Food poverty on the Tyne

[@lemontree6836]

I had to use a food bank for first time in late Dec (went hungry for a week over xmas as none were open). I was off work due to a work accident in which I nearfly died (which led to severe anxiety) and had to pay over £100 council tax despite receiving only £99.35 per week SSP. I love this country in many ways, and would visit for my favourite places, but I'd honestly like to live my day to day life elsewhere, because I've just had enough. Barely had my heating on this winter. I can handle the cold as I'm pretty resisilent physically, but my flat was getting damp so had to put it on. Seeing these energy companies with record profits makes me almost vomit. I've nothing against enterprise and profit in itself, but during this crisis it's despicable for them to be making sometimes record profits. It's literally profiting from human misery. I'm actually not even that peed off anymore. I've made my decision, I just want out, I just need to figure out how.

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

You should have claimed Council Tax benefit. {:o:O:}

[@amandawait9708]

Take care. X hope you're getting information about what support you can claim .

[@peterhill8398]

The last line of your comments broke my heart. Please try and get some help, you seem like a good & kind person. You matter, you are important, please remember that.

[@lemontree6836]

@@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 Pretty much word for word from a council tax letter back in August: "We have worked out the amount you have to pay monthly and even if your circumstances change in the next 6 months, there is nothing that can be done to change the amount to be paid". I was totally unaware of this policy, and I bet most people are unless they find themselves in a similar situation to mine. I have tried hard to return to work soon, but it's taking some real time to sort my head out. So basically, my circumstances DID change, but that mattered not at all to them. I phoned the council in January as paying this much based on my income was brutal. Seeing over £100 go out when I needed it for food was bad. The council told me I wasn't eligible for any help other than reduction. The lady I spoke to was nice and asked: "aren't you on council tax reduction?". I read her the letter and read back what I quoted above. She said "oh, well then there's nothing to be done". To her credit, she sounded like she agreed this policy was BS and sounded almost ashamed that there was nothing she could do. PS: The amounts they worked out was based on just 3 months previous earnings since I started my job. Anyway I somehow survived the winter, and thanks for the reminder, I'm going to have to phone them again now that the new tax year is here. Hopefully I'll be able to get a reduction until I return to work, and heck maybe even get some kind of a refund for overpayments (one can dream).

[@lemontree6836]

@@peterhill8398 Thanks. I feel like I don't matter at all, and it's often a struggle to just bother carrying on. Your words are appreciated.

[@gordonstrong5232]

All this poverty yet corporate profits are through the roof. We're being screwed.

[@richardhowlett4097]

All the time these tory crooks are in power, they'll continue to squeeze the poor and give more to the wealthy. They took £20.00 a week from tax credits last year and then what did jeremy unt give the wealthy people towards their pensions? £6000 per year, that's £115+ per week. They don't and will not need that money. This government need to be replaced asap. They line their own pockets and real workers are beneath them. They are totally corupt and have no empathy for the poor whatsoever... vote them out.

[@debmcr1]

@@unknown_name_389 No one objects to their making a profit, but they are making record profits. After all, companies should have a sense of social responsibility. Your country provides them with the infrastructure, environment, and workers they need to operate. Companies are basically amoral. They exist simply to make money. So they should be tightly regulated to serve the best interests of society and country.

[@noeldunford4955]

​@left_blank yes but not to the exstent when it takes the piss and who has shares in energy companies MPS anough said

[@noeldunford4955]

@left_blank well have you heard millions are in fuel poverty food poverty can't pay through corporate GREED have you got any morols

[@sonyasmith1991]

@@unknown_name_389 Of course, they should but not obscene amounts of money at the expense of the poor.

[@AlexDuggan68]

if we can afford to spend ten million pounds a day on hotels, we should be able to give people food vouchers.

[@riveness]

The reason for that is the Tories. For decades before may, average annual cost of the asylum system was £200-300 million due to a low backlog. It is now over £2 billion.

[@janetpitchford5449]

God bless these wonderful people who run these food banks. They are life savers x

[@ricktandron3669]

Please give these volunteers more Audi cars. Maybe 2 or 3 per volunteer.

[@mrbearbear83]

We must remember that for the vast majority, we're three months away from homelessness but we're never three good months away from being millionaires

[@daviniarobbins9298]

@left_blank Housing benefit?

[@Tessy29k]

It depends on how many assets you have and your safety net. Capital in terms of money and assets and social capital in terms of family and friends. There is no community in countries like UK everywhere is so individualistic and many people aren't close with their families

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

Brexit

[@ianharris9081]

I remember people warning us about life under Jeremy Corbyn an look at the fuckin state of us now Welcome to Tory Britain, 2023

[@1gerard47]

If boris gets back in ??????

[@evolassunglasses4673]

He should of accepted the result of the Referendum. He was anti EU all his political life just like his hero Tony Benn. He became leader suddenly flipped flopped and crashed in the Old Labour Leave seats.

