted for Boris the clown. Game over / nail in coffin.

[@brushandshovel6512]

Roxy has very nice hilights in her hair! Nice nails and eyebrows Brooke! Maintenance like that don't come cheap!

[@zr9145]

Maybe she's doing it herself though. Maybe she goes to a student place like I do. Shouldn't judge without the facts!

[@tisFrancesfault]

The issues lay in the south east/London and it having its free reign with the rest of the country. Unfortunately its own CoL issues are spilling out to the provences and making life objectively worse for the natives.

[@stevennpitt]

American here... I feel so sad for all the UK people suffering. We are almost in the same situation here... all the while both our govts shovel money to the 1%. Disgusting.

[@TrustMeiamaD.R.]

#RiseUp Fifth richest country in the world. Your head of state is over here atm. On your coin..😮 Despicable.

London city itself (a small business centre) generates something like 50% of UK's wealth. If we didn't include it because nobody receives any of that money, the UK is in reality a poor country.

[@albertcross4275]

Take London out its about 35 richest..... Thanks to Cornwall voted Brexit... 🤔🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

[@AdamGordon1]

London isn't a 'small' business centre. It's a huge business centre.

@@AdamGordon1 London as a whole isn't but London city is. It's pretty much one street, and it's all finance related.

[@AdamGordon1]

Which street are you talking about? The West End is the world's number 1 hedge fund capital and a top 2 media centre. The Square Mile is the world's centre for commodities trading. Canary Wharf is a top 5 global banking centre. Silicon Roundabout is the centre of global fintech and London is a top 10 global tech start-up ecosystem and number 1 in Europe. It's been consistently a top 2 most powerful city economy in the world, changing places with New York, for the last 500 years.

[@malcolmclements9254]

Inflation is not 2% that's total fabrication. It's 2% compounded on all costs. Who is paying 2p on a £1 product or service? more like 20p to 30p so on ten of the above the figure is £2, to £3 passed on to the consumer, and this is happening on everything, absolutely everything, you buy constantly. The budget has just been declared, and the way it's gone, everything is going to go up massively. So another large round of price increases imminent.