How deep is the foodbank crisis? This town knows | Newcastle-under-Lyme report

The UK has one of the worst food poverty rates in Europe.
Eight million adults and three million children are going hungry or skipping meals because they cannot regularly afford to buy groceries in 2024, according to the Food Foundation.
11% of Staffordshire's population live in low income households, and some of the poorest wards of the region are in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Since 2019, there has been a 113% increase in the amount of food parcels distributed by the Trussell Trust in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
We went there to understand the scale of the issue, and whether the people of Newcastle are optimistic about Labour's plans to address crippling food poverty.
Reporter: Seán Hickey
Camera: Harry Ainsworth
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[@AdrianIzquierdo-fk1zt]

Charity is a failure of government. End of.

[@Keithlfpieterse]

HEAR! HEAR!

[@cardwitch91]

👏 👏

[@bradleywalsh8571]

"Charity is a cold grey loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim. The possession of property in a Capitalist society has given liberty to a fortunate minority who hardly realise how much its absence means enslavement" - Clement Attlee A fair few liberals would do well to remember this.

[@Keithlfpieterse]

@@bradleywalsh8571 :THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION! I view it as an affirmation of what I feel and think about uncharitable charity!!! Keep Well!

[@dougaldouglas8842]

This is deliberate, from government, and the ponse that spoke of a caring society is wealthy beyond avarice and avoids giving

[@mattyn870]

Mr victorian saying foodbanks are a good thing? NO they are a sign of a dying country

[@marksavage1108]

first food banks were under labour, its the two parties on a tag team for globalist policies. What year did food banks start in the UK? 2000 How the network began. The first food bank in our network was created in a garden shed and garage in Salisbury in 2000. Seeing how many people needed emergency food, we carried out research into the UK-wide need for food banks and discovered that this was a nationwide problem.

[@dougaldouglas8842]

Worse before and after the war. We had to do with what we had, make do and mend and it made up grown up, not like now where with have a nanny state, which signifies children, that society is full of children. People want the latest gadgets, and think if they have not got them they are missing out. The mobile generation keeps on growing, good money thrown at it, rather than use the money for food, even beggars have them

[@lizdocherty3067]

Mogg is a total shit, must have a warm glow knowing he has been part of the corrupt, lying bastards who have taken the country back to Victorian times.

[@antonycharnock2993]

Mr Victorian would say workhouses are a good thing.

[@marksavage1108]

@@antonycharnock2993 Mr U-turn (toxic tony MKII) thinks child rape squads grooming gangs should be hidden..

[@Lfcme]

The tories stance on foodbanks is absolutely disgusting and always has been. No dedication to reduce the need for this, instead try and say it's good for the community or an issue with people's cashflow. How they've lasted 14 years I'll never know. 1 week remaining.

[@bernardmaasdijk734]

Funny. Wasn't it their heroine Thatcher who said that there's no such thing as society, there's only self. A leaf from the Ayn Rand book probably. And now they have decided to glorify communities as a means to support people.

[@marksavage1108]

@@bernardmaasdijk734 explain why labour then want to bring in more soros scrougers, making things worse. Both parts have played a relay team of globalists policies. £Billions for wars on lies was fitted away at the stroke of toxic tonys Tratitor pen.

[@tomfinney3416]

we did not understand what david cameron meant i guess until it was too late , when he talked of "big society " , he meant charity can take over govt role of ensuring we didnt all die from hunger , ps looking forward to next season ,i hope everything gels quickly with slot and new players and squad YNWA

[@marksavage1108]

What year did food banks start in the UK? 2000 How the network began. The first food bank in our network was created in a garden shed and garage in Salisbury in 2000. Seeing how many people needed emergency food, we carried out research into the UK-wide need for food banks and discovered that this was a nationwide problem..

[@POWERtothePEOPLE-GP78]

@@marksavage1108 There were less than 200 in 2010. There are more than 2500 now. What changed?

[@joex2004uk]

I seriously hope Newcastle Under Lyme never votes Tory again, especially after what that party has done to them and similar towns in England and Wales.

[@pspr33]

Stupid is as stupid does.

[@silviupadure2555]

No money goes to places like Newcastle because rich people have all the cash in big cities. That's why people move there - it's where the money is! This big gap between rich and poor makes everyone crowd the cities. To fix this, we need to tax the super rich. That money can then go to places like Newcastle for new businesses and jobs. With more cash in everyone's pockets, small towns become more attractive for investment. Immigrants aren't the problem, they're just looking for a better life, just like everyone else moving to big cities. Tax the rich, spread the wealth, and give everyone a shot at a good life. Vote for greens!

[@apemoon1731]

You think labour will make any difference?

[@joex2004uk]

@@apemoon1731 they cannot make it any worse. 14 years ago, we have the lowest NHS waiting lists and most people had never even heard of food banks.

[@YearRoundHibernater]

@@apemoon1731 Yes, I live near Newcastle the last 4 years with a Tory MP have been considerably worse then the previous 10 with a Labour MP and Tory government, and they were worse then the years before then with a Labour MP and Labour government. Do I think Starmer will implement sweeping reforms and changes that the country needs, no, will the few steps in the right direction mean better conditions and less suffering for millions of people, yes. Is millions fewer people better off worth a vote, f@#k yes.

[@MadeByMartyn]

The woman in the green top who works with children and families managed to calmly and clearly sum up everything that is wrong at present.

[@snowiecat456]

I volunteer for a local charity that works with families that are struggling. We provide clothes for children and adults, nursery equipment, toys. We also have people who visit families and take them to hospital/ doctor's appointments, court dates, give them advice on benefits (even though many of them are in work) and protection orders etc when they are in abusive relationships. I just help with sorting donations that come in but we have lost the funding for the support worker in charge of that so we are having to find funding elsewhere and the sorting is being temporarily supended😢

[@MadeByMartyn]

@@snowiecat456 I think this has been a common pattern over the last 14 years, a pattern I hope to see an end of now. We'll see.

[@tonyfranklin2179]

People learn how to grow your own food

[@MadeByMartyn]

@@tonyfranklin2179 what, all of it?

[@tonyfranklin2179]

@@MadeByMartyn well if you can't grow it find a farmer that can

[@RizZy28]

The fact that foodbanks even exist in the first place is a horrendous statement to how the country has been ran into the ground. Basic needs are housing, food & healthcare, & the Tories have ruined all three.

[@mikefish8226]

The Trussel Trust set up in the UK in 2000 (1997 for abroad).... Obviously, setup by Mystic Meg ready for Tory rule.

[@rolandhawken6628]

O yeah nothing to do with mass immigration arriving on the shores day after day and over stretching hospital schools , and every other service ,then when they get jobs doing things Brits will not do they sent their money home draining the economy further . No politician admits to this, not one . Why are there no brown or black people complaining about how bad this country is ? I tell you why because it is all BS . I asked an Indian immigrant that came here why ? He said I want to go to a country where the poor are all fat like Britain in India the poor know what poverty is not like whining Brits lol

[@seansmith445]

Too many immigrants are taking up all the housing.

