Mental Health: The True Cost of Living

[@anastasiabondsfield1709]

The longer this cost of living crisis continues, the more people are going to die from mental illness. As someone who has struggled with mental health, my heart goes out to all those who are not able to cope at the moment.

[@djonatek9439]

It's really bad. Like really beyond control now. Maybe it's a good thing we go to war. At least we will get a ration pack. Cos I wouldn't misbehave and go to jail.but thefts must be going through the roof now. The authorities will be powerless to stop anarchy once it kicks off big time..and it will soon.

[@moonhead9760]

Culling the numbers 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@fritsgerms3565]

Being "stuck" is something many many people have to deal with. There are many different forms of it. A little kindness could change a lot. It's also worth noting that "stuck" people need external help, otherwise they wouldn't be "stuck".

[@WashingtonDC20032]

Say it louder for the people in the back!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@Badassmutha]

Here here

[@beelea9854]

Well said ! ❤❤❤

[@risefromyourpain]

All manufactured to keep certain sections of society stuck

[@GarfaGarfGarf]

I earn a decent amount and even I'm struggling, I've had days of crushing depression! I can't even fathom how people hard up are coping. Something needs to be done or the government are going to face some serious repercussions.

[@ChrisKeziahHyde]

I think at this point the government are expecting and don't care about the repercussions. Clearly the confidence vote Boris norrowly won shows their opinions.

[@melgrant7404]

@Keith Barry there may be one soon

[@GarfaGarfGarf]

@Keith Barry that's probably a likely scenario, eventually people are going to feel like they've got nothing left to lose.

[@niram6707]

@@melgrant7404 Any uprising will be quickly quashed. Look at news footage from the protests that have occurred in the last 3 years and one will notice almost a militia, mercenary approach to protesters and freezing of bank accounts (as Trudeau implented with the Canadian truckers). The West is hurtling towards totalitarianism.

[@fritsgerms3565]

My expectation is that before an uprising, these people will just give up, quit. Lethargic. Likely, many have already done so. For a riot one needs energy and some anger.

[@christianlandmark2461]

I run my own business and work a second full time job, my partner works full time in NHS mental health services. We spent the last 8 years saving every penny never gone on a holiday or had any free time and still can't afford to buy a house to start a family together. I feel so angry, lost and hopeless inside I wouldn't wish this life on my worst enemy, I struggle to see what the point of my life is. One of these days I wouldn't be surprised if I just collapsed and died from stress and exhaustion, every day is a battle to keep living.

[@sphenoidjjj]

Stay strong

[@sbostic08]

Move to another location (country) where it's cheaper and gives yall a better quality of life. Seems like the UK isn't providing that.

[@liamdodoveci]

@@sphenoidjjj that’s very hard to do man

[@zuwenamcduffie789]

@@sbostic08 it's worse here I'm in the usa

[@MsLala878]

@@liamdodoveci Only with the help of God.

[@chrismurphy6070]

So these are some of the workers that the Government says "don't ask for better pay" . While accepting a £ 2,000 increase to their own pay to £84,000 plus expenses including fuel, energy, food and travel

[@MrPoodlekiller]

That's just the tip of the iceberg... the 'second jobs' and contacts made are the real hidden income...

[@donna6949]

It s a disgrace

[@mysterymaverick1982]

Exactly and then have the nerve to tell us to work harder and longer 🤬🤬🤬

[@TheRealStruggleDiary]

The government as a whole needs to go. None of us are living life. We're just slaves for taxes. The system doesn't care for the people. It cares for profit. It's time to change the way they want us to simply exsist, it's time for action.. rise people!!! Stay vocal.

[@Adam-zd2bk]

@Keith Barry they are making protesting illegal

[@Midland_Wolf_71]

POLL TAX RIOTS did for that witch Thatcher, if only the current generation would put their iPhones, PS5’s and Social Media etc to one side and rise up. This current Gov’t is the worst Ive seen in my lifetime, theyre literally rubbing your noses in it day after day. Get them gone!!!!!!!

[@lordflashheart8153]

@Keith Barry it'll happen eventually.

[@formertenant9276]

If only people didn;t love their servitude

[@TomNook.]