[@nektekket852]

If Johnson gets back in (which he won't) would the last person to leave turn the lights off? Ta

[@normanchristie4524]

Stop reading the rightwing tabloids would be a start.....

[@TheLampini]

Corbyn offering decent broadband for the whole country would have been handy during the lockdowns..

[@heathermcdougall8023]

I used a food bank in North Tyneside recently, and was so grateful for every last bit of food they gave me, and it was good stuff too. I even got some toiletries too (little bit of shower gel, toothpaste and a toilet roll) Our best meal was corned beef and vegetable, shepherds pie.

[@CurtisRouse-]

Government in the form of DWP will go after pensioners and the poorest among us, but won't to after prolific tax dodgers/evaders

[@swanchamp5136]

They put like 9 times the funding into working class benefit fraud than chasing the tax dodging/evading.

[@colonelcrackerz2320]

@left_blank damn you’ve cracked it! Why did it never occur to me before!

[@boota1979]

@left_blank From someone who has reached state pension age today, and was able to take early retirement years ago, because she has an excellent private pension and paid her mortgage off 20 years ago. What an empathetic little ray of sunshine you are, clearly young, well wakey wakey you will be a pensioner one day. By which time there will be no pensions and you will be on social credit. Good luck with that .

[@boota1979]

@left_blank You do not fund my state pension, that is not how it works, where as I fund yours.

[@chrisd5964]

@@colonelcrackerz2320 Love how the sarcasm went completely over his head, he thought you were agreeing with him lol.

[@clivesmith9377]

Humiliating living in Britain.

[@myleshagar9722]

Temporary emergency food banks going strong for 40 years in Canada.

[@stephanblack4558]

@@myleshagar9722 Hi from CANADA SK.

[@leehollebon6041]

@@myleshagar9722 are things bad in Canada like here in ENGLAND

[@1292liam]

yep, thanks to low grade tory brexit

[@leehollebon6041]

@@1292liam tory or labour makes no different all corrupt bastards

[@jpminor8783]

Labour MP said “people are struggling to buy food” while driving a high end Audi. Says it all.

[@MayThereBeWorldPeace]

💔 Those who give food without judgment are angels. They are in fact First Responders.

[@beaulieuc8910]

I -ave done tat your komments motivate me

[@michhart4237]

What a cracking lady at Hebburn helps food bank. I'm a Yorkshire lass and working busting my gut but still using a food bank. At middle age and always worked never thought in my worst nightmares I'd be in this situation.

[@writeract2]

That became life for many people - beyond what we could ever imagine in their worst nightmares.

[@nicolamartin4666]

The MP seems totally disinterested. Given her salary I dont know how she has the guts to face her constituents.

[@ceesay2010]

We all need to rise up and tell them a enough is a enough ...

[@evolassunglasses4673]

The Left have embraced open borders Globalisation and have no solutions.

[@normanchristie4524]

Do not vote Tory either locally or nationally.

[@lynnhickinbotham3784]

Absolutely

[@DJWESG1]

​@Norman Christie that's not the problem. The police are allowing psychopaths to pick us off one by one. Its not actually the toryd fault if they are allowed to do it, they can't help themselves , it's their mh condition

[@Soraviel]

Good luck, I will no be there protesting with you. Especially with the met there (I'd not bother).

[@ziuuuuuuuuum]

The lady who runs this food bank has a heart of gold.

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

Speak up, I got your cash

[@juliagregory5696]

bless all these kind people@@angelachanelhuang1651

[@YenChuong]

Especially when she said women shouldn’t be on the streets. I volunteer at a soup kitchen in The Netherlands, the abuse of women and young men is horrible. I can’t believe governments allow this to happen. We can do better than this!

[@Evie170]

This is so sad....Reminds me of when I was on unemployment benefits, and had to stretch $30 a day on food/water/electricity...Ended up living on ricecakes, almond milk and hot chips ($2 a bag) from the local fish 'n' chip shop...Often had to go to a loan store to pawn out jewellery for $50 to $100 in cash...Could literally relate to the song 'Living On A Prayer.' Really hope more people donate to these food banks and that the cost of living goes down soon...

[@dianapatterson1559]

So depressing, I had to stop watching, but I gave you a thumbs up. Good job to cover this. Only I want to cover my eyes.

[@theresawinder7403]

I always try to give to food banks, its a necessity and a basic human right and if I can afford to feed myself I will also help others.

[@bengardener8928]

Food is not a human right.

[@coolcat3702]

​@@bengardener8928yes it is

[@digglerdudeuk]

Tory Britain 🤮

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Happening across the West. Both Left and Right have embraced open borders Globalisation and have no solutions.

[@misslanapaulford]

People need to STOP 🛑 voting for them..