[@stuartaminion511]

food banks should be there for people. at the begining it was said a few came to the food banks which is on average okay (hardships come to some and need the help (that foodbanks even exist). just like auto machanics your car will need one one day. from a few people to 2000 a week is what is not right. not that they should turn away any. but it should not had to raise to that number. (with more to come.) being harsh here. illegal migrents should not be able to get any food from food banks, brits first. if they want food/water/shelter/money shuld go back home and work to have their country help them. 4 apples 1 to illegal now only 3 apples. mutiply that with bread/milk/rice/pasta/vegies/basics and now you have brits not getting any food. sorry but they can go back if they are not being given anything.

[@carolscotland6226]

The Carer was bang on. Carers save the government billions every year. Carers should be paid and respected as workers. Carers work long hours and don't get breaks. Carers cannot earn a living and make financial preparations for their own retirement, indeed some Carers will never be able to retire as they continue to look after disabled children. As a Carer myself I simply want the dignity of being recognised as the worker that I am.

[@william_marshal]

A lot of carers are on the fiddle. Why should the government pay for a man to care for his wife ... it's just a joke !!!

[@silvafox7719]

@@william_marshal Let's hope you never have to care or be cared for eh? If you got cancer or became disabled what support would you want?

[@CarlBland-l8l]

I just got 5 grand bk dated carers a weekly payments from monday

[@misst.e.a.187]

Why doesn't he claim Income Support with his CA? And does his partner receive any sort of incapacity benefits? Also, they could claim Housing Benefit, if they rent, and Council Tax benefit, too, They should get advice from Age UK on what they may be able to apply for to alleviate some of the financial strain.

[@debbieanne7962]

Carers get £70 a week. In Australia carers get the equivalent of £40 per week

[@timwoodger7896]

“Food banks are a good thing “ Reese smug Also “ bring back work houses” Because after all he is always dressed and ready for the 1800s the be revived 🤮

[@dougaldouglas8842]

He says he gives thousands of pounds to aid the so-called poor. Sorry, he did not. Wealthy beyond avarice and spouts nonsense. If food banks show a caring society, then he is not caring because he does not give to them

[@toffeeblue2201]

Let's pray this Victorian pencil loses his seat next week

[@aaronogden9900]

He’s right to say they are a good thing he just fails to mention they only exist because of how terrible his government has been.

[@timwoodger7896]

@@aaronogden9900 classic Tory gaslighting tbf.

[@joannedibben2352]

I'm surprised they haven't brought back the work house

[@rougeur]

This administration is putting many families in difficult situations. A lot of people are financially struggling to live, put a roof over their head and put food on the table. Things are getting worse these days, if you don't find means of multiplying your money you might wake up a day to realise you didn't plan well for yourself and family…

[@AllisonSherman657]

I agree with you and I believe that the secret to financial stability is having the right investment ideas to enable you earn more money, I don’t know who agrees with me but either way I recommend either real estate or bitcoin and stocks..

[@face2lune]

I keep wondering how people earn money in financial markets, i tried trading on my own made a huge loss and now I'm scared of investing more…

[@rougeur]

@@face2lune Understanding your financial needs and making effective decisions is very essential. If I could advise you, you should seek the help of a financial advisor. For the record, working with one has been the best for my finances...

[@face2lune]

Mind if I ask you to recommend this particular coach you are using their service? Seems you've figured it all out.

[@rougeur]

@@face2lune I get guidance from *Susan Tori Davis* Most likely, the internet should have her basic info..

[@BoredomIncarnate1]

Totally intentional by the Tories, they're doing their best to starve people who would never vote for them.

[@RankinMsP]

💯💯💯

[@Hession0Drasha]

They just want the majority of the population to be so desperate, that they and their mates, can pay you a little as possible and you'll still take it. That beautifull young women, will live in such precarity, that they'd sell their bodies to people like themselves, well into their 60's, out of sheer desperation. The wider the income gap is, the more the average person has to treat them like they are better than us, out of fear for our livelihoods. And the more they can get away with, without consequences or pushback.

[@silviupadure2555]

No money goes to places like Newcastle because rich people have all the cash in big cities. That's why people move there - it's where the money is! This big gap between rich and poor makes everyone crowd the cities. To fix this, we need to tax the super rich. That money can then go to places like Newcastle for new businesses and jobs. With more cash in everyone's pockets, small towns become more attractive for investment. Immigrants aren't the problem, they're just looking for a better life, just like everyone else moving to big cities. Tax the rich, spread the wealth, and give everyone a shot at a good life. Vote for greens!

[@donnag5820]

@@silviupadure2555and when the rich take all their money and leave for Countries with better tax incentives, who do you think will be taxed then?…..YOU.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Well they said no to social housing as "they don't vote Tory. So letting others provide charity is no surprise.

[@jackmcsween1334]

Point is when you go to a foodbank you will meet someone who will talk to you and treat you like a human being.

[@feltfrog]

had to use a food bank in 2021 cos my partner was financially abusing me, felt so much shame but walking home with a big bag of food gave me a brief feeling of joy and security

[@lat1419]

I had an argument with someone who had seen people leaving the food bank "smiling", which she said was "dupers delight". She was a mother and grandmother! I put her right about the terrible hunger that leads up to approaching a food bank. And the sheer relief at knowing the kids won't be crying hungry that night. (And she was also a Labour party member Fgs.) She did at least admit she had been wrong.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

@@feltfrog Yes this is the sort of thing they are for. Govt should be picking up the slack for things like this though. Only since the Tories have been in. They have kept everything short of money. Yes even before Covid, Ukraine and all the othet excuses!

[@oscargrainger2962]

My partner was financially abusing me, she hit me over the head with a piggy bank. 😅 only joking get well soon.

[@gent3284]

Mogg should be in prison

[@dougaldouglas8842]

He claims that he does not care, to hell with the people, let us play corrupt politics. At no point does he claim to contribute to food banks, and so when he says food banks show people care, he just condemned himself

[@bvanderford]

Can’t you just survive on gummy bears?

[@lizdocherty3067]

​@@bvanderfordwho can afford gummy bears.

[@apemoon1731]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@mr80s-on6qr]

Why

[@simonfunwithtrains1572]

All this from the 6th Largest economy in the world! And all we can talk about is lower taxes and immigration numbers. makes me sick!

[@portwest400]

London is the 6th largest economy, rest of the UK is poor

[@dougaldouglas8842]

All of a sudden billions can be found to feed and house and give goods to invaders, but not to the people of this country, says a lot, Moggy

[@keithparker1346]

​@@portwest400yes the rest of the country need not exist as far as Londoners are concerned

[@RankinMsP]

​@@dougaldouglas8842'invaders'? Have a word with yourself 🙄

[@saturationstation1446]

@@dougaldouglas8842 with the way you reacted... stop and think for a moment. why would they do that if they are truly in such financial trouble? would they do that so people like you point the finger at the new people so they could keep robbing everyone blind and making people like yourself destabilize society into not having the capacity to understand that there is no beneficial or practical reason for rich people or monarchs to exist in the modern world?

[@luke7708]

This whole election has been taken up by tax, very little about the crumbling state of society and foodbanks. Labour has been suspiciously quiet on these issues too, which actually worries me, especially given Liz Kendall's voting history.

[@yc9129]

Me and my wife donated to our local food bank weekly a few years ago. Unfortunately now we just can't afford to.

[@joannedibben2352]

Thankyou for what you donated it would've helped someone for sure.if you can't afford to do it at least you care and you tried to help that says a lot about you kind caring people

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Yes they have said this. Shows how things have gone. Govt should have sorted things! Made Govt lazy not fixing things. Never thought I'd see this in my lifetime.