Yeah, without government society will collapse in hours. See 2011 London riots

[@donna6949]

I work full time and do overtime. By week three, all my money has gone on bills, fuel and minimal food. I have a week of no money. There is nothing in the budget to go for a coffee with a friend or to drive a distance to see family. It s causing so much social isolation. This really screwing with people's mental health.

[@abdurahmanmohamed3378]

Last week before payday is the worst

[@leonc9760]

It really feels like our government is trying to off us! So many of us are literally working for NOTHING and it feels hopeless

[@A.D.540]

Do u get paid for overwork if not then don't do it?

[@nax1807]

the cost of social isolation is greater than the cost of living...

[@Georgehillier2014]

the mental health services in this country are disgusting. there is an average time of 6 months just to get a mental health assessment. Its appauling. I am currently in the NHS mental health service and I have witnessed so many cutbacks. When I was suicidal, I call NHS 111 and they told me to speak to the samaritans

[@zxpalpha8664]

I suffer from Asperger's and BPD and I haven't gotten any help for the last 25 years. I'm 35 now and i feel the mental health services in this country are pathetically appalling

[@mattiemclean9882]

Same. I even ended up in hospital due to having a nervous breakdown and im still not getting any help

[@mast3rchief536]

It’s not even down to improving the services, it’s more to combat it in the first place which everyone seems to think it’s some kinda of virus that’s contracted when it’s something as simple as societal problems. Societal problems being the fear mongering news (like the one we’re commenting on and pretending to care), failing education system and just damn straight lack of compassion for each other with our peers with everything being conditional. They want this mental health crisis, it can weaken our population and makes us less powerful to combat a corrupt government like the one we have now.

[@mast3rchief536]

I mean people overlook the first step, why people are having mental problems in the first place and go straight to “how can we improve mental health services”. Yeah let’s get it overwhelmed and put more people on drugs opposed to narrowing down factors such as cost of living, social media and toxic media such as the news.

[@Badassmutha]

It kills people. KZbin has done more for me than the NHS over 30yrs🤬

[@TheRepublicOfYhonai]

The number of people working FULL TIME and still have jack all to live on. WTF is going on

[@ASHEN_ONE_GAMES]

A torie government mate

[@harpsailorharp6716gg]

Slavery

[@marywest6844]

Speculators often but property or investors to rent. People from other countries possibly. London investors oligarchs Russian, Ukrainian also, and elsewhere.

[@MrPoodlekiller]

This is the reality of modern living, we are being bombarded with advertisements, and constantly everything breaks of is outdated. The world needs to stay a step back, slow down with technological advances and concerntrate on providing fresh food and free power. Governments are so far removed from reality now, it's outdated. We need smaller localised governments who have complete control over their constituency, and allow diversity in how people choose to live.

[@TomNook.]

That's not great for the economy though. And how are the top 1% supposed to get richer and more powerful if the rest of us don't buy stuff?

[@Robert-tl2vg]

So stop making new tech, stop innovation. This will grind the economy to a halt over a short period of time.

[@MrPoodlekiller]

@@TomNook. we are reading off the same page.

[@idiotbuster8662]

@@TomNook. by being terrified we will just kill them. Checks and balances. That's how the world works.

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@@TomNook. well i dont care about these ruless unless people cant even be hermits because tbh i dont buy nothing i reuse stuff, dont do work for others only myself,but point is people can be hermits or whatever they want altough we are just animals right ?

[@stupot50english82]

Our government can help. But they won’t. Won’t reduce taxation. Scrap green taxes on energy. Vat. Etc etc. but. They’ve got millions of our money to give to housing illegals every day. And billions to throw at Ukraine. Utter madness.

[@rvfharrier]

Rather than getting angry at refugees who have it even harder than we do, why not get angry at the government who focus on tax cuts for the rich and corrupt contracts worth billions to their donors?

[@matthale5526]

Money spent on *people* is money well spent. Whether they're migrants or abroad. Money spent that ends up in Tory donor pockets and corrupt business lobby groups is NOT well spent. Make sure your frustration is pointed in the right direction, and don't follow the line they draw between costs and people. It's a drop in the ocean compared to the money they give to their pals.

[@simonmorgan225]

@@matthale5526 government corruption is wrong but do is borrowing money to give to another country, or taxing a population to support people who have entered the country illegally. 2 wrongs dont make a right!

