Jaywick: The most deprived town in Britain

Jaywick has become a byword for deprivation, suffering the stigma of topping the government's list of the most deprived areas in the country three times now. (Subscribe: bit.ly/C4_News...)
But like many of the other areas across the country which also feature high on what some call "the map of misery", despite being in government sights, nothing seems to change. In Jaywick a severe housing shortage has meant prefabs and chalets which were meant for occasional holidaymakers have become permanent homes. As they deteriorate, some of the most vulnerable people in society are left to live in appalling conditions, with housing benefit sent straight to the landlords for the privilege. It all speaks of a system failing the very poorest. I've been to Jaywick to talk to residents desperate for change.
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[@MasterJammer]

What a hand to be dealt; cerebral palsy, learning difficulties, cancer and mental health issues. This type of misfortune makes me question everything. I hope Joanne and her husband get the help and support they need!

[@CreatureOTNight]

Would be worse in a country that doesnt hand out benefits.

[@dxcpt]

@@CreatureOTNight Benefits aren't handouts, nobody avoids the many taxes, or the UK's inflation, there is a reason why we suck at trade.. that's right..taxes. That's what pays for benefits. People who claim them are worth way more than you think.

[@weareallbeingwatched4602]

These can all be explained by industrial fallout, also. If you are Chinese or Argentinian and have these types of problems, there is no confusion about the causes. Intensive farming. Mining. Industrial chemical exposure. Steven Hawking's motor neuron condition was very likely caused by DDT, for example.

[@weareallbeingwatched4602]

@@dxcpt actually the taxes go to paying off various international debts, and the credit crunch. The UK borrows money to pay for public services and benefits.

[@joannesmallman9528]

There is always someone worse off life is much better now

[@n3xsq870]

Cancer aside, the mold and rodents would make a person of exceptional health extremely ill. This is a horrendous situation.

[@movesky6696]

i would not keep a dog ( that house ) mp should try be on universal credit wait for week's payment /zero hour contract /gig economy

[@britnic5394]

then the best idea would be to clean the place up wouldnt it?.. its no good throwing rubbish into the street or garden and when the rats turn up .. then blame the tory party or council or landlord... these people decided to live like it so live like it and stop expecting other peoples money to pay there way or clean up there shyte...

[@britnic5394]

@@movesky6696 lots of people have jobs.. why cant any of these people do the same?

[@jeffsuter344]

@@britnic5394 "These people" Straight into the "Othering" of your fellow human beings. Sneering at them making out they are lesser than you. But if you want reasons, they live in the most deprived area in England, not a lot of jobs there. Many are suffering from illness, some with depression - which employer would take on someone prone to absences due to mental and physical breakdown, when they can choose the able bodied and minded. What's the local bus service like - you can bet most of them don't have cars to get to work. Lastly, despite what the Tories tell you, the unemployment figures are dire - government was recently reprimanded for falsifying employment figures. There are 2 unemployed for every vacancy on average.Why not think before you sneer at people less fortunate than yourself.

[@britnic5394]

@@jeffsuter344 are you saying that in jaywick the residents are either ill or mental?.. so none of them are able or have a reason why they cant work... from the above?.. okay mat i recommend a wall be built around jaywick then throw in a couple of nurses with boxes of tablets would that be better... no one is sneering at these people from what i can see but common sense says rubbish goes in a bin and not the street... and much more...

[@janetpitchford5449]

These landlords who rent these disgusting properties deserve to be made to live in them!!

[@johnniethepom7545]

The landlord need to be deported back to from whence they came .

[@dwaynefoley1020]

@@johnniethepom7545London?

[@johnniethepom7545]

@@dwaynefoley1020 Deportation to the first shithole I can think of . Preferably left 2 miles off shore in a rubber dinghy and jollygood luck to them .

[@mum2jka]

Why is the landlord still being paid rent? The council obviously knows what is going on - the letter proves this.

[@frusciantesplectrum7980]

Trust me, no landlord will accept them because they live in squalor and create the environment you see. There is no money to be made to constantly maintain a property that they will use as a crack den. Look at what they look like, they don’t have pride in themselves, they will destroy any house as I’ve seen it too many times. The council turn a blind eye because they understand that if they remove the tenants, they will have to put in B&Bs and they will get rejected or they will have to pay the fines for these ‘tenants’ destroying the place. People don’t understand that some people create squalor wherever they go, not the other way around.

[@frusciantesplectrum7980]

@@VentureHolly yeah, but it’s up to a charity to help as it’s at a cost. Honestly, if you were doing it you’d understand.

[@barrysmith9411]

@@VentureHolly everyone is in control of their own lives and control how much they suffer. However you live its your own doing and fault.

[@marklloyd4087]

Corruption everywhere 😒

[@frusciantesplectrum7980]

@@barrysmith9411 exactly that. I know this full well because I’ve just semi retired at 35 and my family are on benefits and make these very same complaints. They expect me to support them but I try and explain that it’s not my burden to support them, it’s simply money management and prioritising /discipline. I know what I say to be true because I shifted my mentality at a young age. We are responsible for the life we lead and anyone who disagrees with this just finds the situation they live in too painful to accept it’s a compound of life choices

[@trewens]

How utterly depressing.

[@lesleyhubble2976]

Tom Ewens not as depressing as being homeless, watch the channel invisible people on KZbin. America is worse then the UK

[@jimjam6598]

That's channel 4 for you.

[@disobeytoday4685]

@Fufu Of...?

[@Ally-StaffyLover]

Not just depressing but discusting that citizens live like this in Britain in 2024. Shocking is what it is, anyone living in those conditions would be suffering with depression. Broken Britain, Thank this rotten goverment & the woke liberals.

[@Ally-StaffyLover]

​@@lesleyhubble2976I have watched a lot of homeless in America as I do watch a lot of what goes on in America. It is on another level, know wonder why most of these people turn to drugs due to the conditions they live in. American the land of dreams but not anymore unless you stinking rich. Sad sh-itty world we live in. 😢

[@susieenglish302]

Irony is these aren't houses - they were seaside chalets for eastenders after the war

[@disobeytoday4685]

Irony is we allowed 70 million people to die fighting the Nazis.... For this. Rule Britannia

[@nefariousrig2070]

The irony is that neither of these are actual examples of irony.

[@disobeytoday4685]

@@nefariousrig2070 "Rule Britannia" was ironic. The comment itself isn't ironic but the subject matter is. To sacrifice 70 million people for a "better world" that turns out to be much, much worse - THAT is ironic

[@nefariousrig2070]

@@disobeytoday4685 THAT is the machine trading blood for oil/land/heroin/etc. No more no less. Rule Brittania is more a song about ruling the rest of the world, which to a large extent it did. It was/is also a mantra for the brain dead and hard of learning to utter and further indoctrinate themselves.

[@disobeytoday4685]

@@nefariousrig2070 No I meant I used Rule Britannia to be ironic. Jeez What is the machine? Whatever you think that is, I don't accept things are "no more no less".

[@SRPC21]

Poor Joanne :(. She’s in so much mental and physical pain and it’s just a vicious circle. I know it won’t mean much but I’m sending my love to you and your partner ❤️

[@nimukim5999]

It isn't!

[@MrLondonGo]

@@nimukim5999 ?