[@user-sd3ik9rt6d]

Foodbanks should not be there, charity is replacing a social safety net.

[@tara34952]

This 👍

[@dougaldouglas8842]

Why do we now need food banks when billions are being given to have our country to be invaded by our enemies? As a child, and previous years, there was no such thing as food banks, but poverty was more real than it is today

[@zippymufo9765]

Social safety nets can't always cover every contingency.

[@yatsumleung8618]

Meanwhile, Sunak says "those who can work do work" so that he can cut more taxes. (Rich people don't get their money from income tax. Hence "taxing the rich" won't affect him, while for whatever "salary" he does get paid will have tax cuts in them. Meanwhile, millions of needy people will suffer from further austerity)

[@janetmalcolm6191]

@@zippymufo9765 UN said it was a governmental choice.

[@janejenkins5137]

What happens when people are too poor to give to food banks?

[@janetmalcolm6191]

@@janejenkins5137 This has already started to happen. People who donated been coming to use it themselves. How bad is that!

[@johngodley256]

Tories helped their friends to get richer and make money from the Covid.

[@lat1419]

Already happening. Has been for 2 years now. Our small rural food aid (not a food bank) will run out of money before the winter, and the likes of Trussel Trust don't cover this area. Apparently, it's too sparsely populated to bother.

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

An absolute outrage that these things exist. What a sickening country, run by gangsters.

[@DavidJohnson-dc8lu]

Just remember Rishi wrote out loans for £400 million to David Cameron for a failed stock market company and loans no one has to pay back. It goes into Austerity and the middle class, working class and poor have to pay for the rich helping themselves.

[@ricktandron3669]

You got that right.

[@akiko7831]

tories out

[@GingerPeacenik]

Two cheeks of the same neoliberal neocon arse. Same in all Western Nations. Say NO to the uniparty!!

[@BrianMartin-ph7pt]

Now do labour..

[@leonmunt6244]

​@@BrianMartin-ph7pt I wish for green MPs

[@rolandhawken6628]

And Labour in it is pretty certain ,but you will still have food banks the country is in decline ,by the way refugees get well fed and housed

[@leonmunt6244]

@@rolandhawken6628 The country will stay in decline, yes, only because Labour are adopting the same policies as the right wing Tory party. Migrants are not to blame for the issues in our country, the wealth divide created through poor handling of COVID and our current tax system, the need for food banks. They don't deserve the horrid racist abuse they recieve. I presume you'll be voting reform?

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

You don't need to crush protest or revolution, you just starve it. Keep the masses hungry, overworked, tired and fed-up but essentially impotent, and you'll get away with anything. Food banks are entirely intended, folks. Its not an accident. Precarity politics.

[@PeterLamin-pi6rv]

Same in the USA the world richest country. Look at those skid row cities in the USA, it's like some third world countries.😢😢😢

[@PeterLamin-pi6rv]

But they have money to send to Ukraine. What governments not solving the country needs but can send it abroad.😢😢😢

[@_KRYMZN_]

I feel like the threat of starvation has been a driver for many protests or revolts. Isn’t that where the “eat the rich” phrase comes from? The idea that if we see some people with everything while we all starve we’ll turn to cannibalise them for survival.

[@tomfinney3416]

no it is flawed , how many meals is any civilisation from collapse , how far can you push someone before they rightfully hospitalise you , im so used to adversity , it hardens me ,

[@michellebyrom6551]

Except you don't quite starve it. Both the French and Russian revolutions happened when the poor, not just the poorest, had no bread - the cheapest, most basic food. How are food banks supplied? Only a small percentage comes from shoppers leaving extra supplies in grocery stores. Just enough is available to keep society worried, but not a threat to the establishment. How much is needed for each person to be housed, fed, clothed, kept clean and warm? How much do most people get from work and why isn't that a lot higher than benefits?

[@MosherBear]

As someone who has no option but to live on benefits (long term illness), I'm thankful that I'm able to budget for food and bills. Dominic Raab is a bully that thrives looking down upon those less fortunate, much like Rees-Mogg. I'll be watching the election result with interest.

[@rustynail1194]

The border moved for my constituency this year. I was previously in Rees Smugg's now sadly I'm not. I say sadly as I wanted to be able to vote the vile man out.

[@joetrent4753]

I was in a Tory constituency that has a real chance of becoming Labour at this election but a small area where I live has been added to a new constituency that’s extremely liberal and made up of a large part of a former Labour safe seat constituency. I too wanted the opportunity to vote out a Tory.

[@leonmunt6244]

You'll find this is designed to keep a Tory in

[@rustynail1194]

@@leonmunt6244 no shit

[@leonmunt6244]

@@rustynail1194 not everyone knows, hence why I said it

[@stephenthomas3085]

The longer this goes on the harder it will be to reverse, this needs major govt planning and intervention.

[@starquant]

Same in New Zealand, where 80% of the general population are classified as "working poor".

[@janetmalcolm6191]

@@starquant What is happening in the world. 50 years on things should be much better than they ever were. Something badly wrong!

[@starquant]

@@janetmalcolm6191 My guess is overpopulation. I currently live in Australia and it still has a middle class (so to speak), but it is rapidly diminishing. Australia (in my view) is still one of the few countries in the world where a person has the opportunity to "get ahead".

[@janetmalcolm6191]

​@@starquantThe UN said it is a choice. So money is maybe not the problem. Govt have just let charity take over from them providing. Not good.

[@starquant]

@@janetmalcolm6191 That's assuming people HAVE choice. The reality is that they don't.

[@montystelevision3238]

Overseas Aid needs to be stopped as we clearly need that charity at home. HS2 should never have been started as we needed the money for more important things. Like feeding the poor for a start.

[@LauraSnow-in3nx]

I’m an American, but I I can still see that the trees are breaking Britain. They’re the ones that are literally breaking Britain. My heart breaks For all of you! 😔💔

[@SC-ys9or]

We have the 'modern' Tories and Reform. You have GOP. For them the people are simply a commodity to be exploited.

[@HomeGrownVeg]

Our police station is now a refuge for homeless people. One of our churches is now a food bank. Our NHS dentist has a sign in the window 'everyone welcome' and its been shut for months, getting to see a doctor is just about impossible and the local hospital has become adept at sending you to another hospital. Its that bad our Age Concern charity shop has just closed leaving us with just 2 functioning charity shops. Still, not to worry.

[@stephenthomas3085]

My local police station was converted into expensive flats....!!

[@carolineobrien3692]

Same here.

[@arcan762]

Too many migrants driving wages down and prices up. Vote for change. Vote Reform.

[@joannedibben2352]

My local police station is a huge building it is locked and you can't get in for any help if you needed it they are all in there being a locked door it's unbeliveable

[@leonmunt6244]

​@@arcan762migrants are not to blame for what has happened in our country. The issue is the tax system, where tax is spent, how wealth is divided amongst the people in our country, the lost sense of community

[@PaulEleftheriou-we7vr]

This is the reality of life in the UK, under Tories in 2024 , but don't get it twisted it won't be any better, under Starmer's labour. We need a fundamental and immediate change!