[@matthale5526]

@@simonmorgan225 it's not about right or wrong (we could argue that all day long if you'd like, for example the "luck" of being born in one country over another shouldn't deny a human being access to right to life...) BUT the entire point here is scale. One is costing us hundreds of millions, the other is costing hundreds of BILLIONS. Poor people comparatively don't cost much; corruption costs us all heavily.

[@idiotbuster8662]

@@matthale5526 what pure tripe.

[@april12328]

Highly rich, privately educated people that are all seriously stuck in a rich man's world and genuinely so far fetched from any form of reality for an average person in the uk right now trying to run things is what has become very obvious.

[@daytonn243]

That poor man with the panic attacks who can't leave the house. My heater goes out to him. Panic attacks are horrible.

[@amfearliathmor9747]

If folks cannot cope now, I don't know what these folks are going to do with the Food Shortages and the Rolling Electrical Blackouts this winter. This is just the beginning.

[@TheTrueThaiboi]

People's mental health will be most at risk the longer this goes on

[@pxa-sv5vq]

Go try hit a security van and if caught claim diminished responsibility, start twitching.

[@marywest6844]

@Scott Smith possibly. Work on a tree, step at a time towards the forest maybe. Society changed everywhere in world, the expectations, so much cosseting, mummy and daddy.

[@andrewg9093]

Watching the news is enough to impact your health

[@zxpalpha8664]

Watching TV in general is enough to make anyone crack. I'm so glad I gave up watching it 8 years ago

[@jacobbarnes1453]

couldnt have worded that better

[@zxpalpha8664]

@@jacobbarnes1453 saves your bank account as well not paying for a licence

[@luke8329]

Asking for help from the government is like giving yourself a blood transfusion from one arm to the other and spilling half in the process. When the currency goes to its intrinsic value, the show gets real.

[@davidpristupa1629]

I'm a single person and live a minimalist life. I use public transport and rent a room. Still I feel financial pressure.

[@8ofwands300]

Same.

[@715michala]

Buy a scooter? Zip around town n country!

[@nothanks1239]

I feel for everyone; we are all concerned. The war and covid has affected all of us, in other countries as well. But, we will get through this. Our great grandparents went through worse with the 2 world wars. Living on rations, no central heating, running water, worried about bombs being dropped on them. They got through this, and we are their descendants. We can get through this as well. Please, stay strong everyone and be there for each other.

[@MrPoodlekiller]

That was before the world was brainwashed with consumerism.

[@bunnysaf]

There is no coming back in this one..these are truly the end times,research four horsemen of the apocalypse. We at the third horseman

[@nothanks1239]

@@bunnysaf Whenever something happens, someone is always saying it's the end of the world 😆

[@dacupsta]

No Thanks123 not the end of the world from a biblical standpoint, but potentially the end of our current civilisation as we know it. People live as if this society will go on forever and has always been a constant, but the Bronze Age civilisation and Roman Empire collapsed seemingly overnight, do not be so quick to think the same can’t happen to us!

[@michaelevans4833]

Times have changed. No helps anyone no more. Its all greed and its such a shame.

[@call_in_sick]

I was told by an NHS psychiatrist that there simply is no help for me. The kind of therapy I require is long term and just not funded within the NHS As far as I’m concerned there is no NHS for me or people with similar problems and diagnosis. Was literally told…there’s nothing we can do.

[@vicarious7858]

I had the same thing around 6 years ago. I was also told it was my own fault I struggle with depression.

[@salyluz6535]

That’s just entirely ridiculous! It’s true that this System needs complete revamping!

[@Infinitystar225]

@George Washington the Royal family has been English for generations, don't attempt to use xenophobia to take a jab at the monarchy.

[@mast3rchief536]

I speak to people that work as mental health councillors outside of their profession. Like being at the pub and get chatting and I really think sometimes how desperate the service must be to hire these people. They want counselling themselves some of them and they have barely any qualifications. It’s like now they’ve resorted to hiring people who have no direction in life so they’ve settled as a mental health councillor.