[@nimukim5999]

@@MrLondonGo Yes?

[@MrLondonGo]

@@nimukim5999 What did you mean "It isn't!" ??

[@nimukim5999]

@@MrLondonGo Nope...talk is cheap! help ur pathetic communities with ample mental health centers and rehab institutions...don't let the loonies run the asylum and think all is good because u type good wishes! That is utter nonsense! Talk is cheap! Unless that guy was a politician...or some keyboard do-gooder who wanted to make himself feel good...these struggles are real...and unfortunately, u pple, even with ur elfare, have turned ur country into a cesspool of dependents

[@mrbearbear83]

Remember when MPs voted against having standards that forced landlords to have houses suitable for habitation.

[@originalunoriginal4055]

Of course they would! They are living in £600 grand plus houses in middle class to upper class neighborhoods, with their monthly mortgage payment being covered by taxpayers money!

[@JamesG89]

Got to love an MP

[@Charlie-oy8dk]

what party?

[@JamesG89]

@@Charlie-oy8dk Tories

[@Charlie-oy8dk]

@@JamesG89 thought so

[@JBxIx]

I know this is 3 to 4yrs old by this point but £500 rent is an ABSOLUTE DISGRACE!. I wouldn't pay £10 to live in conditions like that it's beyond disgraceful!. No one should be living like that!

[@93bencomo]

Welcome to the UK property market.

[@AA-el7ot]

Seen abandoned places in better conditions

[@resisthouse]

Compulsory purchase the slumlord's properties, ban them from renting out in the future and then renovate them as council houses

[@squidge125]

The are 100 year old holiday chalet prefabs, the whole lot needs bulldozing I'm afraid at this point

[@paullee5573]

I well remember, with horror, spending a fortnight in one of those shacks . That was 65years ago. And the whole of Jaywick Sands was a complete shithole then. I would have thought they would have fallen down by now. But these poor sods have to live there. It's a public outrage.

[@kanedNunable]

most of the tory gov are landlords too, you think they would allow this?

[@paullee5573]

@@kanedNunable It exists.... so obviously they do.

[@henrietta1066]

Just words no action by local government

[@jay-rus4437]

“Pest control confirmed....they were rats”.....whew...for a moment we thought it may have been a shark. That was a close one!

[@alanbible8120]

I know I thaught we wer going to need a bigger boat ha

[@KarenNewtonCanada]

I suppose they meant as opposed to mice.

[@timbyles4124]

Ha ha ha ha.....

[@ab456z]

😂

[@conn656]

Bet they did fk all About it too

[@aitchmere7252]

You have a seaside location, which is potentially very valuable to developers. Behind closed doors, the local council will be in cahoots with the landlords to run the area into the ground, until it gets so bad that they will be legally able to CPO the properties. The landlords then get paid well over the odds for their property, and the local council then sells the valuable seaside land to the waiting developers, who will then build high end expensive homes and the existing Jaywick residents will be priced out of the area, making them the problem of another Council. Win win situation for the Jaywick local council.

[@sneakerhead6625]

yep. I live 20 minutes from Jaywick and surrounding areas are quite nice.

[@bigdundee12345]

I live 5 min from jaywick, there are new homes being built right on the seafront but they dont fetch much money are are not “high end” in the way u believe. They are nice houses but dint fetch much money. The beaches are nice in jaywick but its such a large town with a cross section of society, redevelopment of large swathes of it are not feasible. This program concentrates on the brooklands area of the town but thats not the full picture. You need to go there to understand.

[@kevinparker461]

@@bigdundee12345 Last time i went to Clacton, about 10 years ago, i couldn't believe somewhere like that would be allowed to exist. Must have a quality council run by quality people. I would say the councillors must be on the special needs register!!

[@oddities-whatnot]

That reminds me, I need to go and buy some more brown envelopes. Thank you.

[@Somali.Pirate1]

@@kevinparker461 London is Jaywick on steroids.

[@up4itgal]

The only time we shed light on these issues is when there’s an election. The Tories removed the onus that was on landlords to provide decent homes.

[@banyan55]

1 in 5 MP's is a landlord, and we wonder why tenant rights are absolute dogshit in Britain...

[@tiggerthecat5525]

@@banyan55 and the other 4 are his freinds.

[@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588]

up4atgal people don’t care about that. It’s Brexit Brexit Brexit and labour = bad.

[@lewisblank9475]

Yet labour saw housing prices ROCKET and did nothing about it both as bad as each other

[@tiggerthecat5525]

@@lewisblank9475 absolutely. I believe all politicians to be self serving..

[@kushsakhu]

I worked in Jaywick for a number of years. It was like stepping back in time to the early 1900's. Its criminal what's taking place including the poor education results for those who live there. Criminal criminal criminal.

[@britnic5394]

what do you expect having parents whom want to take all of there lives instead of contributing? children grow up watching there parents.

[@kushsakhu]

@@britnic5394 You're right

[@johnconnors6412]

@@britnic5394 they could clean it themselves nothing excuses that part of it

[@Bobsbud100]

@@johnconnors6412 Health issues??

[@johnconnors6412]

@@Bobsbud100 yes one of them. You do a disservice to disabled people by claiming this.

[@ladylady471]

My heart goes out to these poor people that are surviving and not living. Makes me feel really grateful for the life I have even though I have very little.

[@mogznwaz]

Drug addicts weren’t forced to be drug addicts - they wanted a good time

[@jasminflower3814]

@@mattclarke884 A lot of poor people have mental issues or physical issues you may not see at first glance or even if you talk to them. To laugh at people like that is very ignorant and selfish of you Matt..

[@JI7NKJ]

@@mattclarke884 Sad man.

[@NorthernMouse52]

​@@mogznwazThat comment clearly shows just how little you know, there are many reasons why some people turn to drug use, And as a former heroin addict l can assure you of that!

[@nodaeyj]

@@mogznwaz a narrow-minded view

[@Mr-qt4xr]

1:25 Without the conviction of a pest control proffessional, I can also confirm that these are indeed rats.

[@zcharged8294]

whats the difference between rats and mice?

[@Sam-bz1hr]

Sure there not hamster? 🐹

[@DC66DC]

@@zcharged8294 rats are much bigger and and you can tell that's a black rat by the ears and tail compared to pink ears and way smaller tail of a mouse

[@lmlmd2714]

No rats in Peoples Democratic Republic of Little Englnd, comrade. You didn't see rats, because they're not there.

[@timsmith854]

In other words, they paid a cat.

[@monagreavesgibson1672]

Get the rent officers back, and look at the home to see if it fits the rent.

[@beadlejuice2100]

It should not take them long to decide If the home is fit to rent-That is once they see raw sewage coming up through the sink....

[@monagreavesgibson1672]

@@finnhagan7036 Not really, back than the homelessness was not high and the Council did more to help with housing.

[@clowncarqingdao]

@@finnhagan7036 Sounds like BS to me. Thanks for your party political broadcast on behalf of the racist party.

[@veronicaelsegood5175]

@@TheChiefCoin maybe you should have voted UKIP...?

[@ironeyz6926]

Free World what exactly do you mean by purge the sick and disabled? How does that work?