[@Soraviel]

@@misslanapaulford People outside city centres in England need to stop voting Tory all the time at every local elections and GE's.

[@DJWESG1]

​@Miss Lana Paul Ford 💋 or maybe the police need to start arresting them.. blaming voters is a cop out to use a pun.

[@misslanapaulford]

@@DJWESG1 Well it's only the voters keeping them in poor. Plus people believing the scaremongering that Labour would be worse. People would rather believe The Foul Tory lies spewed at them..

[@theeoneandonlyushygushy]

what sucks is no matter how many videos/movies/shows like this are made and shown to everyone somehow nothing changes still.

[@sonyasmith1991]

It will only change when we unite and say enough is enough. The good news is that day is coming very soon.

[@LabRat6619]

Politicians see us as cattle, not as human. Fact.

[@sonyasmith1991]

@@LabRat6619 It's not just the politicians who see us as cattle.

[@franrowe8696]

Then stand up and do something! If we all stand together?

[@sonyasmith1991]

@@franrowe8696 Well said.

[@metalhead2550]

Heartbreaking.... To anyone struggling right now, stick on in there

[@Marc-xc9uo]

It’s bloody criminal! Shouldn’t be happening in the UK. Government are robbing us blind

[@patricequinn7733]

Car dependency and scarcity of public transit in rural Britain is a strain on family budgets.

[@beaulieuc8910]

I am in a rural area and kar free. I am ok I ave bike and use p transport

[@Skylark_Jones]

We have more foodbanks than ever. How many people dependent on foodbanks voted for this government? How many will vote for them at the next election?

[@daviniarobbins9298]

It is the old people who voted Tory and Brexit. The young don't bother to vote. And now thanks to voter ID coming in soon it will probably stay Tory. I don't have any valid ID. Getting a new passport costs around £80. That isn't factored in in my budget currently.

[@Redsleather]

@@daviniarobbins9298 if you want to vote the Tories out, can’t you apply for a postal vote?

[@happybunny8704]

The old people and those that remember what it was like before joining Europe voted for Brexit. I work in manufacturing, it was the migrant worker situation and the housing situation that made me vote for Brexit and i would vote the same way again.

[@TheSuperPsychoKiller]

People who give up their free time and volunteer deserves a seat in the House of Lords.

[@stephanblack4558]

Volunteers are the best people in the World.

[@kimcolligan7948]

They wouldn't get a seat cos their decent honest marvellous people they couldn't stomach the corruption they,d witness

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

What do we do now?

[@jimmyhurley504]

Its the same in most of the large cities in America... Higher prices, jobs paying poverty wages, homeless, and something called food deserts where stores haved closed doors because of theft making access to food difficult for entire communities, horrendous drug addiction with addicts using drugs in public areas...its becoming a global crisis.

[@daviniarobbins9298]

If people are in work struggling to pay bills and buy food what chance does someone on benefit stand? Or are people wasting their money on booze and tabs? I manage on what little money I get from the DWP. My electric and gas meters are well topped up. The water rates is paid every week. I have plenty of food in the freezer. My bills are all up to date and paid. I don't waste £50 or more on booze every week. I don't smoke. I live in the north east. A lot of people smoke here in the north east. That is why people in this region are struggling. Especially when a packet of 20 cigs costs £8 or more, that weekly waste of money mounts up. That is £56 a week wasted on cigarettes. And then there moan they got no money to pay their bills and buy food. Sorry, but I am not buying this crap.

[@AceStar1994]

Well done for actually having the guts to say that. People who are genuinely doing everything they can and still struggling, I do feel sorry for. People who are heavy smokers/drinkers and complain about being "skint" all the time get no sympathy from me at all.

[@sp-1973]

I'm the same!.. I'm on universal credit and have a 15 year old. I'm not rich, but I'm not poor either. I don't smoke, drink, go out for meals or buy expensive things. In the Summer I put £100 on my gas/elec so its topped up until Winter. I buy second hand clothes and always look very presentable. My food cupboards are full, I can afford petrol and I live in a beautiful house... so please explain to me how people who are working cannot afford anything!!!... it drives me up the wall.

[@Redsleather]

@@sp-1973 I work full time down here in the south-east Tory heartland and my life sounds just like yours!

[@sp-1973]

@Reds Leather so what you're saying is that you're not currently feeling the major panic that most people are??

[@Redsleather]

@@sp-1973 quite the opposite, that northerners voted Conservative in 2019 to ‘level up’ the the supposedly rich south, when a 40 hour a week in one of the most safe, right-wing constituencies of the south-east gets you the same as a life on benefits up north! 😂😂

[@lisainger6751]

I am a 70 year old widow and am able to pay all my bills. My council tax, electricity and water bills have all gone up, Because my husband and I worked hard I have extra income from private pensions. Because I worked hard, I cannot get any help when other pensioners can. I am penalised for working hard and never ever been on benefits. I also pay tax, of course some of which pays for others who are less fortunate than myself.