[@idiotbuster8662]

I was told the same thing by NHS psychiatrist too about 7 years go. The major problem is only one type of therapy is really provided by the NHS; CBT. And then its just group therapies, which are notoriously poor in their effectiveness. As a young man who was self-harming and suicidal, group therapy with a bunch of middle age women talking about how anxious they were about that some menial stupid thing was so incredibly unrelatable, it genuinely caused me to start suffering dissociative symptoms.

[@Masud_S_Hoghughi]

I'm forced to live in poverty now because the Metropolitan Police and Bitstamp stole my 2 bitcoins worth 100,000...

[@alexmiller3187]

All down to boris! He’s ran this country into the ground

[@Adam-zd2bk]

Oh comong on Alex, give the funny chap one more chance!! who else could be any better!!!!! lol just kidding.

[@zxpalpha8664]

@@Adam-zd2bk Mr bean could do better and he's not even a real person

[@seaside-dn8dp]

Frank Spencer from Some mothers do ave em would probably be a better prime minister than boris would've ever done

[@zxpalpha8664]

@@seaside-dn8dp ooo Betty, Boris has lost his slippers again

[@TimmmmmyD]

Boris is just a place holder like every other Prime minister before him.

[@garycooper9207]

It's tough everywhere. In Finland gasoline almost 2,70€ per litre. Food is so expensive too. Whole world is suffering.. Elites live in luxury.. Keep strong everyone

[@waleed8530]

dayym, here in Saudi Arabia it cost €0.580 per liter and that's quite expensive. we used to have it at €0.150 per later a few years ago.

[@garycooper9207]

@@waleed8530 I understand. Salaries are different and currency value. I think whole world is struggling right now. We should unite against our Governments that are corrupted. There seems to be money for wars but not help for average people.

[@cassiedege]

I live in my car in the NSW snowy mountains in Australia I even work full time I only have a small car a lancer

[@lily_m3538]

Having constant money worries and being unable to afford the basics with no way out will lead to a higher suicide rate. The despair is shocking and the government continues to fiddle unconcerned!

[@ishakkyusuf8784]

This should not be happing in the UK 2022, hearts go out to all suffering.

[@growlerthe2nd712]

The government don’t care, I repeat The government don’t care 😢

[@Robert-tl2vg]

The government doesn’t care* Fixed for ya

[@idiotbuster8662]

Never has pal. Never has.

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

@@idiotbuster8662 But they depend on us for taxes and votes. How ironic. I recently watched a video on a bunch of sad truths we need to accept and this was one of them. I don't wanna just stays it not fair or anything and sound like a winner but the is just ridiculous.

[@patrickdoyle9304]

Paying footballers €500k a week when people are living like this.

[@Robert-tl2vg]

Footballers aren’t civil servants tho.

[@Hunter_IRL]

7 million people struggle to walk out their front door? Jesus what a fucked up state of affairs.

[@21centurynostradamus]

Talking is just about over my fellow Britons action is now what's needed.

[@s3ra9h1m]

They came after us, now we go after them

[@idiotbuster8662]

Yes. Its about time.

[@user-kq5qp6dh8l]

I have a 1950 old council house. The fire place is still intact, guess what! I’ve swept the chimney , mate owns a log yard, come Oct That’s going on and I’m living in 1 room. Heatings going on once aweek for 10 mins to take damp off rooms, I’ve cut back on everything . I’ve never had the heating on for 5 months. Cut back in everything Shop about Live in one room

[@WashingtonDC20032]

This is so messed up especially considering they just had a a jubilee that cost god knows how much money.

[@Infinitystar225]

The jubilee brought in more money than it cost

[@WashingtonDC20032]

@@Infinitystar225 well send some to these people because they could use a little help.

[@EthanSmiffmeister]

@@Infinitystar225 proof?

[@Infinitystar225]

@@EthanSmiffmeister I can't give links or youtube will ban it, just look it up.

[@Mr_Phage]

Mental health NHS is really only interested in treating short-term acute conditions, which can be quickly resolved in a single set of treatments at relatively low cost. E.g. treating PTSD after a road traffic collision. There is just no money for the long-term mental health treatment required by many people in our society. Especially since many of these cases are not 'curable', so they simply get ignored.

[@deborahhouse8962]

All health services have been chronically under funded by the conservative party, why people vote for them is beyond me.

[@MrPoodlekiller]

Any long term illness is treated with long term medication... and we all know who profits from that...