[@joannesmallman9528]

I'm very busy at the moment but when I get some time I wouldime to share a positive update meanwhile we would like to thank everyone who helped us and got us to where we are today even the haters I thank u too for making me stronger and empowering me to look at my inner self thank u once again god bless Joanne xx

[@nickcoppard5335]

How are you doing now ?

[@joannesmallman9528]

@@nickcoppard5335 it's been worst year yet for my health but despite this we go from strength to strength my memory is not very good so it's a struggle but we get there always someone worse off. I miss jaywick but I'm still under hospital here it's very complex but they trying their best

[@cretinousswine8234]

I’ve been to Jaywick. Got my dog from there when she was a puppy. The people I got her from were a couple with two babies living in abject squalor. It was damn sad.

[@loganstroganoff1284]

I got my dog from a poor couple as well. When I came upon their place and saw the squalor I was concerned it would be a puppy mill but it was just the one litter of lab/whatever mutts. I hope the other puppers made it to a good home as well

[@Bignfluffy]

Got my doggo from a kill farm in Spain👍

[@Thru-The-Lens]

Hoping it wasn’t an XL Bully

[@heaveauhu1335]

How can we send millions abroad for aid and leave our own people like this ?

[@FinalFan3]

Alex Giblin We should be able to do both.

[@heaveauhu1335]

FinalFan3 no you don’t fix your neighbours roof and leave ya own family soaking wet do you now ??

[@olemog2326]

We spend a lot of money on the Queen Royal weddings supporting failing banks that are run by incompetent bosses that get colossal pay offs.

[@ringoinah]

Where do you think the UK got it’s money from in the first place? By stealing from all your colonies and killing millions. If you had to pay back the money you took from colonies you wouldn’t even have an economy anymore to start with.

[@tommywozza4626]

@@ringoinah Only the elites benefited from empire the poor toiled in the factories. Also where did the empire kill millions? Also first empire to ban slavery and bought sanitation , engineering etc etc most of the world

[@hisfavworstnightmare]

my dad used to drive me & my brother around jaywick and tell us that this is what happens if we never get a job or become scroungers - but watching this, i’ve realises that much of it is not even the residents’ fault. the council need to do more for these poor people, more sympathy must be felt :(

[@mogznwaz]

Yes that’s right it’s always the councils’s fault 🙄

[@nickcoppard5335]

Working and buying own house is good

[@cailtlindavies7500]

​@@mogznwazin this case it is

[@Nee-vk7zz]

@@mogznwaz shut up normal people who work a full time job still can’t afford to live in the uk, you literally believe in theories from the 16th century about the “deserving” and “undeserving” poor, you’ve probably never had to struggle for anything

[@muzza230]

​@@mogznwazso who's fault is it ?? Cmon Einstein

[@freecountry3544]

Watching this, has inspired me to take action on a Landlord here in Australia who is refusing to maintain a property.

[@aureliusmarcus1817]

Why? No one is forced to rent a particular property.

[@marcoroberts9462]

@@aureliusmarcus1817 landlords are obliged to rent out housing that is suitable for human habitation

[@marcoroberts9462]

@@aureliusmarcus1817 landlords have a responsibility to maintain the property they rent out

[@TheDavecroft]

It's really sad to see the state of seaside towns now. When i was a kid i would have loved to live by the sea, having a beach to play on. It was a dream if you lived and worked in places like Leeds and Bradford to retire to Scarborough or Bridlington.

[@MsNICHOLINE]

So tragic it’s a travesty

[@Mysteriouso100]

Was there a follow-up on this report?

[@Lakridza67]

How could people not have empathy for these people?! They are human beings that deserve sooooo much better, so much better! WHY punish poor and disabled people??? It’s disgusting!

[@weareallbeingwatched4602]

Welcome to victorian england.

[@anneseijbel1376]

Why not say it as it is? It's Elizabethan England, and it's the here and now! Bojo and chums are filling their boots, 12 BILLION POUNDS for a non existent track and trace app, lol, while top of the European child poverty list. Dickens couldn't write this stuff!

[@sameaulahad2824]

Welcome back **

[@jimbrown4456]

Nah this is the UK in 2021

[@weareallbeingwatched4602]

@@anneseijbel1376 Urbanised ghettos of displaced people is Victorian. Slums.

[@weareallbeingwatched4602]

@@anneseijbel1376 this is what I mean: www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/slums?

[@KumaBean]

This got me teard up, this is unnaceptable in 2019.

[@KumaBean]

Free World Purge the dickheads, job done.

[@martinblack781]

Danny Slogett is an amazing person. Wish there were more like him in this cruel world.

[@AndrzejLondyn]

Me and my wife are also disabled, wheelchair-bound and suffer from depression and we struggle but we try to keep our flat clean and tidy.

[@minstrelofMir]

true,,the guy who got an amazing caravan as he saw it,had already let it get to the same mess,mess attracts rats ect ect

[@monkmodemalik8225]

I pray to god your situation improves. Look into Islam

[@paulunsworth1283]

@@monkmodemalik8225 you on drugs Islam ffs last thing these poor people need is the cult known as Islam 😠😠😠😠😠

[@hairdie]

Paul Unsworth Bully

[@paulunsworth1283]

@@hairdie 😂😂😂you must be a cult member god bless you my child only one true god lord jesus christ if halal did exist he is known as the fallen one ie the devil Satan in this modern day we know him as halal 😈👿😈👿😈👿😈👿

[@Bothy666]

This is the uk 2019 ! Shame on our government !

[@ovilersmith5006]

Yes 10 years of conservatives giving less money to public services.

[@perdbeer6713]

Just wait for Brexit to kick in!

[@maiaautumne2167]

Well they’re in again expect things to get worse

[@britnic5394]

whats a government got to do with it? these people are free loaders most have never worked or intended of working they are a product of themselves.

[@livforeman3625]

brit nic she has cancer and cerebral palsy ???? What do you want her to do?

[@Shipster1912]

I went to Jaywick today. I was shocked. The town is horrendous and has been totally abandoned by the government. There is no law and order there, I struggled to find a house that was adequate for humans to live in. Something must change!

[@joannesmallman9528]

That's scaremongering jaywick is getting better it is there is nothing wrong with jaywick the issue lays with the odd bad landlord and vunerable people being failed by authority's who are responsible for safeguarding and care

[@buzzinsmaug664]

AND GIVEN UP FOR LOST BY THEIR LAST IMPOTENT COUNCILLORS !!! DISGRACEFUL !!! VICTORIAN TIMES AGAIN !!!

[@TheBeastWithin81]

Yeh VOTE REFORM GET Rishi Sunak OUT he was never elected by the people letting in illegal immigrants and we have to pay for it instead of fixing our own problems like to jaywick and other towns and the homeless, immigrants that are let in is costing 6 million a day and add to more insult to injury now forcing the sick back in to work where there is hardly any jobs for the healthy bringing in illegal immigrant that all men who get given money to live on and a mobile phone with credit on and get put in hotels, where are the women and children why ain't the men fighting over there and the women and children come over first I support that what was the point in Brexit why is it Scotland and Wales want back in, thank god I work but I have been unemployed unless you experience what people go through regarding places like jaywick you don't have a clue so many people are getting out of the UK I know a few families that are leaving and some that have gone already, this once great Britain isn't so great anymore wont get any better my great grandad would turn in his grave a man who fought WW2 shame.