[@bogavai]

We all need to rise up,companies are ritcher by inflating the prices and the goverment does not help.Politicians are getting well paid and allowed to claim expenses for ridiculous things while the the rest of the population struggle.I come from a working family,thankfully never had to use food bank but I need to count my pennies and spend wisely otherwise we will be in debt and can't afford to pay the bills.It's humillianting that a country like Great Britain has people living off charity.Thank you to all who donate and all the volunteers that help families to put food on the table.

[@Nemo59646]

Vote for self-harm vote Conservative.

[@dalebenton3354]

Vote Conservative,Let more Migrants come in,Labour wont do no better,You people can go living with the Migrants next

[@LabRat6619]

Politicians see it as a cull of the poor and unemployed.

[@leokloid1]

Wealth distribution, from the poor to the wealthy

[@momo8200]

Austerity is a choice. No other developed country went down this road in 2010. Homelessness is a choice. Finland is on track to end homelessness in 2027.

[@Marvin-dg8vj]

Finland is nowhere near the scale of the problems the larger countries face. The lockdown was a choice .You were warned at the time how disastrous this would be for the economy. And guess what ? It turned about to be an economic disaster with inflation it will take years to bring under control.

[@momo8200]

@Marvin66 UK and Finland are relatively wealthy developed countries. The point is Finland developed an actionable plan to end homelessness and it's working. The UK has similar resources but lacks the political will, larger population counts for naught if the resources are available. Food banks, low wages, cuts to local services, boarded up high streets, homelessness have been increasing since 2010 when the conservatives came into power long before lockdowns.

[@vaska1999]

Exactly: austerity is a choice. We should stop voting into power those who impose austerity on the rest of us.

[@kirstymclaughlin4370]

I'd vote Mick Lynch over any of the Tory liars any day of the week 👌🏻

[@kirstymclaughlin4370]

@@Abitofsanity 100% agree !

[@PastaSauce.]

Mick for Labour leader 👏

[@kirishima638]

He supports Brexit and pressured union members to vote for it. So he enabled the current Tory regime.

[@paul8386]

@Don Doodat 2019 GE was over Brexit. Starmer stabbed Corbyn in the back by promising a 2nd referendum when the Party had agreed to honour the original referendum. Starmer and co enabled this Tory government.

[@kirishima638]

@Abitofsanity Brexit is ongoing and will never be ‘done’.

[@CathMelia-gv7zl]

Moral of the story stop voting Tory.

[@billybobkingston5604]

Great Britain? UK Grim

[@TheWunder]

GB = Grim Britain

[@TheLampini]

If you’re referring to the new tune from Sleaford Mods of that title - it says it all!

[@proletvladimirova828]

The UK is definitely not what it was. I see so much misery and poverty even in London. Now even the middle class are struggling financially, have to rent smaller properties or move to a cheaper places

[@paulholland5270]

Yeah a lot of Southerns are moving further north to places like Preston .Leeds .Carlisle .Newcastle such as to survive and the numbers are increasing year on year .if I was from London I would be doing the same .😠😡

[@razkhan2958]

Yes lot people are struggling to meet ends in the UK? Low income and middle income are struggling to meet ends so sad?

[@anastauro9743]

And this is not murder?

[@nekographic]

I've been off from work and uni due to illness for the past 5 months and all I'm getting is £650 from universal credit and that's without me declaring what I'm getting from SAAS. If I did then I wouldn't even qualify for benefits even though my rent alone is £400. I came to the UK 12 years ago looking for a new life and I got that but now I've been considering just packing up and going back home because things are just so bad. Even my mum, who still grew up under a dictatorship, doesn't remember things ever being this bad. The government is just ruining the country for working-class people and it's just so sad.

[@shazanakhan9807]

Ur rent is cheap, mine was 1200 and jumped to 1400 and he wanted 1600.

[@nekographic]

@@robertjones2053 I've been off sick for 5 months, my gas and electric were up to £250 a month late last year to early this year and that's with me turning the heating on for just 2-3 hours a day, which really isn't much when you live in Northern Scotland. If you're rich enough to not need benefits then good on you but with everything so expensive, I'd rather get a bit more if I can than not even being able to put the heating on or buy food for me and my rabbit

[@nekographic]

@@shazanakhan9807 I'm honestly lucky. I've lived in this flat for 6 years and I'm really good friends with my landlords so they keep my rent low. Before that though I had a landlady that wanted to increase the rent after the mains water pipe burst in my flat and it was costing her an arm and a leg to fix. I was already paying £600 and she wanted £750. I bolted out xD

[@marxk4rl]

So in 12 years you were unable to save enough for rainy days? Some people got rich after saving five years and investing, or opening a business. Other people live paycheck to paycheck, spending all they got, because you only live once. Lots of poor people are poor only because they lack any financial skills.