[@idiotbuster8662]

Nail on the head, perfect. 100%.

[@Simon-hb9rf]

our mental health services in the UK were unfit for purpose before COVID and cost of living increases, as a teen i was diagnosed with severe mental health issues, (agoraphobia, social anxiety disorder and PTSD) but once i was kicked into the adult mental health services i was told it wasn't worth the cost to try and treat me, they had too few resources and too many cases of people needing help. i was told they could help several people with minor problems for the cost of helping me with a serious issue. i haven't left my apartment in the 4 years since, and eventually i will die here.

[@abdurahmanmohamed3378]

That’s not anybody’s fault but yours.

[@Simon-hb9rf]

@@abdurahmanmohamed3378 yeah its my fault social care services in my country don't have enough resources to do their jobs, totally my fault after all i set the budget and the departments priorities, oh wait no i didn't.

[@BenStevenson-c4z]

I have Seen People like Matthew their Mental Health and Stress is So Bad That just Leaving the House 🏠 can Cause Anxiety 😥 And Panic 🫨 Attacks it’s really bad nobody should have to Worry about just Wanting to Be able to Afford to Live

[@connorfletcher771]

What makes me sick is the government say they care but they do not care at all! All they care about is pay rises and how much they can take from us. Crime will go up, suicide will go up, there are some dark times ahead for sure And that Sunak sits there in his mansion whilst his wife pays no tax at all

[@finoladerwin389]

We need some one in government that cares

[@hithere3035]

Since the hero, the saviour of the UK Rishi Sunak took 5p of fuel duty a month ago, that made headlines as something extraordinary when fuel was £1.65-£1.70. Now risen another 30p+ It's over £2 a litre for diesel down South and rising, probably same in some places north too. Where is he now? And i'd love to him answer about why Diesel in the UK is more expensive than petrol, the only place in the WHOLE of Europe where Diesel is more expensive than petrol at the pump.

[@colinbason]

Yesterday tesco had petrol at 177.9 and diesel i think was at 182.9. That's was Widnes near Liverpool

[@hithere3035]

​@@colinbason I went past a petrol station local to me (Portsmouth) 2.00p exactly but i know 20 minutes further me i've seen people posting over £2 a litre. It's getting out of hand and that's shocked me a bit Liverpool being almost 20p difference. Considering Rishi Sunak thought 5p was a big help even though there is such a difference city to city.

[@MrPoodlekiller]

It's all smoke and mirrors.. Whatever they promise us in cuts is gained back somewhere else. This corrupt, lying Government needs to be held accountable for misleading the public, but after the Partygate fiasco they seem untouchable from any consequence...

[@waleed8530]

Here in Saudi Arabia it cost €0.580 per liter and that's quite expensive. we used to have it at €0.150 per later a few years ago.

[@hithere3035]

@@waleed8530 That's crazy. It's understandable though, Saudi Arabia is rich in oil isn't it? So the source doesn't have to travel far which makes it so cheap.

[@simoncross40K]

I pay £68 for gas and electric and predict in October this to 3.5x. FFS

[@BenStevenson-c4z]

The Cost of Living Crisis is a Cost of Survival Crisis mental Health is Getting Worse because People can’t Afford to just Live Day by Day

[@adamrees3675]

How do poor people maintain being over weight when they don’t have much money for food

[@IDRIS-wl3qy]

Low-quality food is less expensive and causes bloating.

[@Spencerlayne]

Rang an ambulance last year was in a really bad way mentally. It turned up 16 hours later the next day.

[@laurajibson8945]

A and E is terrible for mental health

[@ASHEN_ONE_GAMES]

Mates mum had a heart attack the ambulance didn't turn up for 8 hours

[@techtinkerin]

Awww, would a nice ride in an ambulance sort your head out? What about the people who really need help? Yeah...

[@pxa-sv5vq]

I honestly feel doctors and such have orders not to help people with mental health unless they are totally insane, i think they are more bothered about people getting top sick pay if they get diagnosed properly, the only way to see a doctor that will help is to get yourself sectioned some how.