[@jjoseph212]

Vote reform, stop voting blue and red. Pointless cycle

[@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO]

@@jjoseph212 Highly uneducated brainless subhumans have been deceived into believing that Reform U.K. is the political party of the ordinary Working-Class people, but in reality they are no different from the Conservatives and the Conservatives MK2 (New Labour), because: 1) Reform U.K. wholeheartedly supports our highly unethical economic system which can only thrive on the exploitation of the lowest paid workers. 2) Reform U.K. are totally against introducing a genuine Living Wage. 3) Reform U.K. claims that it is anti Globalisation, yet contradicts itself by not wanting to replace our highly unethical economic system which goes hand in hand with Globalisation. 4) Reform U.K. are utterly ignorant on the topic of the conflict in Gaza with their highly unethical support for 🇮🇱, which will compound the problem because their allegiance to 🇮🇱 will only invite terrorism to the U.K.. 5) Immigration is definitely not the most important issue in the U.K.; the most important issues concerning the U.K. are rising inequality, and our highly unethical economic system; considering the above points only brainless subhumans support Reform U.K.

[@joanramsey4002]

Yep, 2 wings of the same bird.

[@PaulEleftheriou-we7vr]

@@joanramsey4002 Yeah man, sad but true.

[@call_in_sick]

Reese smug reading straight from the Ayn Rand notebook. Disgraceful.

[@Verybunnyful]

The deep issue is that wages are stagnating while the price of everything is exploding. The food banks crisis happened when people working full time started experiencing food insecurity. The 1% is getting richer and the middle class is disappearing. This problem is not particular to a country, its happening throughout the West.

[@JugglinJellyTake01]

This is an underestimate. Food banks work by referrals and means testing. There are also a large number of *food projects* that do not operate by referrals and means testing. The problem is much bigger then this report suggests.

[@zippymufo9765]

In the US most food banks don't require such. They serve anyone who shows up, although families with children need to sit down and figure out their requirements in order to make sure they get food appropriate for children.

[@lat1419]

Our rural food aid charity doesn't work on referrals (although all are accepted). The policy has allowed is to help people who would otherwise be overlooked - especially pensioners.

[@zippymufo9765]

@@lat1419 Does Britain have anything equivalent to the Independence Cards (food stamps cards) given out in the United States? It's the only consistent and reliable feature of our otherwise pathetic social safety net-----debit cards loaded monthly that can only be used for food (grocery stores have to incorporate the software into their systems). This takes a lot of pressure off of private charities and food banks, because it means that they're mostly taking care of those who have fallen short before payday or card reload and those who have fallen between the cracks. So most of them don't have to means test due because of limited resources and growing need, which seems to be a dilemma facing many British food banks.

[@lat1419]

@zippymufo9765 we are the only safety net. And some of the UK food banks insist on the recipient proving their abject poverty yo being absolutely penniless, and then limit the number of times they get aid to three times a year. Absolutely brutal

[@icecreamforever]

...... BUT lets look at the benefits. Tesco's boss just DOUBLED his salary to ~£200,000 A WEEK! Poor old Sainsbury's boss has to make do on only ~£100,000 a week.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Yes and Tesco is expensive. Especially the convenience stores. Well somebody has to pay for his higher wages!

[@l33jcm]

Perhaps the guy that says there's no point in voting should reconsider? I'm not having a go at that particular guy, but at the approx. 40% people eligible to vote that do not! We're more likely to get the right Government, when more of us are bothered to scrutinise potential candidates standing for Parliament. At the moment, the whole electoral system is heavily weighted in favour of the more vocal and richer minority groups, as their votes are more valuable when there are fewer votes overall. That, combined with FPTP, means areas that don't vote are ignored! And there is the vicious circle that these people are caught in! The Tories have been successful because they've been exploiting these factors in order to stay in power!

[@John-qd5of]

There was little need for foodbanks before 2010. Along came chancellor George Osbourne in 2010, and austerity started. Austerity was an extension and intensification of Thatcherism. What people don't realise is that if the Tories are allowed to, they will make austerity and the cost of living crisis worse. It is a continuing process. More working people will be classed as poor.

[@John-qd5of]

They will allow income disparity to increase to the extent that Britain becomes a third world country. And then they will blame us.

[@user-yi6ui6pn4i]

No money left 2010,..get yerself out of denial.

[@Imnotscaredofyouhoo]

Ffs. My blood pressure is through the roof, watching this. A "cash flow problem" ffs!

[@W0bbler100]

it is a cash flow problem, the fallacy of trickle-down economics. No capital, no chance.

[@jal492]

If you work a full 40 hour week, you should: 1) be able to afford to live in a decent house 2) be able to afford to feed yourself and your family 3) be able to afford regular expenses like electricity, phone and internet 4) have something left to save or invest 5) have access to clean water, decent public healthcare and decent education All of these great things that stabilise societies and improve economies were made normal in the 20th century by progressive Left governments, only to be reversed by neoliberal conservative governments in the last few decades under the ludicrous pretext that all of this amounted to some kind of Communism. The casualisation of work, stagnation of wages, rampant greedflation, and an out-of control housing/rental 'market' are choking the life out of most English-speaking Western countries while their governments ignore (or else make worse) the problems of the majority to enrich their already-rich voter base even further - all while telling you that what's good for them is also good for you. But... If, despite working a full 40-hour week, you still can't afford to live in decent housing; still can't afford to feed yourself or your family; still can't afford regular, normal expenses; have nothing left at the end of the week (or worse, are in growing debt); if you don't have access to clean water, decent public healthcare or education... then how can the neoliberal capitalist conservative ideology be in any way positive for society? Under their rule, we're no better off than the slaves of centuries past. How bad does it have to get before people start fighting back? The current situation is utterly disgraceful and outrageous; if my grandparents were alive today they'd be horrified to see the better futures that they worked towards throughout their lifetimes totally destroyed by a cabal of selfish, greedy, feckless, callous, dishonest scumbags; the misery inflicted on millions in the name of 'the economy' (as if it were some kind of God to be worshipped); the desperation, illness and homelessness; the suicide and murder; the rise of ignorance, racism and bigotry; the growing anomie and hopelessness... it's utterly terrifying. These are not the signs of a functional society with any kind of a positive future. And this is what these conservatives want. Your ignorance benefits them, because ignorant people are easy to control with propaganda and lies; your illness benefits them, because ill people support a massively profitable pharmaceutical and private healthcare industry; your poverty benefits them, because the poor fear losing what little they have if they dare speak up against their maltreatment; even homelessness benefits them, because homelessness is a convenient political touchpoint for those who would argue that it's some kind of choice made in the name of personal freedom. Do any of these things - ignorance; illness; poverty; homelessness - benefit you? Do they benefit society? Quite the opposite. Fight back against conservatism: get rid of conservative influence wherever, whenever, however you can. Restore the social goods our grandparents and great-grandparents literally fought and died to create, and our parents greatly benefitted from before taking them away from you.

[@keithparker1346]

Amazingly that was all possible pre Thatcher era...we screwed ourselves over

[@tobiastrier]

I salute you, sir/madam!!❤❤

[@carolineridlington5010]

Exactly what I ve said....a man's wage...should able to support an ordinary family lifestyle....1978....I found myself unemployed...l was able to pay for my flat...food...and the electric Meter...to wash and shower.....watch telly at nights and still go for a drink with friends....the basic was covered....I soon found work....but l doubt you could do that today....I've spent the rest of my life working hard...hand to mouth existence for years...hanging on to a very modest home...taking every hour of overtime on offer....just to raise a family....thankfully they are further up the ladder than l was....I've never really had a proper holiday as such...never been on a plane...and now am retired...l doubt l ever will....l don't believe any of them...