[@brianchester4218]

Not just this government all governments they dont get votes from these people so they give them nothing, but main cause of peoples plight is lack of jobs in areas where business people have closed shops and moved away, greedy councils taxing people to death with total disreguard for a persons situation, dont pay your taxes you go to prison might be better than being n the streets warmth three meals a day and doctors and dentists

[@andynewport3465]

Lovely beach though

[@tommycrush2086]

What a disgusting country we live in. This has to end.

[@ovilersmith5006]

Yes and 10 year of conservatives cutting funding for public services has just made it more messed up.

[@painauchocolate2395]

I pray for the animals that live in these properties too :(

[@ovilersmith5006]

@@painauchocolate2395That's really generous of you to pray to these animals.Keep the good work. Jesus will approve of your prayer to make life for these animals very slightly easier.

[@painauchocolate2395]

@@ovilersmith5006 I wish you a good holiday

[@ovilersmith5006]

@@painauchocolate2395 Thanks you too.

[@frank-katieshelley2404]

My nan lived in Jaywick Sands in the sixties in what was originally intended as a holiday chalet - we loved visiting in the school holidays and I have lovely childhood memories. When I returned many years later for a trip down memory lane, I simply could not recognise the place. It was a complete ghetto by the sea. Hats off to the residents who are acting as volunteer advocates for such vulnerable and exploited people. I don't suppose it is a problem that is exclusive to Jaywick.

[@olepammy5830]

I went on holiday there is the 70s, it was basic but still okay then. I have some good memories, but it looks like a nightmare now.

[@illwitness]

Sewage coming up through the sink: that’s a no from me.

[@Mysteriouso100]

Astounding.

[@walruswarlock4800]

Just a blocked soil pipe. Easy and cheap fix.

[@benlotus2703]

@@walruswarlock4800 a shittty pipe ?

[@UKEDNHAT7]

@@walruswarlock4800 cheap isn't what they'd call it

[@benlotus2703]

@Go Away Ruthless pakaistani landlords renting out slum dwellings

[@gailplatt1]

Now Joanne s been on tv capita will send her a letter saying shes fit work

[@jeffsuter344]

And Capita will then trouser a few thousand quid from the DWP for doing so.

[@adzgee7]

@Red Gold yes

[@joannax1610]

@FACT HUNT capita AND atos both to it! I got capita but my next door neighbor got atos! When I asked about it they told me it's 2 company's doing it!

[@TheChiefCoin]

We all voted conservative because we all want the disabled gone. Starving them to death is our first tool. We have many tools.

[@britnic5394]

she can smoke drink and feed herself she isnt carried to the toilet.. she has a husband who could work..

[@43pence48]

The landlord is responsible, this is degrading and disgusting. Shame on environmental health too.

[@britnic5394]

whats the landlord responsible for?

[@honestguy7764]

tno, the tennant is

[@jimjam6598]

Keep the house you're living in clean, tidy and hygienic and you can blame all of the other issues on the landlord. But if you're attracting rats by dumping rubbish and leaving your house in such a state that it affects your health, it is no longer the fault of the landlord.

[@kevinparker461]

@@jimjam6598 And even clean properties can get a rat infestation. The rats problem is probably an inadequate sewer system & that is the councils problem, by law

[@howardwall8743]

@@jimjam6598 Exactly, although I feel for these people, they don't make any attempt to clean up the mess that they've obviously made. Not only the house, but look at the state of the garden...

[@leaperrins8373]

I've been in a similar position and it's very difficult. Even when I was working I couldn't afford decent housing. I am SO lucky because I was awarded a flat through a housing association 3 months ago. It's a new build too in a nice area. It's lovely because everything works and I have basic things like hot water and a proper bed for example. I love keeping it clean because it looks so nice. However, I did have to move 30 miles away from everyone I know to get this flat because getting housing in your own town is so hard! The answer, like discussed in the video, always seems to be to move people out of the area. I'm still poor and I can't afford heating or a lot of food but I have a secure roof over my head which I can't begin to tell you how grateful I am for. I'm also not in debt which is a huge relief. I pay for broadband every month and have just built a website in the hope that I can make enough money in a couple of years to get out of poverty forever. I feel like one of the lucky ones.

[@claireanderson4642]

Respect to you for moving out of the area. That takes guts!!

[@PoppyKat72]

Good luck!

[@leaperrins8373]

@@claireanderson4642 Hey thank you! I was just so grateful to be given stable housing to be honest. Although it's a small town with very little work and I don't have transport. I'm just working away on my website daily during lockdown hoping I'll get there one day!

[@leaperrins8373]

@@PoppyKat72 Hey thanks Katty, I'm trying. Some might say!

[@joannesmallman9528]

Well done your doing great I'm doing much better too happy Easter stay strong Joanne x

[@koont666]

Danny has done loads for the community in jaywick .

[@adrianpjagger]

Went to college with him, top bloke.

[@koont666]

@@adrianpjagger ahhh bless

[@JohnCLiveuk]

He is

[@markegg262]

Does sound a bit like Hugh from Armando Iannucci Show

[@joannesmallman9528]

Yes if it wasn't for Danny slogett Daniel Casey and Andy white I would of been forgotten I moved away nice home support treatment stability I am eternally grateful to them the community media who helped us

[@robertball3301]

Look at the mess inside the house the landlord has made, wouldn’t you think the landlord would wash the bedding, and he’s dumped all that rubbish in the garden to attract all the rats. These people need help of course cruel as it sounds they are not capable of looking after them selfs or keeping a house. If put in brand new flats with new furniture they would be back in this state in 5 years or less without support

[@thomasjefferson8629]

Why would the landlord be washing the bedding? Are these people hamsters? What are you smoking?

[@robertball3301]

Thomas Jefferson sarcastic is not a word you have encountered before ? Also why not use sawdust for your hamsters would save you washing there bedding.

[@codie-leighc2345]

Agreed

[@MrObliviousegg]

@@thomasjefferson8629 You're obviously of very low IQ

[@jewels3895]

Sarcasm is the lowest form of Whit

[@zarajones5428]

Nearly £500 a month for that! That's actually got me speechless!

[@britnic5394]

Don't worry. The dole pay it

[@yuutonosuri772]

@@britnic5394 Not all time you still at times need to find tops and so on can be from 20 to 100 pound that not much yes but to them who cant work or find work that is hard no ?. £500 a month town / posh price lol a bit crazy for a wooden shack like that lol how dose pricing work again lol

[@kevinparker461]

@@yuutonosuri772 Its corruption, backhand deals etc. Usually bent councillors.

[@johnfrench6564]

No way. Free low income housing in the hood here in the US is better.

[@Bignfluffy]

@@johnfrench6564no one fucking cares

[@admiralackbar9307]

I've known about Jaywick for some time, its a disgrace that people live like this, it looks post-apocalypic

[@carlwakeling4915]

Landlords have been ripping tenants off for years. Jaywick is a beautiful place l have played at the Eldorado bar with a band called Avalanche for meny years the people are just wonderful 🌞👍 The government need to clamp down on landlords and refund half the rent taken off tenants for years.