[@levelofsnipes7378]

@Johnny I called an ambulance for a family friend who was hinting at suicide online and lived 2 hours away from me and the ambulance showed up 4/5 hours later. He hadn’t done it 😬

[@andrewgoodman8108]

One thing they should SCRAP!!! is charging people in poor areas £1.75 charge at ATM's for withdrawing your own money

[@elizabethburns3126]

Thanks for sharing. I have mental health issues especially more since my gorgeous mum's suicide 5 yrs ago November 2018. I have had similar feelings myself, I am extremely grateful to unbelievable group's for excerise meditation and grief counselling programmes. The organisation are Old Library Trust/Bogside and Brandywell Forum, and my Dr's surgery Clardon Medical Practice, also friends and family. I live in Northern Ireland Derry/Doire/Londonderry 7:35 x ⚘️🌈🌎🙏

[@madeleine7411]

Bless Matthew. It is hard to watch, much less endure. This breaks my heart. The UK must face this heating and eating crisis.These people are in dire need. I have lived in Europe and the older buildings are frigid without heat. It is bone chilling cold.

[@rayc4050]

So relatable. Also, amazing videography and editing.

[@davidnichol6282]

The Government will have to do something about this now. As this will result in serious health problems.

[@zxpalpha8664]

Tell them all to get rid of their cars that they Ponce around in front of sky news and BBC with and make them use public transport. As Boris said "we're all in this together"

[@lordflashheart8153]

We need to change our mentality when it comes to voting, we live in a 2 party system and that needs to change. We shouldn't be frightened to vote an alternative, not any of the major parties I might add, a party that is proactive and looks after us, no career politicians.

[@salyluz6535]

@Zxp Alpha: Amen!! If they can’t take public transport, they certainly should not be using government vehicles for their own transportation! It should be entirely funded from their own pay.

[@finoladerwin389]

Well said

[@batcatxxclare3390]

I have this panicking disorder it's horrific 😢

[@silentgamer1997]

I've had to limit my spending to only £30, I've had to be so careful with going over it cause I'm struggling so damn much as of right now

[@robert.h1718]

The government help isn't enough it's a quick very short fix. People need £650 every month at least!!! Not a one off payment

[@JonathanLopez-sk7ty]

The rich getting richer, the poor poorer. The middle class disappearing altogether.

[@eddiekulp1241]

Make a decent living , can't buy food ? Better off very low income can get subsidized rent, food assistance , free health insurance . Utility help. Screwed up system

[@natnat8393]

I really feel it for Matthew. I know exactly how it feels... If it wasn't for my family I would have also very likely not eat for days too.

[@AndreasDelleske]

Those people need assistance for sure but I can only say I saved about 400 EUR per month over 40 years because I never had a car nor driving license. One has to live in a city or next to it but that's all. The societies are sick, we allowed them to be at least since Thatcher.

[@scaredpaul540]

I will cut my heating to 50% thru winter,less gaming to save electricity,less traveling (except nature around me),less fun in general and maybe start with overtimes at work...we cant do nothing with prices for food and we need to eat no matter what.Well,lets see what future brings (it is dark anyway)

[@andrewdaley3081]

Get an oil filled radiator and pick a room to keep warm it's cheaper I've had to do this in the past it's hard but that's just how it is, sometimes. 🇬🇧👍

[@idiotbuster8662]

Haven't heated my house in about 2 years. Wear a coat.

[@steviemac42]

The bus is more expensive love....

[@therocksbyclan]

Basic living such as gas an electric are more important then having a car, a car is a luxury get rid of it.

[@Kris-eg4jf]

12 years of Tories , destroy this country

[@melaniaricci9100]

stop smoking and drinking, it's not gonna solve the problem for all but it's gonna go far! I would never be able to survive if I smoked, it really makes a difference nowadays.

[@ste9474]

Birmingham Bull Ring has security guards on every store these days "It" is coming

[@benstevinson764]

The Cost of Living Crisis is Making Living Umberable!!!

[@MatthewChapmanYT]

I’ve been given notice and cannot find anywhere to live where I was born and raised Cornwall…. I am a single man, who earns about 30k (way above average down here) I can’t find or afford anything. What hope is their for shop assistants, bartenders, cleaners?!

[@zxpalpha8664]

It's alright for the government. They haven't got to worry about rising fuel prices because they get chauffeured everywhere in their black shiny mercedes.