[@johngodley256]

BJ and frog face Farage forecast prosperity and sunny slopes through Brexit. How could so many people fall for such utter crap?

[@garriejackson9551]

One of the richest countries on the planet, this is a result of Thatcher's dream, going back to Victorian times

[@angela8187]

25% of Canadians are thought to be living below the poverty line www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=cbc+new+canadians+in+poverty#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:2af2f6dd,vid:F_4Lko7p7Ag,st:0

[@endlessglizzys_.0233]

It might be a Rich Country but you would never think it was the way people have to live.

[@garriejackson9551]

@@endlessglizzys_.0233 exactly

[@CarlBland-l8l]

Its the result of voting enjoy

[@garriejackson9551]

@@CarlBland-l8l and the working class stupid enough to vote Tory

[@nathanaelsmith3553]

Why are tax payers subsidizing the Pali e of Westminster restaurant?

[@dougaldouglas8842]

Because MPs are not paid enough, lol, to be able to feed themselves properly, another kind of food bank, and by the way they are allowed fat cigar smoking in restaurants because the places are deliberately exempted by them,

[@Forjugadname]

Really great job you guy's are doing reporting this, doing what most of the mainstream media won't.

[@taytofarmer]

70 pounds for carer's allowance 😮 What happend you Britain

[@davidstuart4915]

..u should see the pension after giving back council tax...before u try and heat and eat....

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Universal Credit was £74 a week if single not long ago. That is for people looking for a job. Paying for travel and food heating and lighting.Needing a phone to look for jobs and being in touch with DWP. All coming out of that measly sum. People say about benefits! Nobody wants that life. Also they can stop your money at any time. Not great.

[@Stuboy]

When non Dom's and tax havens hit home you get food banks

[@heatherwatson9564]

I'm Australian and many of us hoped for some meaningful change when Labour got in Never happened. We have a rental crisis with tents everywhere and heaps of families living in cars,foodbanks everywhere, hospital system in crisis, like yours is etc etc A change in government is not enough.Society is collapsing and it's a planned move by the ultra rich.

[@saturationstation1446]

a class of people who have no mathematical or practical justification for their existence. a long standing net loss to life on earth. because europeans cant mature into adulthood and realize owning the planet isnt a realistic possibility

[@michaelandrews4783]

Keep in mind we just have over TEN YEARS of Conservative rule and Bill shorten at the last election promised to end negative gearing and tax the rich but Morrison was voted in instead, maybe blame the low IQ population and Murdoch owned media............

[@debbieanne7962]

Blame AirBNBs and 30 years of inaction in housing by governments. Most public housing was sold off in the 90s and waiting times are now 20 years plus. Australia’s Medicare is nowhere near as bad as the British NHS.

[@deborahrohl848]

I am also Australian and life is now totally impossible unless you are rich and have others to help you as well if needed. I live in a low income area but groceries rent electricity transport if you don't have a car house prices everything is through the roof. Some homeless are using garbage bags as sleeping bags because they cannot afford to buy a tent others are going without food because they cannot afford transport to charities to get food the list keeps growing. 5 years ago a huge piece of land was sold to foreign investors who built approximately 800 homes none of which are rented to Australians. ❤🙏

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Same in America it seems. It is global.

[@misst.e.a.187]

From my experience of volunteering at a different frontline service is that a high number of foodbank claimants were repeatedly playing the system. I also think that many British people don't know how to cook from scratch, using simple and inexpensive ingredients. I've seen 'poor' people shop and it's really eye-opening. We were poor, but my late mother could cobble together something simple, nutritious and delicious out of practically nothing. It was how she was taught and I'm just the same.

[@GrahamGroovyUK]

Same here. Very low income so have to shop carefully. I always top up the tinned food each month first to make sure there is backup. Rarely every buy branded goods (They really are a total waste of money) Never get takeaways as they are very expensive. Sadly too many choose not to cook so no wonder their income is gone in the a couple of weeks if takeaways and bought sandwiches come before anything resembling a food shop. Budgeting is key to survival. This is where using cash becomes important. You can see what you have left.

[@unknownuser_99]

Yes, blame the people for not knowing how to budget frugally enough instead of the government and systems that make the costs of living unaffordable in the first place... Them British poors gotta pull up themselves by the bootstraps.

[@ams1897]

@@unknownuser_99 You`re both right. There are clearly issues with people not being great at things like home cooking, but then you can`t blame people for this when British society has been steadily eroded for decades, when there has been a war on frugality and being financially responsible, in favour of consumerism. Society does need to change, but the central government does not want people to be self-sufficient.

[@wellwait4197]

So he’s her “caregiver” yet she volunteers at the food bank…. How about he gets a job? If she’s capable of volunteering…

[@sonyasmith1991]

This is disgusting and we are ALL to blame for standing by and doing nothing. We need to unite and demand more is done to stop this decline in our country now. We have 171 billionaires in this country but we also have people struggling to feed themselves and their children. How is this acceptable?

[@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.living]

You tory voters must be so proud of what your vote has done to the uk !?

[@thomasanders1314]

I'm on a health benefit, and I exist only because of the support from my family, so I understand how vital these places are.

[@dougaldouglas8842]

Places that never existed when real poverty was around, and I lived through poverty, with every last good working person in the fifties, and before that, up until recent times. What has gone wrong? Consumerism. I passed my local food back, some time ago, and the amount of modern mobile phones being used, by those claiming to be poor, made me f ecking angry. I used to give a lot to food banks, then began to see the scam

[@weird-guy]

You can buy a smartphone for as little as 30-50€, most things nowadays are done online, maybe they brought them before falling on hard times, there’s some places where homeless people accept donations via qr code because nowadays some don’t even carry physical cash, also is easier to finance a phone than food although in recent years bnpl are more popular, even Africans have smartphones and they are poor compared to “the west”. Sales of smartphones have declined yoy, a smartphone id like a appliance nowadays, is like saying you aren’t poor if you have a fridge, washing machine ect

[@dougaldouglas8842]

@@weird-guy So you are saying people that say they are poor, are not poor. Go back in time to see what is meant by being poor. Now you are poor if you have a mobile phone, a fridge, freezer, latest television, etc., and what is more, poor on the street. We had, sometime ago, people in nice houses claiming to be poor, yes! mouthing it off that they were poor.

[@sluglife9785]

To be honest, a part of me is bewildered and shocked that we haven't seen more social unrest. Are we just too depressed about our ability to change anything? There's no room left in the prisons, now would be the time.

[@deangelisdata]

you are commenting on one of the reasons we are so numb to all this

[@tae1290]

Perhaps. Evidence suggests the fully jabbed and boosted have been rendered weak and docile. Zombies unable to resist much now. 30-40% increase in disabled since 2020 c19 jabs in both UK and usa. Mmmm.

[@astonmartinvee8]

One of them says it is uplifting, another says it is to deal with cashflow problems. The Tories are lucky it isn't focused mob rule and the plebs are distracted by 1) the boats 2) trans-rights 3) the election 4) the failure of government services 5) the wars 6) the media 7) immigration. Otherwise they would be the food.

[@kcpopoo]

Who would want to eat Mogg though? Seems like a dried old stale bread.

[@BlackandBlessed100]

Who the Heck enjoys a food bank???? I pray I never need one.