[@nervousheadache]

You’re complaining about a government that is largely irrelevant to the country you actually live in.

[@dalebenton3354]

Lets put it this way,I was right happy mood yesterday,Coming home with a ton of shopping from the food bank,To see my fridge freezer and cupboards full of food for once,Now days,I mostly been living on one meal a day,Jacket potatoes and tinned spaghetti,Now wonder why nearly under weight,My clothes hardly fit me now,Im now having use a belt to keep my Jeans up,Im down to just over 7 stone in weight,My mates saying I got to start eating better

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

IT 'S VERY SIMPLE , OUR OWN MUST COME FIRST . NOT THOSE LANDING ILLEGALLY ON OUR SHORES .

[@christinefiedor3518]

The whole world is suffering a cost of living crisis with some worse than others however. It wasn’t until I lived and worked overseas that I realised that the uk has been living way beyond her means for decades and now her chickens are coming home to roost. The difference between the haves and the have nots is now bigger than ever. But the amount of money that governments waste, especially during the pandemic is obscene .Rishi appeared to be very generous at the time I did think about how it was going to bepaid back? And there is so much corruption and it’s not only related to government either. Evidently London is now the dirty money capital of the world. I believe the country is on the verge of bankruptcy. So much greed! How much is enough? How did we let this happen? And where do we go from here? I shudder to think!

[@ediddysmith2500]

The royal family is eating well , the people can go hungry, king Charles is eating and drinking a nice glass of wine, smiling

[@donnajones-od9qs]

I made a comnent just a min ago about the Royal family. I think they the Royals need to make a huge donation lets say 2million every year..to help. But sadly they probably wont.

[@sps6]

The royal family needs to cut down on their pomp and splendor

[@Scriptorsilentum]

@@donnajones-od9qs they do. it's called income tax. turds in the 90s whined the Queen didn't pay income tax. She offered, Her govt (Tony the Turd Blair) declined. alright, now the King pays income tax. What happened before was the old City of London sits on land the RF has inherited/bought over 1100 yrs. private property like any other. they lease it. the leasehold rents were turned over yearly to the Exchequer in lieu of taxes. Gratis. Here, have it. it exceeded several tens of million pounds at one time, far far more than ever would have been gotten by the RF paying income tax... Now it's gone. thanks, complainers - you're all such swell mathematicians and critical thinkers.

[@john-pu2ud]

£10.000. Donation. Would help. From. Matt Hancock.

[@adrianrouse5148]

I visited a food Bank to help a young lady with a child collect some food. I was shocked. Most there were working. And before some smart arse starts talking about expensive mobile phones and other wastes . I saw none. Got talking to a few who say rents and taxes and bills leaves nothing for food. It should not be this way.

[@James_Doyle83]

I'm so glad challenge anneka did things to help last Saturday there be lots of people who hate that and I'm surprised tories haven't stopped that program as that program is doing more things in 3 days then the government has done in 13 years

[@lemongrabloids3103]

Is Challenge Anneka still going? I don’t have tv so I didn’t know lol

[@casteretpollux]

The Government have done plenty. They intend to crush the working class and steal from the public purse. They are criminals. They are CRIMINALS.

[@TheLampini]

@@lemongrabloids3103 she’s just made a comeback.. wish I was in such good shape at her age 😂

[@Redsleather]

The same right-wing Anneka Rice who’s supported the Conservatives openly in the past

[@cdylancarter9968]

Back in 2009 I was struggling, lost my job and couldn't afford to live, because it was less people that got affected, nobody gave a sh*t about me, now 14 years later things have turned around, I'm doing good and I'm not struggling because I future proofed myself as I knew no one will help me. Winters are no issue and I can have my heating on as much as I need. Funny also that those who wouldn't help me 14 years ago are struggling now and no one is really helping them. What goes around comes around and I don't care anymore if people call me allsorts 😃

[@lwo7736]

I have to imagine what kind of person you have to be to dislike this video...

[@gavinpeterson8761]

A Tory

[@hiigara2085]

Lee Anderson

[@da90sReAlvloc]

@ L wo really you have to imagine i can tell you People who dislike this video are obviously Tory's They don't like to be confronted with the truth

[@LabRat6619]

A politician.

[@paulholland5270]

💯Tory voting Pyhcopaths 👹

[@22BAANA22]

It literally anarchy. Like the people have been completely abandoned and must take their governance into their own hands. Everyone doing their best with charities but it is just a plaster on a massive wound. These people are heroes. God tories are barely human.

[@John-se7rc]

Maybe sir Bob geldof could arrange a concert at Wembley to raise money to feed the 3 million uk children starving in poverty because of the tory dictatorship catastrophic austerity measures.