[@kappaslapper14]

And apparently we are one of the richest countries , RIP UK

[@einseitig3391]

With the price of energy due to go up 62% in October (not a typo) giving a total 181% increase in 14 months from August 2021, a follow-up programme would be a good idea. Thanks.

[@misterpositive9337]

Don't worry folks. Your hard working efforts have contributed to weapons and armoury of the Ukraine war. Blame your government, namely the US/EU

[@callumhardy5098]

Namely Boris Johnson being inadequate, Brexit wrapping trade in red tape, the Ukraine war and coming out of covid. The worlds economy is being hit hard, the U.K. is going to crash further if we continue like we are now.

[@ameerhamid89]

A drop in the ocean compared to other government misspending. How about the £4b worth of PPE discarded?

[@jsteadman9262]

@@ameerhamid89 That wasn't them misspending, that was them helping their friends and family

[@ameerhamid89]

@@jsteadman9262 Haha excellent point. Money well spent as far as they're concerned.

[@minecraftchamp2428]

HIT ALL PREMIERSHIP CLUBS WITH A 1 MILLION TAX AND GIVE IT TO THE POOR.

[@ictoh2515]

20mil is drop in the ocean and wont resolve the issue.

[@simonmorgan225]

I really dont think communism is the answer.

[@0lafs]

This is scary.

[@tonyb9185]

All it takes is the government cutting vat and tax on fuel! And stop paying illegal immigrants 6 to 7 million day giving then free travel, And help these people in the uk 🇬🇧

[@abdurahmanmohamed3378]

Keep crying

[@suertesamp]

I really hope she is getting the help she needs.

[@Midland_Wolf_71]

Working Brits seriously need to join their relevant union and start to bargain collectively. Employers (the larger ones anyway, US Corporations, etc have been taking the p1ss for years now). Fight back and demand whats right, stop with the victimhood and find your spines!!!

[@matthale5526]

Many employers don't endorse any Union actions; the Tories have decimated the power of unions massively over time, to the point that I've never worked for a business with a Union that supports employees.

[@simonmorgan225]

Unions are a waste of time, any I've ever been in didnt give a crap about their members.

[@matthale5526]

@@simonmorgan225 look into the CWU - they've done an immense amount for their members over the decades. The rest are too weak due to government interventions, which again is the bloody point!

[@denisgott]

Good luck with all these rumanians and other dingdongs who can't even speak English..

[@sausagefingers714]

UK goverment is a step ahead, work unions are just becoming weaker due the change is laws. the government knows living standards are only going to get worse as time goes on, work unions would cause a problem for them

[@biggerbertis989]

PRAY FOR EVEYONE

[@lucymulligan3314]

Might not be real blood on their hands but it doesn't mean there won't be consequences.

[@MikeStarKaraokeUK]

I had to change where I shop as can't afford Tesco prices now. Almost 10 pounds for a pizza. And Cornish pastys almost 6 pounds. No one will pay that much. It's actually cheaper to order a pizza now than buy a frozen pizza

[@polishlass5067]

Tesco is very VERY expensive

[@MikeStarKaraokeUK]

@@polishlass5067 Hello yes its gone up lot in price now

[@richardwilson57]

“I think we’ll have to start using the bus”…….. I’ve been using the bus and staking Sats (BTC) for years now ;)

[@creationsolved]

Let's pray incase god will bless England and all the UK

[@Matt-di6nb]

The world is going down the shitter. Cant wait for it end at times. People struggling left right and center and people in power do nothing.

[@chocksaway100]

None of the people in your interview seem to be going hungry looking at the size of them, none of them work , yet they run a car a car to go to the beach is not a priority.

[@Hokage987]

Government funding should be used to subsidies current food costs or elevate current wages. I can understand services are required but people won't be reaching them if they had money on their pocket.

[@callumhardy5098]

Well exactly, they were, but Boris has torn them all up. Under his government we have lost, Farming subsidies, making food cheaper, we have lost free trade with Europe that brings in money for fisheries and traders. And then Under the Johnson government energy companies made record profits at the start of this year.

[@3604Monkeyuface]

It's govt borrowing and the resulting quantitative easing that has caused the issue in the first place. There is no magic money tree and everything "free" costs us in the end. We need less welfare state and govt in reality.