[@dougaldouglas8842]

We cut our cloth according to our need, but not with the present generation that does not care to budget, as they are on their latest mobile phone, with bill coming in, and the rest of the modern life style that they have, food coming last. As a child we could not afford a tv, so went without, could not afford a gas fire, so went without, until we could afford one, and so on

[@misst.e.a.187]

@@dougaldouglas8842 Truth hurts, but I agree. People have their priorities all wrong. Buying essentials is still cheap. You can make several meals from simple ingredients, but too many people can't or won't cook. But they buy a cheap takeaway.

[@dougaldouglas8842]

@@misst.e.a.187 You are so right, and what my parent's generation, and before that did, and better for all as one of the benefits was that you appreciated what you had, and secondly, it made for real men and woman, mature. Now it is all crying that I cannot afford to eat properly, excuse me someone at the door, its the food man. So glad to hear someone that knows how to organise and prioritise the important things.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

​@@misst.e.a.187No takeaway is cheap! Even fish n chips about £7 plus per person. Maybe more.

[@theelusivepyroshark5119]

@@dougaldouglas8842 Look I get what you're saying but isn't it a skill issue? They were never taught how to budget & make do by their parents since they belonged to a higher economic sphere or if they had the competency never bothered to pass it down to their children. Now this is a bit of an extreme example, but here in Sweden as cost of living skyrocketed some unfortunates returned to their roots and started cooking with ätika for the first time in their lives. Having only used vinegar previously they didn't know that ätika is serious shit that doesn't take disrespect. So ätika related hospitalisations skyrocketed. Anyway the point is, how are they to make good meals cheap when nobody has ever taught them how or even where to begin? Just because you and I know how to doesn't mean everybody does. And honestly isn't people being porer than their parents the worrying societal issue here?

[@AbigailBrown-wk7xl]

Children should be given breakfast, lunch and dinner at school . Children should not be going without in a rich country like the UK

[@AlexAstrid]

The scary thing with that is omg some of the state of school dinners I wouldn’t feed to my dog

[@sabinekoch3448]

Goodness. Really?

[@johngodley256]

The hard line Brexiters will not admit how bad Brexit hit the UK.

[@Dylanesque]

Labour gave the people the NHS Conservatives gave the people food banks.

[@saturationstation1446]

and you paid for it all with stolen wealth from the rest of the planets people because no country in europe has a legal way to show were all the money they spend comes from.. hint - its from selling drugs and laundering money. europe is a continent of criminals and parasitic intentions.

[@helopi8]

Labour gave us PFI 😂

[@silondon9010]

Labour started uncontrolled immigration 😢

[@jangoslin8258]

Labour gave you the first food bank , the year 2000 Russel trust opened its first food bank under the labour government , yes it was , look that one up .

[@lmyoung94]

​@silondon9010 And the Tories have done nothing to stop it! They've had 14 years to take Action. Show me their input in doing Good for UK.

[@mysterymaverick1982]

This country has a cash flow problem the money keeps flowing out of it. 😂

[@heidi9512]

Food banks have increased 90% since uc was brought in, which replaced working tax credits......

[@rodspence5105]

Heidi your 100 per cent right because once you settled in UC you cannot get a budgeting loan which was available before. which suits the government

[@blackthornhealing]

UC is not enough to live off

[@TheDreadfulCurtain]

Every time I go to what used to be thriving previously international trade events, I just see a sad trickle of British traders trying to sell things to each other no one can afford anymore. So sad, very few international traders can be bothered to come here. We have become a total husk of a country these days. Welcome to our Great nation of beggars. Tories destroyed this country to fill their pockets, then blame the poor, leave them to queue for hrs for scraps of food then slap them with more austerity there is no trickle down. So deeply corrupt I could cry .

[@Mr_Smith_369]

Roger Waters wrote a song called Home...

[@foxbat51]

This isn't a short term blip, this is the new normal. Poverty is back and here to stay. Inequality is only going to increase, and before we know it we will be back to Victorian era levels. And that level of poverty lasted for decades. The only difference is technology, and hopefully we will maintain some standard of health care and sanitation. Hopefully...

[@theghostoftom]

It absolutely doesn't need to be. Go look at corporate profits, the absurd wealth of the top 1% ect. We used to tax such entities very heavily, now we have a PM blocking HMRC from investigating £40 billion in tax avoidance from when he was chancellor. Don't let the people sitting on more wealth than you or I will ever have pass through our hands tell you poverty is OK.

[@keithparker1346]

​@@theghostoftomit doesn't need tobe...but what are Labour going to do about it?

[@theghostoftom]

@@keithparker1346 Yeah, I have no faith in Labour either. Not with 'em kicking every left leaning person out.

[@joanramsey4002]

Tech & CBDC won't let you into a supermarket if you had a minor misdemeanor recorded against you. Smart shops being trialled now. It's all about total control over you. No meat for you this week - over your limit etc. Tech is a prison system. People are sleepwalking into it.

[@angusog5227]

The pish we heard from Bob Hawke in 1987.Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke made the statement that by 1990, “no Australian child will live in poverty" . Well i can tell you its 10 times worse now..

[@deborahrohl848]

❤ from a fellow Australian. IT is getting worse all the time 🙏

[@RankinMsP]

Imagine having multi millionaires in charge and thinking they care or can empathize. For those of you still voting Tory, well done. You are helping eff over the nation for good.

[@mattliamjack3293]

Basically, were back to rationing. Thatcher handiwork has to be reversed. 90p in the pound wealth tax now. As it was before thatcher. UK needs a war chest to rebuild the country. Wealth tax now.

[@pistopitpit]

I’m with you. But first define wealth. Don’t worry if you cannot. Labour seems to have the same problem pre election.

[@mattliamjack3293]

@@pistopitpitbefore thatcher it wes over 800 000...in todays money about 3 million.

[@pistopitpit]

@@mattliamjack3293 3 milion is indeed wealthy by any measure. I am worried that Labour Party has much much lower bar here.

[@user-ow3li8ci8f]

If I am poor, am I allowed to have a dog? Or can I have an old rubbish car? These kind of other people were asking at the foodbank. Why is she coming to foodbank with a car? How can she have a dog if she is without money? We had two foodbanks in this town earlier but not anymore, they did not found any volunteers to work there. This is from Finland. I don't have a car but yes I have a dog. I need it to help me in my depression.

[@blackthornhealing]

A dog is family.

[@HillaKarpalo]

Nah with Orpo-Purra goverment just go to work and be merry of what they give you. And hope they won’t find anything else to cut or any other VAT or other tax to put up. Oh the much” talked and fear mongerrd ”loanboat” of our last government is going to have more wage with these morons. You can have a dog and a car, neither of them say anything how you are doing.

[@clivesmith9377]

This government needs their backs on the wall. My heart bleeds listening to these people and I'm in a similar position for years. FFS, please, vote for Labour. We must get rid of the tory EVIL.

[@sophiemoconnell]

The sad truth is Labour isn't going to do anything meaningful to help. They're going to maintain the status quo. They're also just as corrupt as the Tories. Starmer has no issues with lying and he is parachuting his in people to safe seats from other parts of the country when they have no connection to the community and usually hold racist or zionist views. Unless we get a government that is willing to create a wealth tax, things will only get worse. If you have the opportunity to vote for an Independent, Green, Workers Party or even Lib Dem go for it. The conservatives are not getting back in, so the best we can do is to make sure Labour do not have such a heavy majority. Tactical vote is great for finding out who should get your vote to keep the Tories out.

