Poverty in the UK: Great Britain's 'Working Poor' | Austerity, Food Banks & Inflation Documentary

It’s the great English paradox. If the country has a historically low unemployment rate of 3.6%, poverty is breaking all records: today, more than 15 million Britons are considered poor… That’s almost a quarter of the population!
Galloping inflation and the explosion of energy costs in recent months forced millions into poverty. But there is also the hyper-flexibility of wages and the growing 'uberisation' of hundreds of thousands of self-employed people… All aggravated by more than 10 years of severe cuts in social assistance initiated under the government of David Cameron and disengagement of the State in the public services…
As a result, the United Kingdom, which had only a few dozen food banks in 2010, now has more than 2,000… Life expectancy is stagnating, even declining in the most disadvantaged regions where people die 10 years earlier sooner than elsewhere, a victim of what is known as “shit life syndrome”, literally the shitty life syndrome: a deadly cocktail of multiple pathologies and addictions.
So, millions of Britons engage in voluntary work to make up for the shortcomings of the government. This is the advent of the “Big Society”, a society of charities, charities, theorized in 2010 by the then Prime Minister: David Cameron, the architect of the austerity policy!
We went to meet England’s working poor all forced to rely on solidarity to survive. From Blackpool, a seaside town in the north-west plagued by poverty, to the green county of Cumbria on the Scottish border, one of the most rural in the country, where public transport and services have become almost non-existent, via Ashton -under-Lyne, a factory town paralyzed by the absence of economic prospects, plunged into a Great Britain.
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[@VikingNewt]

prince charles gave so much hope to unemployed 70 year olds living with their mum.

[@nanslife]

Back to the Victorian era, where you have the mega rich and poor , no middle class.

[@aaz1992]

Neo-feudalism, baby

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

@aaz1992 Just feudalism. There's no "neo" about it. The new king loves everything medieval. The government is actively winding the clock back to 1300.

[@kevinsyd2012]

Nah, people just love free stuff - free pizzas and food banks. Not enough money "to put food on the table" but somehow they can always afford another tattoo.

[@thomaswilson8580]

What a great man the restaurant owner is. Respect to the man. He is doing a fantastic thing. We need more people like him

[@evrimtv1]

From İstanbu I am sending my best regards to this guy who changed the business conditions and started to help people suffering from food. You are the hero ...

[@VikingNewt]

how is constantinople?

[@Kurt844]

​@@VikingNewt Istanbul

[@farmoboy83]

I live in Portugal and even though we have many social problems and poverty, health is 100x better than the one you have in UK and there is no such thing as prepaid eletricity which i think is the lowest we can get...

[@oskarsbambalis1367]

Food is to poisoned in uk

[@dongshengdi773]

​@@oskarsbambalis1367we should all volunteer. Nobody should pay anything God gave everything for free. Abolish money. Don't pay the earth 🌎

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

Prince William isn't king

[@sharknado623]

​@@angelachanelhuang1651so? If you think a king or prince can solve your problems, you're more delusional than I thought, Brits 😂

[@marleneMS]

​@@angelachanelhuang1651no, and why should he?

[@hopeogden3477]

What a very kind man ….. feeding the poor …… giving them a heated environment for a short while …. I’d do the same if I could afford it but I can’t …. So I help when I can. I hope this man is appreciated …… I know I sure would be ……

[@Liz-sq9pf]

I’m an Aussie and shit has hit the fan in Australia it’s no longer the lucky country , high power bills food prices out of control , homeless families and middle class families having to go to food banks.

[@valleygirl5832]

@@Liz-sq9pf It's all planned mate,the same crap is happening elsewhere..it's the same in the US and Canada and New Zealand.Housing affordability is beyond the wage of the average person..I am fortunate,that I am retired,and own my home.Many in my age bracket (Senior citizen), are now the newest poor,and they join the struggling Family with children,the single woman/man with a low paid job and a Family to feed,house,clothe and educate, and the people relying on the Dole,the student trying to survive.We all need to look out for those less fortunate,and help where we can.

[@Liz-sq9pf]

@@valleygirl5832 well said 👍🌹🌹

[@dongshengdi773]

​@@Liz-sq9pfwe should all volunteer. Nobody should pay anything God gave everything for free. Abolish money. Don't pay the earth 🌎

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

think outside the box

[@JohnnyWitney]

This is not the Britain of my childhood. No longer have lived there since 1981. This brings tears to my eyes, the situation in Blackpool is grim, as are many areas.

[@jie7532]

is it becoming so serious? I never thought so many UK people could live below the poverty line and suffer from winter coldness. it's always a prosperous developed country in our book

[@TheCardiffgirl]

I did the same in 1980 when things were bad and I,m so glad I did. This was heartbreaking.

[@mikem8211]

My wife won't let me leave plz help 😢

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

Germany is hope

[@realabhinavarya]

Of course you will have to face pre colonisation type poverty because there are no colony left such as India under your control to support you life style.

[@rohand03]

This documentary is banned in UK, people in UK are not allowed to watch it, why? What happened to democracy? Is UK now a fascist country?

[@carlosreid51]

Social marxist a lot of them and they shout we are a democracy while trying to stifle free speech online , gun rights , parental rights for kids and want state produced material in schools online to control the masses .

[@Kite-te9km]

All capitalist countries are fascist in disguise. We Africans know it for looong time.

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

why?

[@rohand03]

@@angelachanelhuang1651 exactly, why. They don't want people to know the truth of what's going on.

[@Sabundy]

Where have you been? The UK stopped being the free world a long time ago. All information is censored now. As are any and all dissenting viewpoints.

[@juicyfruit4378]

I left the UK in 87 - sad to see the current state the country finds itself currently in

[@AnthonyD-yy2in]

Which country did you move to?