[@luckyluke1503]

Well that’s how it should be. But they are focused on Helping Ukraine and giving them money than British people.

[@iszychurch4711]

They have subsidised services

[@SL-up5qh]

Tax the rich and give back to the communities

[@lonerdawgmusic]

People had problems befor the cost of living and no 1 cared so why now

[@_____alyptic]

Got called scroungers by those that left us with hell to pay...

[@zahirmulla6715]

Energy companies profits have tripled because fuel and energy has tripled, it’s a simple solution reduce the prices and don’t extort the public

[@lindalilly1544]

Did those people get help?

[@deg5859]

And life goes on

[@Joehume1]

I’m honestly not being judgmental. I can’t help but notice that the people in a lot of these videos complain about having no money but are all grossly overweight. It’s hard to take the whole ‘don’t know where my next meal is coming from’ talk seriously.

[@metapol118]

Even the cat looks angry

[@715michala]

Umm they can pick up on things from us like anxiety / stress .clever cats, so sensitive. Awww

[@ven11000]

Both could use a bit of reduced food intake

[@James-b7p2k]

1.20 for a tin of beans says it all

[@rozb554]

There aren't many things in the supermarket now below £2. Also, I notice that the stuff on the knocked down shelf are only about 50p cheaper.

[@metapol118]

Buy a bag of dry lentils instead and add leftovers and onions to make stew it's been a food hero for the poor for years

[@rozb554]

@@metapol118 I once lived exclusively on vegetable and lentil stew for a month to try to lose weight. It didn't make me lose weight but I'm sure it must have been healthy for me. Maybe wouldn't be in the long term though.

[@Sol-Cutta]

Fk me...I have NEVER had a holiday since with parents. I'm 50 now. I have had one weekend away in 25yrs. I haven't had any new clothes in 20yrs odd. Cost of living? Cost of existing.

[@mast3rchief536]

But hey we get mental health awareness week guys!!!!

[@edwinromilly4645]

This ‘shitshow’ This government is putting on it’s about time they prioritised the people and who is making Sure these impoverished people are getting support???we need the community of mankind come together,But something seriously wrong with the system- Greed and waste are the 2 main Perpetrators. peace🕊

[@minecraftchamp2428]

CRAZY PREMIERSHIP PLAYERS GETTING 500K A WEEK SHARE THE WEALTH AROUND.

[@itsme....4956]

Aw right man , A cant understand why people like football knowing the money they get compared to the average guy.. it crazy man...

[@lokeshmahawer80]

Her home looked beautiful, have everything , a pet , car , couch , clean floors, clothes what she crying about, there are many people in world sleeping under sky on side of road eating from dustbin

[@kotori4865]

Why would she care about that? People don’t have time to care about that

[@kevinsmith7849]

God bless Mathew❤️

[@M.Maghraby]

This is just so sad to watch..

[@annettemills454]

eng... is distressing i would worry about the disclaimer at the start. its the reality of being stuck in eng🤢 shame i can't go anywhere to asylum

[@claudiamariebermudez6727]

England needs a supplemental nutrition. assistance program like they do in the US.The program in the US helps with the cost of food for low income individuals.

[@samanthahardy9903]

We have food banks.

[@ldnlove]

@@samanthahardy9903 even foodbanks are on the brink of extinction with the way things are currently going

[@samanthahardy9903]

@@ldnlove Most of them rely on donations and most of those donations have come from others who are struggling as well. I doubt those at the top of the food chain, so to speak, will donate much of anything either. It's all well and good the government telling people to learn to cook but with how energy prices are skyrocketing they won't be able to cook anything at all. Not everyone has solar and not everyone has a barbecue. By the way things are going the fire fighters will be getting very busy with putting out fires from homes where people have resorted to using candles and homemade rocket stoves.

[@idiotbuster8662]

@@samanthahardy9903 I've in several occasions been tempted to sell my oven and start cooking on wood fires more. This is really absurd though, we are genuinely becoming third world-ish.

[@focusedman5759]

The treasury has raked in billions from the fuel increases, they won't do anything about it.

[@rezzoh_hrts]

Heart breaking

[@Yo-ItsYo]

STOP VOTING TORY!!!