[@GingerPeacenik]

Labour is also corrupt. Lip service and excuses, just like our Dems. Voting for the "lesser evil" maintains evil. The parties are two cheeks of the same arse. We all need new solutions, because electoral politics won't save any of us.

[@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO]

Tory-Starmer has destroyed Labour; he is not the solution.

[@arcan762]

Too many migrants driving wages down and prices up. Vote for change. Vote Reform.

[@sophiemoconnell]

@@arcan762 You haven't read their manifesto have you? Farage wants to strip you of your human rights, replace the NHS with a US style insurance-based system and then give 20% of whatever is kept of it over to private healthcare...

[@nicindiff]

I went to college in Newcastle, the old one before it was knocked down. So depressing to see what has happened to this place. Blatant neglect of a town.

[@stingersplash]

I mean this isn't Newcastle it's Newcastle-Under-Lyme in Staffordshire. But the toon isn't fairing much better.

[@nicindiff]

@@stingersplash I was talking about Newcastle-under-Lyme. I know the difference and recognise the streets. Also spent time in Stoke which is equally depressing. I’m from the area.

[@chinesewhispers1]

Aren't these the same people on another video, many saying they were lifelong Tory voters, and one foodbank user saying they would be voting Reform. I guess they want to pay for healthcare on top of their foodbank usage.

[@KebabMusicLtd]

Exactly. Farage want's to abolish the NHS and replace it was an American style health system which relies on us all having personal health insurance. Aaron Banks who pays Farage is a Health Care Insurance Broker.

[@joetrent4753]

Not voting Tory but for Reform there is no difference, just under a different name. How people can claim to be disgusted with the Tories but then chose to vote for Reform I’ll never understand.

[@ReapermanUK]

@@joetrent4753 after growing up in similar area, it's easy to understand, wilful ignorance and racism. They are proud of their ignorance and unwillingness to learn or understand, and I include my relations in that, no amount of explaining will change them

[@Ffinity]

​@@joetrent4753They've had enough of the crooks so they are switching to facism.

[@outtheredude]

@@joetrent4753 So instead of voting Tory that ensured that most NHS funding goes into shareholders pockets instead of Doctors and Nurses pay packets, thanks to the "public/private partnerships", which also had Lettuce Trust's disastrous tax policy, let's vote for a party that's the think tank of über Tories and a guy that'll bring in full blown American insurance based healthcare, who is also Lettuce Trust times three when it comes to cutting taxes (for the rich)? With the FPTP system we've got, Starmer is the best we've got, despite being Tory-lite, in the hope that Labour's better instincts might kick in despite Starmer's purge of the left leaning side of the party.

[@lizdocherty3067]

Remember when we watched children in foreign countries starving and we supported projects like band aid. The difference is in this country the suffering goes on behind closed doors, many people are too proud to admit they need help, it's hard to say you can't support your family. So now we have people in hospital with malnutrition, ricketts and scurvy all Victorian diseases back in the 21st century in the 5th richest country in the world. Does this government not see a problem ?

[@oscargrainger2962]

So let’s double the benefits for everyone who isn’t working, give them even less incentive to go out and work.

[@gaspode505]

Bring "real living wage" How You survive on minimum wage ?

[@outtheredude]

Pay per hour x hours x job security x work/life balance = a living wage. Not working full time on minimum wage and barely affording the rent and little else.

[@user-xu5vl5th9n]

Landlords up and down the country will be cheering that one.

[@saturationstation1446]

real living wage is permanently locked at a minimum of 10% more than the cost of living. its the only real way to maintain economic growth anywhere. otherwise consolidation just exponentially lowers disposable income until all markets collapse and the monarchs swoop in to claim ownership of everything again...

[@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO]

You have been brainwashed by the 1%; what the crafty Tories did was to rebrand the minimum wage as a living wage, which it definitely isn't, as it merely enables one to exist not live. A genuine living wage in 2024 would have to be at least £16 an hour, if this was introduced every unemployed person would be motivated to get a job even if it meant working as a cleaner; resulting in zero unemployment, and this would mean a huge increase in tax revenue to fund public services. Corporations are as morally bankrupt as nonces because they don't want to pay a living wage. If ALL shareholders were murdered, it would free up money which could then be used to pay a living wage.​@@saturationstation1446

[@danielseaburg9763]

@@outtheredude 40 hours a week is full time to you. 40 hours a week is part time to 99% of the world.

[@MK-rt2gm]

Yes, charity is a failure of government. It's only going to get worse. "the rich get richer and the poor get poor " This has never been so relevant as today. This is happening in the USA.

[@greattobeadub]

Eton costs £60,000 per child per year. Wake up people of the UK. Johnson, Rees Mogg, Cameron, Farage are not on your side. Get rid of them from parliament and have the b**** to legislate to level up the system completely.

[@joseg7710]

Politicians keep giving themselves pay raises whether the country is starving or not. They have ruined the middle class and still house prices and rents keep going up. Whatta crazy greedy lot.

[@childoftheuniverse2644]

So, the Tories brought the UK back in the 16th century, back to slavery. 😢

[@misst.e.a.187]

Where was 16th century slavery in this country?

[@eamonnpotts5063]

People of Newcastle u Lyme. You shockingly voted the tories in. Now you realise your mistake, it’s your job to get rid!

[@MagnanimousFantastico]

No one should ever feel guilty for being hungry because they can’t afford food, or for getting it from the food bank so sad.

[@fitzgrant4404]

The government has no interest in what people are going through... their more for the people that are doing very well and well off

[@christinebartmann7252]

this is sad however. Some of them still drink smoke or gamble

[@antonycharnock2993]

Miriam Cates the tory MP for Penistone & Stocksbridge husband actually profits from foodbanks existing. She also voted against free school meals.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Typical! Tories find ways of making money all ways.

[@user-op6eu3tt9j]

A very well done for the kindness of the helpers ❤

[@yellowbird5411]

He's her carer, but she is walking down the street with him unassisted, and she volunteers at the food bank. How much caring does she need?

[@mattjones1207]

I bet Sunak blames Corbyn for this

[@fburton8]

Yeah, Corbyn did tremendous damage when he was in power. 🙁

[@jazztec4255]

Ok so the guy in the orange top votes reform. You can see whoever desperation breeds fear and hate that leads to farage.

[@marksavage1108]

What year did food banks start in the UK? 2000 How the network began. The first food bank in our network was created in a garden shed and garage in Salisbury in 2000. Seeing how many people needed emergency food, we carried out research into the UK-wide need for food banks and discovered that this was a nationwide problem.

[@marksavage1108]

Fear and hate, yeah the child rape squad grooming gangs leads the haters of that to Farage, what part of his Patriotism hurts the Traitor in you?

[@BenJ2020]

Desperation doesn't breed fear and hate. I'm voting for reform I don't hate anyone. A 20k tax allowance would have massive implications for those who are struggling. Also funny how Farage would want to lift the 2-child limit as opposed to labour who wants to keep the 2-child limit.

[@kumstuke]

​@@BenJ2020I get you, but this man will drag us down even more. Just a rich man cosplaying a working class bloke. I promise you, even if you, let's say, see Reform as a majority ( I know it's impossible now but might happen in the next GE), things won't improve for poor people

[@ketugrahagraha3673]

@@BenJ2020 Also funny that Farage wants to keep the no-fault eviction law.