[@PMMagro]

Surley without the EU "stopping you" you should be fine by now...

[@larsbjrnson3101]

Where is Bob Geldof and Bono now?

[@1gerard47]

Maybe that comment will work nice one,after all we bought records back then,and were is mr Branson? He scored big time.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Bono is a tax exile.

[@nektekket852]

The Irish don't owe us anything but disdain

[@helphelpimbeingrepressed9347]

@@nektekket852 I agree but Bono definitely owes us an apology 😁

[@sycamore1955]

Blame your government for opening the door to those coming via France. Put them up in hotels, give them money etc and the hell with the UK born

[@moshudoduwade219]

The staying alive crisis. This is the way we are living today. THE STAYING ALIVE CRISIS!🙁

[@dongmingzhu666]

I used to live in the Northeast. Some areas in Newcastle like Jesmond, Gosforth are alright. But on the other side of the river, places like Jarrow, South Shields... it is rather grim down there

[@JASuperflex1]

I sit here and wonder sometimes what the breaking point was in previous revolutions and civil wars.. the way things are going these days with housing homelessness cost of living and the unjust and unfair governance this sure does cross the line

[@shazanakhan9807]

Even when I was working back then I couldn't go holiday once every 2 yrs maybe. Now that I'm on benefit due to bad health after having my child, we are barely surviving forget luxury or holidays. We don't go out, cinema, or buy clothes. I don't use salon and waste money. One has to manage and be responsible rent, bill and food is important the rest is a luxury. We are privately renting as the gov failed to build more council homes, this money hungry greedy landlord charged me 1200, now 1400 and said the going rate is 1600 I should be lucky but had the council housed me I'd be paying 600 only, pathetic a failed country im ashamed to be British born and paid my taxes back then.

[@Lovehors4s]

They say the UK is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, but it has an apaulling track record of looking after our least fortunate. It seems we are happy to send money abroad to help their needy, but invariably never gets to the needy. We are now spending millions per day on helping illegal immigrants settle here when there is homelessness already within these shores, then there’s the question of our beloved NHS being eroded by the lack of staffing simply because the staff cannot live on the income they are paid and this government doesn’t care and has very little interest in preserving it. Then there’s the other essential services ie rail workers, ambulance drivers, teachers the list goes on. So now the countries poorest are having to rely on food banks, beggars belief!!

[@fridaber6069]

British people seem to hold on to the idea that their country is still some kind of empire or at least somehow 'special'. The truth is - as much as Brits don't want to hear it - that it's not. The UK is not even one of the wealthiest countries in the world anymore. If we look at GDP per capita, the UK is not even in the top 10. Countries like Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium etc. have a much higher standard of living for the average person. The UK is just a poor country with some very, very rich people in it.

[@Lovehors4s]

@@fridaber6069 it still seems to irritate people abroad the word “empire” as I’ve already pointed out the wealth in our nation is being spread thinly as we are a nation who seem to want to help others, the countries you have mentioned as being far wealthier than the UK don’t have the same record as the Uk at providing help for other nations, hence their ability to provide better services for their people, perhaps it’s time we take on the same stance as they.

[@salala4412]

@@Lovehors4s As a result of Brexit, the British lost many thousands of workers from Central and Eastern Europe in agriculture, transportation, hospitality sector, elderly care etc. From areas where the British did not really want to work.

[@happybunny8704]

@@salala4412 Your last sentence said it all where the British did not want to work… maybe if the British took those jobs 🤷‍♀️ I work in manufacturing every factory I’ve been in has migrant workers some as many as 99.9 % of the work force. They are still here still working don’t believe everything you are told.

[@salala4412]

@@happybunny8704 I know that they are still there, but also thousands left to The Netherlands, Germany, Austria etc

[@happycook6737]

Ladies, homemade reusable time of month protection is very easy. You can recycle old flannels, shrunken wool sweaters, etc. Just need to change them a bit more frequently. I made mine so the layers could be separated that way it dries faster. Also make your own nappies because even if you can't use them at daycare you can use them at home.

[@charlottetaylor4471]

Mooncups are good too 👍 (or other brands for a reusable cup)

[@Heaven-dy9lj]

''You'll own nothing and be happy'' That's where this is headed. Until people can relate football for example, to the negation of human will to see, stop and change things. We are doomed. This is NOT about making money by the big fuel companies, this is about changing human behaviour for the next system coming into view.

[@zippymufo9765]

@Tracchofyre The "being happy" part is meant to be sarcastic. People didn't understand what the author of that piece was trying to say.

[@backupintheday9710]

Simple question : Why is the MP hiding her I.D. Throughout the interview in the car? Don't you think that looks very dodgy?