[@britnic5394]

and how would the landlord pay his bills and bearing in mind the property is his and may have a loan on it...? how about the government cut your dole money in half or your wages?.. rents are by area and space and location.. if you dont like renting you could always buy your own...

[@benmac6147]

@@britnic5394 Do you think people like the ones featured in that film are in any position to buy their own home? Most working people can't afford the deposit for a mortgage & not everyone has family who can financially help out. You say you can just buy your own like it's easy. If it was an option for everyone then no one would rent.

[@dreamfpv7865]

brit nic get back in your hole

[@britnic5394]

@@benmac6147 getting a job and bettering yourselves to buy a home. you dont need doctors wages to buy them.. the uk has many ares that houses are affordable

[@britnic5394]

@@dreamfpv7865 take your finger out of yours...

[@davidrobinson2776]

All of us, no matter how much we might deny it, are just a few bad events away from this situation. Mental health problems should never be ignored. They destroy people.

[@boxer1639]

Absolutely shocking that this is the uk, heartbreaking to see what Joannes going through.

[@bangtidybird8284]

Boxer 🎻

[@boxer1639]

@@bangtidybird8284 ✊🏼💦

[@Pilotalphapapa]

Tell Joanne to clean the damn house

[@Cobra83.]

I could never rent a house out that i wouldn't live in myself

[@Turtleneck10]

its just lee you’d hope more landlords were like that

[@jamsxr]

Eddie G most landlords are...

[@samdobie6748]

@Go Away Can always move somewhere cheaper. My rent is £600 per month, and it's a fairly nice flat in Manchester.

[@freya1136]

£500 a month in housing benefit going to a landlord who won’t even fit windows in the property it makes me sick

[@honeyflower67]

Heartbreaking, I do hope they get the extra help they need

[@tiggerthecat5525]

I have been to Jaywick and i apologise the residents but i am so glad i dont live there.

[@ianstoyan]

I think that a purpose of this news report might be to increase support for a potential future government scheme that more-drastically intervenes ("assists") in the lives of the public, whether they like it or not. E.g. forced removal from dwellings, relocating, breaking-up of families.

[@yogiguitar1]

not if we get another tory govt

[@nicci24]

It's a political choice that they don't have what they need. The 1% have seen their wealth increase 183% in a stagnant economy. The Tories have chosen to do this to people.

[@honeyflower67]

Corbyn therapist of course it is...🙄

[@shaysmith2651]

It's a a joke where is my tax money going if these poor people are living this way

[@browneyes2674]

Dido Harding

[@disobeytoday4685]

@John wayne No. Taxes go directly to paying the interest on privately owned national debt.

[@threefeetpete2010]

Diversity training and supporting illegal immigrants is where the money goes, oh, and gender studies...

[@tsguy9954]

@@threefeetpete2010 HAHA!!! It's funny because loony leftists gender studies brown people am I right

[@mattp7109]

@@threefeetpete2010 you're an utter disgrace. Conservative corruption is where the money is. You're an actual clown if you think immigration and progressiveness has done this. 10 years of conservative governments has done this absolutely shocking job.

[@jayfurjill]

I'm horrified that there are STILL, in 2021, people forced to live in these conditions! We're supposed to be civilised! Makes me ashamed to be British.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Let me guess ? You 're quite happy for the Govt to pay £ 5 million a day to put economic migrants up in hotels though. ? Until they get their free houses .. It's bleeding heart liberals like you who are to blame for places like Jaywick . Nothing is TOO much for so called Asylum seekers of course !!

[@StuartOliver83]

I saw a tv documentary series about jay wick years back,I remember that guy trying to help out and thought what a guy,totally unconditional caring bloke👍🏻🇬🇧

[@StuartOliver83]

Wow say hello from me buddy and I wish all the best of luck 👍🏻🇬🇧

[@StuartOliver83]

Jaws 75 most welcome friend..

[@damianmorrison209]

Yes what a sweet cool guy he is xx

[@cillamoke]

Poor Joanne, I sincerely hope their situation improves. Sending my love to her xx

[@valsables5299]

This in Great Britain ? The BBC never tells the world about this. Too busy with Trumps policies

[@zannahmartell9813]

Local MP probably owns that ladies house.

[@joannesmallman9528]

He was a local councillor John Smith daye

[@TakiMomoify]

“Pest control confirmed there were rats” well damn, did they control them or nah??? Did they just show up and diagnose them with Rats or are they planning on doing something about it??

[@MrMoesheet]

Rats are a specialty in Rwanda...

[@Eddieteddy965]

Looking at the overall state of the house, the best thing would be to demolish it... you can send in pest control teams to look after the issue, but with such state of disrepair, adding the tenants poop condition to look after themselves and the house , the rats will come back soon enough.

[@janicejames3935]

How sad was it watching this video. My Mom’s Great Aunt Rosalie Mary May bought a vacation home here and my Mom born in 1949 used to vacation here with her family until 1963 when they moved to Canada. My Mom has the most beautiful pictures of them enjoying the beach and the streets and shared so many beautiful stories with me. As my Mom is getting older we thought about taking her back to her birthland and visiting all the places she once roamed but after watching this I think it may be better left as a memory. Prayers to all the people affected in Jaywick, the Council should do MUCH better at taking care of it’s residents. Blessings to all!

[@sparx180]

I would not believe it if I had not seen it with my own eyes. Love how these politicians and such think it is acceptable for people to live in conditions like this. Britain's shame indeed!

[@2msvalkyrie529]

What are they supposed to do ? Most of them are unfit / unskilled and unqualified to actually do any job . ! They get free house and Benefits already . As long as they have Sky Sports lots of them don't care. The Govt can't invent jobs for them. Move to where work is !!

[@handyandy6050]

Think the real shame is that, in many many years, no political party has looked on Jaywick as an absolute priority for improvement. Think this should tell you all you need to know about any political party. I suspect no one in government has lost a second in sleep over this.

[@insertnamehere5146]

They are predominately indigenous white so no one needs to care. Too busy warehousing migrants in hotels straight out of rubber dinghy's

[@rosstheboss2615]

My heart goes out to that poor, poor woman.....

[@RR-cz5ig]

Maybe you should give her half of your money..rather than your heart.

[@rosstheboss2615]

@@RR-cz5ig I don’t have any money I’m afraid...

[@saeedurrahman2056]

@@RR-cz5ig money changes a person heart and mind, the more richer you are the more likely you wouldn't give money to the needy, if you have less money you are likely to give your wealth probably half

[@saeedurrahman2056]

But when money becomes part of them there identity, they just work, earn money doesn't matter how much salary but they live like cheap stake rest of there life, for them whether they do a high paying job, or low paying job, a career they will never succeed worldly possession, they literally wasted there life doing hardwork, they didn't put anything good outwardly

[@xsamrx4718]

This makes me so sad. My great great grandfather made Jaywick and he would turn in his grave seeing it like this. All because he didn’t get the support from the council after the war. He started the town for happy holiday goers. So sad 😩

[@steve1750]

Went there when I was a kid for a holiday, can’t remember much about it but my parents would not have take us there if it wasn’t nice. Sad how places and poor people are neglected.

[@frantreml7795]

I’m a landlord and I would not allow my house to get in that state.