[@user-cathysbd1]

I work for the NHS and live with hubby who has poor mobility and son with adult ADHD and daughter with high functioning autism and we as a family have to sometimes use a food bank. xxx

[@girlfrommars7015]

In my area the donated food is stolen by the organisers.2x a week every week these "church goers' bring home a boot ful of of food donated by kind generous people.Yes I will name it.Kings church in hedge end Southampton.Makes me so angry 😡😡

[@andrewwood3597]

It is possible they are bringing home expired items that are not allowed to be given away yet are still okay. Not sure what the rules are in the UK.

[@piqueny8872]

They need to double check records who’s in need and not During the pandemic neighbour is a teacher plus benefits zero kids her bills are all paid by her husband who also works full time yet claimed food from the food banks Absolutely disgusting how they receive free food knowing they were not in need

[@stingersplash]

Your anger is in the wrong place. And you don't know their situation.

[@piqueny8872]

@@stingersplash she had so much free food plus the food she bought with her and husband salary she started giving the food bank food to her parents who aren’t in need either bragging about it

[@keithparker1346]

It depends upon the food bank. Some require proof of hardship others do not

[@chris-ub8in]

Shocking taking food from people that actually need it not suprised it was a teacher they are always greedy like striking for more wages when they already earn lots.

[@terryfarren667]

During the plandemic teachers sat on their arses on full pay for a year too!

[@sophiemoconnell]

Please think carefully who you vote for this election. Labour are just going to keep the status quo and are no better than the Tories. If you get the chance to vote for something other than Labour tactically take it. We need more Green, Lib Dem, Workers Party or Independents like Andrew Feinstein, Faiza Shaheen and Leanne Mohamad.

[@misst.e.a.187]

It'll make no difference. Different colours, same people.

[@carlogambino1979]

Broken Britain.

[@mariemacisaac7529]

The food bank is not working. Just establish a list of esential foods and have the grocery store lower the price of thess foods.

[@tomfinney3416]

imagine if you will , regularly for 15 months being told you are not allowed even a crumb from your local foodbank , no matter how many times you explain you are hungry and have no other option , this alongside the f off and threats of violence are what i have experienced for the last 15 months all because i made a complaint is it even relevant that those who run the foodbank are tory voting brexiteers , ?i dont know but they have at least avoided any issue of food costs as they get every item free first , but that is what can occur in charities if we are honest anyway , f the tories

[@saturationstation1446]

yall realize its literally the number one aspect of all eurocentric culture to dehumanize everything not born with a diamond encrusted platinum spoon attached to a trust fund up their bums... right? like its the ONLY thing that makes something uniquely eurocentric lol. without mass dehumanization, you wouldnt be european anymore. you'd be real humans

[@jeanniegoldweddingplanner]

I volunteer at a food bank in the North West, and being perfectly honest there are people who are abusing the system . There is a no judgement policy so you can’t say anything, but if you were to ask people to confirm they’re on benefits I would be interested to see how the volume of people that use it changes

[@joaniesimpson2016]

I thought you had to be referred to a food bank.🤔

[@Jonnyicey]

Wow I thought you had to prove you're in receipt of benefits?

[@lucypeace6132]

You only need a low income and food insecurity. You don't need to be jobless. Most people using food banks today work full time. That's the scandal here, not the nonsense you're judging people for.

[@lucypeace6132]

@@Jonnyicey A lot of people work full time and still recieve benefits. Work doesn't pay properly, forcing people to apply.

[@jeanniegoldweddingplanner]

I guess it depends on the food bank. The one I volunteer at no questions are asked

[@steamhammer2k]

My local community centre is full of people needing food bank. That was not the case five or more years ago. The Trussell Trust is not the only food bank it`s just the one that the media seem to listen to, this problem is much bigger than it appears

[@MagnanimousFantastico]

The US can absolutely feed everyone. There is wasted food daily everywhere, how absurd no one should EVER go hungry in such a RICH place.

[@JasonSimpsonArt]

I left the UK four years ago. A vote leave town that was so toxic it literally made me ill. Whilst there I went days without food, but because I’m single and no children I didn’t have the heart to go to a food bank.

[@christill]

The poor definitely will get shafted if you vote for anyone other than the Greens.

[@Galbereth]

They are the only option for those of us with good socialist values.

[@danielseaburg9763]

@@Galbereth >socialist A word for ''i shouldn't have to earn anything, someone else should and then just give it me'' and you unironically cannot possibly fathom why we are where we are.

[@crow22zero]

Thank you for the video politics Joe 👍

[@ianmorrison5474]

The cost of necessities in 2024 is higher than in 2022 and 2023. The government needs to find ways to bring prices of necessities down.

[@marijo1951]

I'm so old I was there for the "Portillo Moment". It was sheer bliss, but I think the "Rees-Mogg Moment" could be even better!

[@KrzysztofSzkodaGames]

Its called Brexit Poverty

[@ecaeas4439]

No it isn't. That's an excuse for the way the Conservatives have stripped away people's wealth to the point where many are struggling to pay for food.

[@misst.e.a.187]

It's called the great reset

[@KrzysztofSzkodaGames]

@@crok22 why Germany? No wonder Brexiteers failed geography 😁

[@danielseaburg9763]

@@KrzysztofSzkodaGames Because Germany has always been the powerhouse of industrial growth in Europe? yet is catastrophically failing? and it's in the EU? you know the EU? the thing we left? The UK is outperforming every EU member state. So, Your logic is entirely utter crap. If the EU was so good, why are we out-performing every EU member state? After all, ''brexit brexit brexit'', right? Let's remove opinion and apply fact - we're performing better off without the EU, than with it.

[@KrzysztofSzkodaGames]

@@danielseaburg9763 Again Germany is not the powerhouse of EU, as other countries are doing better than the UK when it comes to GDP growth such as Italy, Spain, France. After all, the dirty Brexit Peasants actually believe they can be richer by voting Leave but instead they became poorer while rich elites in the UK are benefiting Brexit in selling Gold than anything else.

[@mssdn8976]

My friend volunteers at a foodbank. He recently told me there used to be a lot of pensioners coming to get food, but now hardly any, it’s families with children now

[@tae1290]

Poor oaps have been fully jabbed and boosted. Not to mention flu jab on top.

[@user-tf4vt9jh1c]

Thank you so much for reporting such an important issue as the growing reliance on food banks. My partner & myself have had the indignity of having to apply for food bank support. But I know without the amazing support of programs like the Trussel Trust we would have done hungry! I used to give to the food bank believing, “there for the grace of God” , paying-forward. Not for one moment did I believe I would live in food, gas, electric poverty!!!! Added to this is having both main political parties that neither believe or can relate to this growing number in the population!!! They’ve stollen from us, made extreme wealth with a, “mates-rates-mentality”!!! For generations, every generation becomes poorer & poorer BECAUSE of THEIR GREED. Enough is never enough. No-one wants to receive food from a food bank. It’s a sign that all the protections for ‘child allowance-for all children-not the few’. We did have free meals for any family experiencing hardship. Again-experience that & feel good about yourself! Thank you great interview 🙌🗳️🙏 Please vote Independent or Greens 💚✊🗳️

[@ukhilali7418]

They’ve made beggars out of the working class!!..Disgusting!