[@jaykeyz9094]

The problem is that our current system really has no penalty for being rich and not paying your fair share. Poor people need rich people to attract investors and if you think you're going to be Robin Hood and magically take the wealth from these people, they will simply reroute or leave. This is what history has shown us and more recently, democracy in the West. This is the most heartbreaking thing I've had to realize but this polarizing distribution of wealth is likely to continue because there's no way to rein in the corporations and wealthy.

[@LeilaLamb]

Twelve years of the Tories.

[@gordonstrong5232]

Nearly 13

[@1gerard47]

More than that.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Happening across the West. Both Left and Right have embraced open borders Globalisation and have no solutions.

[@dalebenton3354]

yep,Yet again more Migrants,Nearly 13 years now

[@brianlinke1856]

Once the industrial base is gone, there is really little to replace it.

[@thomasrusbridge]

Still time to get seeds in the ground .. and defo time to get preping for next summer

[@paulholland5270]

Food , shelter, water , energy, knowledge is all you need to survive.💯🧔

[@allpsychicsarefraudsfact8357]

How many of these people who 'rely' on food banks have top of the range Smart phones, smoke cigarettes, have cars, go to the pub etc.? If you can afford ANY of these you do NOT need a food bank!

[@momurda6]

Seems like the Great from Great Britain left a long time ago.

[@incorectulpolitic]

The fact that we have to work means that we are in a severely compromised subjugated position and it's none of our fault, our social position is imposed on us. Having kids when you aren’t rich is completely illogical and if you don’t have the right genetics you lose the game too. The summary of "life" is having to fight to get a grueling and enslaving job in order to survive knowing that sooner or later you will die anyway and that it can be at any time. And, if you are a sheep , you will try to breed new human beings who will do exactly the same as you. And, as if that were not enough, we do it without even knowing if life has any meaning or purpose. Only to stay alive one more day to continue suffering and struggling to fulfill the endless needs that we have to continue perpetuating this torment. The Ugly truth is , without hindsight , nobody have children out of any selfless reason . They do it for themselves , they just want a little pet that they have a heavy biological attraction towards .

[@carltaylor4942]

Force the rich to pay their share of taxes! Make the movement of large amounts of cash to tax havens a crime (tax evasion) and enforce it. Put a sane limit on corporate profits - say 10%. These measures would solve a lot of these problems. The greedy rich and the government supporting the greedy rich is the problem.

[@ricktandron3669]

Always a laugh to interview someone driving an Audi about the struggles of the homeless. Kudos

[@ElizabethHurtado-py8ur]

Thank you

[@nigelrequiem]

Its all about Corporate greed and profiteering at the expense of everyone else.And the Government assist them!

[@joseg7710]

Multibillion dollar ghettos. Real state worth trillions but no money for food. Whoever thought of these policies and got them through parliament was such a genius.

[@greggbisgrove7499]

This is back to a time before the wars .

[@daviniarobbins9298]

World war 3 just around the corner. Putin threatening nuclear war. It isn't promising is it?

[@OFSpankableRoxyRae]

mick lynch for pm! ❤❤😊

[@lilybliblablubb5023]

Any developed country should not need food banks, at most they should be for refugees and such that don't get any support. People living in a social system, many working, should not have to rely on them, it's a shame. We have the same problem in Germany, food banks cover what the state fails to and it's just sad. I myself have been failed by the social net, living way below a liveable income, and I often feed myself from food sharing, meaning leftovers from supermarkets and bakeries that are about to go bad but are given away for free before they do. It helps a lot

[@PatrickFDolan]

Refugees get excellent support.

[@incorectulpolitic]

Every cradle is a grave. parents SHOULD provide basic necessities up to their offspring’s death. it’s the LEAST they could do for putting them on death row. i hate living for the weekend. But nope because the parents assume their kids owe them something. Life is essentially a “Death Sentence”. parents will use the excuse of “I changed your diaper for years, fed you, clothed you, bathed you. You need to help me financially.” And they are listing off the bare minimum of parenting and say they need your help with bills and what not when we can barely take care of ourselves in our 20s. Shits crazy

[@happybunny8704]

Not all parents presume their kids owe them, but when do kids become adults ? If they can’t survive without the support of mum and dad ? You obviously don’t have kids yourself and with that attitude sounds like you never will.

[@coralstannard1956]

Agree!

[@vaska1999]

I hope you get the psych help you need.

[@beaulieuc8910]

yes

[@keyboarddancers7751]

Could anybody explain to me in words of more than one syllable why in god's name anybody in their right mind would EVER want to come to this country for any reason other than for tourism?

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

Sad , very sad . As to what is going on in our once great country .

[@kynchan3332]

A lot of the troubles were in the making before the consequences appeared. Self inflicted by government policies on excess liquidity in the system, lock down, covid hysteria, can always help others with funds/equipment but not citizens, and sanctions.

[@dranchd6571]

They keep voting for the same people that will merrily see them into an early grave. All these MP's have to do is shout foreigner, immigration, boats, swamped... and they've got that vote. Every time. Good luck to them.