[@ThoughtswithFelix]

@Jon James Most*

[@surality]

*Asian landlords I dare say

[@treeman101]

spot on mate, ther is never any reason for people not to look after them self and tidy up, i see it all the time, people happy to blame anyone but them self, people have to motivate them self or whats the point.

[@joshblair5021]

It's not as simple as that, these people are mentally I'll and physically disable. It's easy for you to day on your ivory tower.

[@user-vu7rv1xf1l]

@@treeman101 they are focused on drowning out their pain rather than the actual drink & drugs. Going clean is the easy bit, living with internal demons with no support from the world is a very very hard task.

[@tonicayford9524]

If the council has found 4 cat 1 hazards they have a duty to move her as the property is a risk to life. Poor woman

[@handyandy6050]

But what SHOULD happen and what DOES happen are 2 totally separate things ....................

[@cheesball96]

How so very sad. This was recommended to me during covid. I can’t imagine things are much better now. It makes my mind boggle that we’re searching for evidence of life on Mars when they’re people who live like this.

[@BarryBollox.]

The way Great Britain is run and the way Nasa run are two very different things.

[@joannesmallman9528]

I'm doing much better now I'm grateful always someone worse off

[@ddrid854]

UK is soon going to become a gigantic Jaywick

[@uwewinkler2820]

Pukistan

[@JimmyJames10-k7v]

d drid Yh right

[@eminemisdogshit4626]

Allowing 3rd world criminals to stay hasnt helped

[@michaelcorbin8413]

What is wrong with you. You should be ashamed

[@STYLER2626]

The council can “knock on the door” to check standards since they are supporting these landlords in continuing paying top up rents.

[@aarhusnord]

Many British people in here discussing this situation. As a Dane, I live in a country, where we also do have derelict places - but not as inhumane and crazy like this. In my opinion, you ought to look to the Scandinavian welfare society, which has been implemented basically since the 50ties. Where a people or a country is today is always the result of actions and decisions made in the past. Many Brits seem to have been indifferent, too uncritical, you could even say "too politically lazy", when times were better. And then this poverty and despair comes back and bites the weakest when times get worse. As I see it, you should never take "the good times" for granted, you have to fight for it. I wish, that some of these brave people in derelict areas like this, could "reinvent" themselves. Could get better education, could learn manual skills, would recycle/repair a lot more, would exercise and get better health care and healthier foods, et cetera. But what we have, are social vicious circles instead. I may step on somebody's toes now, but I think Brexit is a wise step to take, after all. It may hurt a lot more in the short term, but to heal the U.K. from inside seems cleverer than just importing more Chinese junk or cheap European labour. Always ask yourselves, whom does it benefit, instead of going for the shortsighted win. Stop the accident (- although healing may take decades and hurt a lot), and keep jobs and goods/services mainly within your own shores, tear down those houses or repair them with your own hands and building products. Fucking EU, Merkel/Macron, globalisation and China will only made everyone poorer, make the greedy greedier and turn bad into even worse. And again, if you have to import "something", consider it to be the Scandinavian welfare system and thinking. Not perfect at all, but mostly better than this. I hope, Denmark will be able to follow you someday, outside of the EU, and into a greener, cleaner, socially stable society. We can all be good friends in Europe, without being in a forced EU-marriage.

[@cafeaulait69]

Healthy food is expensive here dude unless you have the skills to cook from scratch. Social care provides littles support for people with complex problems. Isolation and loneliness kills.

[@user-zc5ft9nw9b]

@@cafeaulait69 You dont need to be a chef to heat veg and meat.

[@manmaje3596]

@@user-zc5ft9nw9b Rationing destroyed our food knowledge and culture.

[@davemonday5381]

I went to jaywick way before all these programs got onto it I can honestly say this program must be in the posh part because down near the sea wall it looked like houses where falling down . Shortly afterward I saw on the news jaywick was the most deprived town in Europe. I wasn’t surprised. These people deserve better. A local told me at the time the police won’t go In jaywick after dark. It could be a great place There’s holiday parks all around it. Good luck jaywick hope you get the help you need

[@kevinparker461]

That is just a reflection on how useless Plod are, i know the useless bastards have torches so it being dark shouldn't be a problem, they also have access to firearms WTF have they got in Jaywick that would stop plod doing the job they are paid for, apart from plod being lazy, cowardly useless assholes!

[@emizerri]

If this don't make you tear up...such a sad situation

[@Jay92925]

I feel so unbearably sad for Joanne & so angry that this isn’t some unnoticed problem, her local authority knows about this and she is still in this diabolical situation

[@joannesmallman9528]

I'm no longer in this situation I'm doing much better

[@Jay92925]

@@joannesmallman9528 wow, I really hope this is you. If so , I’m so pleased to hear it!

[@joannesmallman9528]

Yes it is me thank uxx

[@joannesmallman9528]

I have a nice home now support treatment stability and hope I still visit jaywick it's not as bad as media make jaywick sound beautiful beaches community spirit

[@joannesmallman9528]

Thank u for your kind words stay strong happy Easter xx

[@laurajuranek2207]

So you had to get a rodent control person to confirm that that was a rat?!

[@Ferssedi]

Laura Juranek just in case it was a horse

[@fredrickaappletree3402]

@@Ferssedi ....😂 this made laugh and cheered me up no end 😂 Thank you 🙏

[@jordanpilcher5528]

It might identify as a guinea pig never know nowadays

[@liammeech3702]

Maybe mice?

[@xakirax_8864]

@@jordanpilcher5528 😭😭😂😂💀

[@renataostertag6051]

How about the renters cleaning their property?! Have they never heard of daily cleaning up?! Why is furniture thrown around? Bags (presumably with garbage inside) all over the place ? Why? Yes, there are slum landlords, but the cleaning of the house/apartment is NOT the landlord's duty. It is the duty of the tenants !

[@Pilotalphapapa]

Renata Ostertag exactly people just love to complain...I never seen rats go to a place that’s clean

[@renataostertag6051]

@@Pilotalphapapa Neither did I ! People just have to clean and all would/could be fine !

[@vickybowe3975]

A Prohibition notice is served only when the landlord fails in his/her statutory duty. Nothing whatsoever to do with the tenant. Maybe you were drunk when you posted that, or maybe you're just an ignorant bigot?

[@emm_arr]

That's easier without cancer.

[@kimwarburton8490]

I have chronic fatigue me/cfs In otherwords, i have troubles making ATP energy molecule cos mitochondria dna mutated 6yrs ago due to stress. This means that everyday i live the experience of a cancer sufferer regards fatigue. This is a side of cancer not much discussed. It is devastating. Iv had to choose between washingup or a bath for 5 years. My flat looked much like hers i maybe hoovered 3times in those years. It has been disgusting and depressing as well as demoralising. Ill admit there were times i could have done more, but i was saving my energy for something more quality of life giving, like visiting my nan. Or, more usually, recovering from other exertion such as appointments. Now im stronger makin progress The only way to sort my flat out is gutting it completely n redecorating inc new flooring. Im lucky theres money in my extended family Id b unable to fix this mess otherwise. She doesnt have access to internal n external resources i do

[@Evelynkeys34]

I watched this show on the TV, and it was so sad people are still living like this.

[@stevenmoirey2j367]

all the landlord wants is money and politicians want is there votes and ..we only see politicians on campaign day.never again when in office,they need to come together to speak one voice .

[@martingeordie]

Heartbreaking, but why can't councils seize the building and charge the landlord for all repairs and if they can't or won't pay they have to forfeit the property and any other assets to cover the expenses

[@britnic5394]

@Albert Pike no pike your an idiot with outrageous claims.. thatcher was dead against the eu..

[@britnic5394]

go look again, the houses you speak of are disgusting inside and outside mostly caused by the people whom live in them.. rats are down to the way people live. sewage is caused by drains blocked from things like nappies.. none of which is a landlords cause... how about when a landlord sees his property ruined or not paid for, the landlord has the right to take away all of the renters property to cover the repairs and damage and or sue for the rest should it outway.. also throw them out instantly if rent isnt paid?..

[@britnic5394]

@Albert Pike yes because at that time europe was about trade deals nothing else.. the eu your labour party wants is to flood the uk with more immigrants re dianne abbott... re corbyn.. thatcher didnt want that at all. so a scuffle erupted an thatcher was let down...

[@jeffsuter344]

@Albert Pike "..Thatcher was a puppet of the EU..." that's one of the most stupid things I have ever read. Thatcher - love her or loathe her - was no EU puppet you twit.

[@pierresutcliffe590]

The only person responsible for the state of the building is the tenant.

[@Yamaha.ha.ha.ha.]

I live in south london but went to clacton on sea for family friends wedding in june just hone 2024. We went for a drive around jaywick and genuinely couldnt belive it. They arent houses they are purpose built holiday homes never designed to be lived in. The area is shocking and its cruel for the children growing up there.

[@GeorgeSquare]

Guarantee you, put them in nice houses or new builds, come back in a year and check the state of the houses. The sinks will be full of dishes, walls full of dirt and boxes of rubbish everywhere. I'd bet my own house on it.

[@faygreen9982]

John Galbraith 100000% agreeeeee

[@ImTheRealJim]

And yet it’s always someone else’s fault! Never their own!

[@johnnykahnoates6770]

Nooo you cant say that, we should blame the asian landlords for not cleaning up for the tenants as most comments are stating .

[@joannegriffiths1400]

Absolutely spot on!!!

[@TakiMomoify]

I get what you’re saying (I’m a tax payer and I see a lot of people who are abusing the system. It’s infuriating), but everyone deserves to live in a house that won’t make them sick, no matter how messy they may be. Like there’s always gonna be people who are lazy, but there are also plenty of hard working people there who just need a chance to get back on their feet, and a decent house is a good first step.

[@mobilechikane8574]

The Conservative party received 72.3% of the vote in this constituency.

[@disobeytoday4685]

No way?!

[@mypradasatthecleanerss]

Important to remember

[@natebragg]

too little too late

[@craigs2023]

@Mobile Phone No, it's not. It's Right-Wing politicians demonising the movement against institutionalised racism. There are privileges in society. Believe it or not, just because a 'left snowflake' says you have white privilege, doesn't mean you can't be poor? Doesn't make a white person any less of a human being. It doesn't mean much besides that society is in favour of white people over black people in most circumstances. This is all that movement is trying to get rid of. However, you get people like Donald Trump and others who demonise the movement and tell their white electorate that the left is out to get them, when they literally aren't. Pro-black is not anti-white. I'm sorry you feel the way you do but I promise you, the left isn't on an anti-white campaign. I can link many articles of institutionalised racism, especially in education, if you'd read them. However, I do agree with you there is a moral superiority of the left and I understand why it alienates people. I've felt alienated myself by it. But if you look into these things yourself instead of hearing it through some right-wing politician, you may understand.

[@mattp7109]

@Mobile Phone you're such an utter moron. Systemic racism is real and just because you don't have a critical thought in your head because no law literally says something explicitly doesn't mean it doesn't have a systemically racist outcome. Eg criminal justice issues. Drug laws. Accessibility of healthcate

[@klxh7139]

Some of us really don't realise how lucky we are and how much we take for granted.

[@Aszbazable]

Most of us. I've been in this situation despite having a Business degree, worked in public services, worked as a consultant for a number of high-revenue businesses. When you're THAT low, it's almost impossible to get yourself out of that situation. Do you buy a meal, or credit for your phone to call employers who likely won't give you a job anyway? Live in accommodation infested with bedbugs and wake up every night screaming from the pain, tell your landlord who doesn't care and turns off your hot water access out of spite. The list goes on. And if you hang yourself, you're labelled as "someone with mental health issues", not someone who was suffering and desperate to get out of that situation with no viable means.

[@klxh7139]

@@Aszbazable such an awful world we live in nowadays. Congratulations on getting out of that position you were in. True testament to hard work. Wishing you all the best

[@tanzpenhalluriack3299]

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer

[@InTenMinutes1]

The poor can also get richer, it's not a given that the poor get poorer or that the rich get richer.

[@imrantayab]

@@InTenMinutes1 With a conservative government the poor have little opportunity to get rich.

[@br-jj6re]

@@imrantayab the opposite is true over a long period of time but currently it’s chronic

[@ckch4535]

Very true

[@ybergik]

Productive members of society get richer, the unproductive get poorer. Sounds perfectly fair to me.

[@mph206]

How can this happen to human beings in the 5th richest country in the world? :(

[@aurockscastillo5460]

What if the humans in question are poor and stupid.

[@disobeytoday4685]

@@aurockscastillo5460 So when we killed 70 million people in the 1930s and 1940s, it was to defend the poor, stupid and inbred. Anything to avoid a strong, healthy population capable of fighting back

[@cramyt]

@@aurockscastillo5460 people live in that condition, no matter how they got there, its cruel. wouldn't let animals live like that.

[@handyandy6050]

With our politicians - very easily it would seem.

[@SukhmaiKokkoff]

The UK is really a country on the way down. Everything that was predicted to happen in connection with Brexit has turned out to become reality. Including low / negative GDP-growth, lack of workers in certain areas, rising poverty levels, difficulties exporting goods to the European mainland etc. etc. Good luck UK. You really need it.

[@Azrael1st]

God help us

[@ryanboshell6124]

Funny isn’t it, usually in a tenancy agreement, there is a caveat that the tenant ‘must keep the property: clean, safe and operational’. Yet the landlords don’t kick them out when they become run down and dilapidated. How strange...

[@darren1093]

I find myself being grateful for what little I do have after watching this , it's so sad too see in this day and age !!

[@ijustdidahugeshit]

I am a qualified lesbian

[@tfulch3715]

For all of my childhood, I had holidays in Jaywick. Even as a child there was disrepair in the chalets, near the market place. It didn't stop it being welcoming, the residents are great people and the beach is beautiful. It's so sad that people are allowed to buy to rent in filthy condition, why are they not registered landlords? There are hardly any shops in Jaywick and hundreds of residents, so no local jobs and Clacton nearby is in the same situation. Too few jobs, too many residents. Getting employers to invest in the area would help.

[@s1050]

I’m from near there now living in Manchester. It’s funny how northerners think we’re all posh and the money goes to the south east. Nah mate you’re talking west and central London only.