[@drkarenbukharibukhari9931]

i struggle myself with uc limited allowance i relied on food banks trussel trust mcr cabfor 3 years right now jobless still looking for goodwell paid jobs in uk2023

[@bimmeroo0906]

U must try harder, lady.

[@khalidalali186]

A Labour MP driving an Audi. Nice, very nice.

[@stephanblack4558]

Don't be afraid to say NO to P.M's.

[@belfasta]

I'm just wondering whether Russia has food banks or are they doing better than us?

[@billybobkingston5604]

Have Vodka banks

[@goattm2]

I think most of them are being ground to a pulp in Ukraine by now.

[@Mikebloke]

Russia has a lot of subsidised pricing for various goods.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

@@goattm2 bet you fell for the NeoCon propaganda about Iraqi WMD. Look at the map.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Russia has low debt and a massive industrial and energy base.

[@ricktandron3669]

Correct me if I'm talking out of turn, but I thought the government was shipping all the poor people to Rwanda. That was supposed to be promised and delivered. What went wrong?

[@anastasiatempest761]

I have been on the street, I have cerebral palsy and wheelchair.💗🧑🏻‍🦼

[@neilyounan3241]

Same thing is happening in USA 🇺🇸 if not worse !!!

[@MyJourneyToAWholeBitcoin]

I stopped watching after 50 seconds in. MPs are driving Audis, wearing Apple Watches, and everybody else is having trouble putting food on the table, paying the energy bill, and paying rent. Sounds about right for 2023.

[@Redsleather]

You should have seen the earrings Suella Braverman was wearing on telly on Sunday… they weren’t from Argos 😂

[@jorgebeaufort8466]

And she defines herself as a working class woman, lol.

[@mariahsmom9457]

Cloth diapers- very cheap. We always used them. Better for environment and for babys little bums to have cloth rather than plastic up against them.❤

[@kimcolligan7948]

I always used them but you couldn't afford to boil them now like we did, or dry them in bad weather

[@jamesbarclay8430]

What has happened to th UK?

[@Redsleather]

It voted Tory

[@donnajones-od9qs]

I wish the Royal Family donated to all the food banks every year. I like them but Come On....

[@t47i]

It breaks my heart to see someone driving round in such an old Audi. She's so brave. Can we not have a whip around to buy Kate Osborne a new RS5 or at least something with virtual cockpit?

[@hiigara2085]

What's Kate got to do with these people in Newcastle? You do realise she's on an MP salary which is generous and it's not a secret...

[@t47i]

@@hiigara2085 She's my MP and I voted for her so I'm aware of who she is and how much she's paid. It was just a joke about her crappy old Audi, lighten up.

[@helenrichardson1740]

😂😂😂

[@jonbell3020]

Always one, isn’t there?..🤡

[@Redsleather]

@@t47i it’s good to know not all of the north-east voted Conservative in 2019, how County Durham and Cleveland can vote Tory after Thatcher I don’t understand. Never trust a Tory

[@jeanniehyde8090]

KC3/ Camillas Coronation is costing the taxpayers millions, Monarchy and Government have no clue whatsoever what the country is suffering on a daily basis, this is heartbreaking. Volunteers in these community hubs - are the real heroes .

[@davidty2006]

If you think situation in tyneside is bad. Just go down the coast and it gets worse.

[@johnmorrow7080]

It was Thatcher's master plan sell the council houses to the tenants and create a fear of loosing ones job looses your home at the same time add in stopping building new one's she created the perfect storm , I thought she was evil but this lot are the worst of the worst all vile people , luckily we have had hard times but nothing like this , I'm appalled hearing these stories , I'm on dialysis when I went for my PIP assessment the young lass says I'm a nurse I know all about kidney failure she didn't ask any of the questions I expected 2 weeks later my decision letter pops through the door is read "I was well kempt and showed no signs of anxiety" but agreed I needed help around the house which aids could help no mention of kidney failure , it took 2 years to get PIP .

[@burly636]

I wish you do updates on these for this year. I’m sure it’s worse and that is sad

[@Steven-ly9ei]

And yet people support the government anyways. The government that allows heartbreaking scenes like this to happen. Won't stop them showing up ar them for political clout, it's a disgrace, and we should be collectively ashamed, and should actually think twice before you vote, if you somehow don't feel sympathy. Imagine your child in this situation. Doesn't take much for it to happen evidently. I'm relatively well off, I'm not yet needing food banks, and I contribute to them when I can, but I'm struggling too, i worry for those who make minimum wage, hang in there, and I'm sorry this is happening to you, I'm heartbroken for you. And I will be voting against those who did the damage.

[@ricktandron3669]

President Trump has suggested clean coal is the future. Newcastle should be open to innovative ideas like that.