[@skycloud4802]

Pissed me off when the rest of the country lump the South East with London. Seaside towns in the south east are extremely deprived areas with little funding.

[@datboyyy9975]

Yeah mate low funding but your living 30-40 mins away from central London so no excuse get a job and get on the train every morning all my mates that live in the south east live good lives cos they come into London to work everyday and then go home simple

[@johnb3599]

Remember Ross Kemp featuring Jaywick about 6 years ago. Awful to see absolutely nothing seemingly has changed.

[@Defonotatroll]

I can assure you, its incredibly worse!

[@lisawright63]

I drove round Jaywick a few years ago, I was totally gobsmacked that people actually have to live like this. The landlords should be ashamed of themselves. I really hope the people who live there get all the help they need.

[@rasklaat2]

It doesn't matter what your home looks like, tidy or not it's a secondary issue but it should be at least warm dry and pest-free.

[@tormon506]

Run, Scotland. RUN!

[@tormon506]

@@sherpafan033 Where?

[@Lde790]

Dr Breen - I’m German, but you do realise that Scotland produces Britain’s oil? Which is one of Britain’s biggest source of capital? England does not pay Scotland’s bills.

[@rickeon2397]

@@sherpafan033 if Scotland is such a liability then they should be cut loose. England doesn't pay their bills, it stifles they're political freedoms and controls their finances.

[@dbo7558]

This is luxury in Scotland.

[@unelectedbureaucrat2003]

@@Lde790 What? Scotland gets subsidized and given more than what England makes from it

[@balalunga1]

According to history, this town will be an expensive hipster town in some years.

[@carriebizz]

Here in Australia we have mostly private rentals as there's only about 5% that are government housing. It's highly regulated here. I am always appalled at the UKs housing. Make those landlords and council people live in those houses for a night that should get them doing something

[@MelissaMarshman]

That poor lady living in that state. How on earth is it legal that landlords automatically get rent, you pay to live in a flat that should come with basic standards-which is what you pay for. Appalling standards of living should equal no rent-simple.

[@tufftraveller4784]

Just get on with it ffs. All talk no action, seems to be a common theme with the Tories.

[@hiddenknowledge2012]

@martin corderoy That's a big assumption that immigrants are taking everyones houses all over the country. Because that is definitely not the case.

[@English_Rose4]

Why do they pretend this is great Britain when these people and places are suffering from neglect and hardships!!! Can't watch! Sorry 😢💔

[@lifewhatsoever]

We desperately need a Labour government.

[@jasondevon481]

It was Labour that caused this! Blair et al let in millions of foreigners who raised the price of housing to unattainable levels and took all the low paid jobs. Don't ever vote Labour and after we get Brexit done, don't ever vote Liberals or Tories either, they are all evil. We need new parties.

[@debbiedion5731]

Oh no not labour

[@emm_arr]

@@jasondevon481 "It was Labour that caused this!" Nope. That's a stupid claim. I think you are paid content and not that stupid.

[@barnabas5688]

nothing to do with a global financial crisis caused by an out of control financial industry followed by 10 years of tory austerity, then?

[@barnabas5688]

@jack 187 can you not see that the current Labour party is rather far removed from the blair/brown red tory days?

[@jonsnell4751]

I went to Jaywick in 1960 for a holiday. It was disgusting then and the only improvement so far is the demolition of the 'sheds' that were used for the holiday trade. Needless to say, I didn't stay for long!

[@lesROKnoobz]

1960? Damn

[@suzannedelgado4542]

RIP Ade AND Lisa docherty. See you up there guys. ❤ love from Suz. Keep one for me eh? Xxxx

[@dawnbennett2669]

She needs sheltered accomadation where she can get help

[@KennyBeeeTV]

Barbara Dyson yea an she might get everything then

[@barbaradyson6951]

@@KennyBeeeTV to me it's disgusting, think of me what you like, that she's not getting the help. If she was some immigrant with one kid she would get preferential treatment. Charity should begin at home, not some asian or black country.

[@ijustdidahugeshit]

@@KennyBeeeTV I am a qualified lesbian

[@evelien135]

@@barbaradyson6951 Why bring your racism into everything

[@bigrathole]

People always rag on beneficiaries being lazy for getting handouts, but it appears it's making lazy landlords instead.

[@elanasharich8538]

Excellent documentary. Tackling awareness of social challenges is foundation creating groundwork towards the literal battle hoops governmental representatives and beaurocratic agencies are likely to throw at solutions. Thankyou for your most appreciated work in this regard.

[@a-borgia4993]

Ofcourse they have a Tory MP..........

[@emm_arr]

@@saxglend9439 That's whataboitery. Like this: people who say what Putin does for jollies end up with polonium tea! Good, eh?

[@gringadoor5385]

They were stupid enough to vote a Tory MP in. I can't wait until these people turn up to vote for Farage or Boris next month. A vote to end the UK.

[@hurr_durr_]

@@saxglend9439 Tory MPs are a rape-gang www.thedailybeast.com/how-thatchers-government-covered-up-a-vip-pedophile-ring

[@jeffsuter344]

@@saxglend9439 Are you going to be that childish? Talk about schoolyard, it's not fair Miss he did something bad too. Plus you couldn't give a toss about the victims of Rotherham, you just use it as a stick to beat labour with and further your fr Right racist and nationalist agenda.. Do you know what has happened to the young women since? Have you enquired to see if they are getting the correct counselling and support? I doubt it I would remind you that the perpetrators were brought to trial and found guilty and imprisoned (also there were Asian girls abused too, not just white girls). Oh and Oxford had a similar experience and that was a Tory council. So your "Whataboutery" has no significance.

[@jeffsuter344]

@Albert Pike How much does Putin pay for trolling the internet from your bedroom?

[@Richard-dp4fl]

We have lost the f*****g plot ! What a desperate state we are in..✌️🇬🇧✊..

[@marcusphoenixish]

Yes and this deprivation is all over the country in pockets in every city and town

[@disobeytoday4685]

But at least we're not speaking German 🙄

[@petercroft1901]

The first duty of any government is to take care of it's own citizens

[@danieloliver4558]

The most shocking thing is they could get a 3 bed terrace house up north for £400 a month

[@debbiedion5731]

Even less in some towns up there

[@barnabas5688]

sure, and get paid a fraction of the wage they'd earn down south - if they could even find a job in the north

[@debbiedion5731]

@@barnabas5688 jobs are there i have 3 kids up north they all work

[@kimwarburton8490]

@@debbiedion5731 when one is a vulnerable, to move away from ur support network is tantamount to suicide. Im housebound wiv me/cfs There have been times my mums had to step in re my bills, mental health/depression/frustration, cooking, food shopping, laundry etc My audiosensitivity means its almost impossible to communicate in realtime, so shes also my advocate when i need. To move even an extra 20miles further away from her, not knowing anyone let alone someone reliable with the freetime and desire to assist me is a very scary prospect. No professional is guna help me the way someone who already has a deep bond with me. Thats just the selfish practical survival argument. Us vulnerables tend to lack social skills/v shy. Social isolation is a killer n biggest reason i get depressed. My life would b much worse without my mum n stepdad, the only 2 people whos company i can tolerate without suffering a flareup xD To b fair, b4 i got ill, id have had a similar view to urs