[@juicyfruit4378]

@@AnthonyD-yy2in Germany

[@jie7532]

may I ask where you are now and is it a better place than UK? because UK is always a Dreamland for many😂

[@jie7532]

oh I saw you have said Germany. yeah it is better in many ways😅😅

[@jie7532]

and congratulations. God bless you

[@carstenkh]

All the houses that are not properly heated to at least 18 degrees, will eventually be dangerous to live in, due to fungus and the like

[@TheBillaro]

oh that's a good point.

[@amazinggermany8431]

We in Germany also have an economic crisis. Inflation is high, yet a few rich are getting richer and the poor are increasing in number. But it's not nearly as bad as in the UK... I'm a bit shocked about the situation in the UK.

[@Sabundy]

As the 51st state surely Germany can apply for federal assistance from the US government?

[@carinarilk89]

​@@SabundyWhat are you telling? The USA don't help! We must pay reparation to the USA till 2099!! SORRY, but you don't know about the poor people in Germany! You have the BIG KING, ask him for help! He's a members of WEF Klaus Schwab YGP. Good luck! AGENDA 2030

[@carinarilk89]

Schön, dass Sie eine Rosarote Brille tragen. 😂 Immer mehr Deutsche Facharbeiter verlassen das Land. Nun sind nur 15 Mio Beschäftigten die für über 70 Mio bezahlen müssen 😂 Good luck Lady, wahrscheinlich geht es Ihnen noch zu gut.😂

[@MegakillerFortnight]

Russia is next leader of Europe

[@carinarilk89]

Habe das Glück, dass meine liebe Eltern sehr, sehr wohlhabend waren. D.h ich habe von den Deutschen niemals Geld erhalten! Natürlich auch nicht von anderen Staaten! Öl mein Lieber, was uns das Glück beschert hat. Mir geht es wunderbar, kommen Sie nach Dubai, wenn Sie das Leben genießen möchten. Höflich bleiben möchte ich trotzdem, deshalb wünsche ich Ihnen einen angenehmen Leben.

[@cindymar1606]

How in the world is the PM is able to go on luxury vacations while his people are starving and suffering in poverty!?!?!? I sure wouldn’t have the heart or morality to do that to other human beings. It’s just too cruel.

[@wot4922]

Well to be a politician in the 1st place you'd have to someone who isn't bothered by a conscious.

[@CinthiaMarquez-xt1ds]

@@wot4922 well, they should at least have “common sense”

[@ane-louisestampe7939]

Didn't Charles just ask the government for 20 million pounds to fix his house for? That man has NO shame!

[@Kite-te9km]

​@@ane-louisestampe7939 And yet someone has the guts to tell me in Africa we won't survive a week without European aid! I don't like lies.

[@dongshengdi773]

​@@CinthiaMarquez-xt1dswe should all volunteer. Nobody should pay anything God gave everything for free. Abolish money. Don't pay the earth 🌎

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

Electricity sold at 10% more, prepaid ... is actually no risk for the provider, and should therefore come at a discount. It is an insult to the poor. I liken it unto selling food and spices in tiny packaging, but at an increased price per pound, or per ounce. The poor are paying more for little, because that is all they can afford, if they even can afford that under difficult circumstances. 😕 😠 😡 😭

[@lottewied1937]

And why the hack do Britain put opportunity seekers from Africa in hotels?

[@agusbrz78]

Because they need cheap workforce.

[@rosemarytony635]

I can't help, but compare poverty in the US and the UK - in the US it's just depressing, all the homeless people and the drug addicts. In the UK, there are so many more people to help, to volunteer, like Mark and Danny. They are the salt of the earth. May God bless them and others who show great kindness to their fellow human beings. I was greatly moved.

[@buninparadise9476]

There is no GOD in Europe only in America

[@uncledal9355]

Canada is the same way. Going outside is just sad now.

[@jadenpark7943]

US is far superior to UK in every way. its worst poorest state alabama is richer than UK you know why? capitalism. UK is socialist ultra-high tax nation

[@upthedown1]

You paint such a dismal picture of the U.S. that is only in certain areas in some big cities. I live in a big city and do not have to deal with this.

[@swallowedinthesea11]

@@upthedown1 Here's a pretzel 🥨

[@user-yk4tx7cs3d]

Bless the pizza owner! Such a real hero.

[@CelticAngel555]

Well done Dr. Spencer! Giving these people a healthy activity that promotes exercise, fun and interaction with other people some may not otherwise have. I spent many years promoting volunteering as a volunteer myself and found it helped many people get into work and helped in many other ways too. Giving to others really does help us too.

[@wot4922]

I just hope someone takes up the Doctors cause once he isn't around anymore 🙏

[@terrisewell4729]

you've remind me of what someone once said "The mind is the man, the poor is in it and the rich is it too". This sentence is the secret of most successful investors. I once attended similar and ever since then been waxing strong financially, and i most tell you the truth..investment is the key that can secure your family future.

[@perefeghaandrew8076]

Everyone needs income as their tool, emergency fund as their security, investments as their hope, and budget as their control. Get those in place and you'll feel at peace with your financial picture.

[@Elizabeth-vg5lb]

You may never know the value of that €1 you have until you go bankrupt, the bad experience I had last year really made me feel that our school curricula should contain more financial knowledge and education. It is never enough to have a good job, a huge salary and all the luxuries at your disposal. But saving money and investing it wisely is never a bad idea,... I learned how to invest, no matter how little, but life really believed me the hard way

[@johnalex4006]

I urge everyone to start somewhere now no matter how small, this is literally the time for that, forget material things, don't get tempted,i became more better the moment i realized this.

[@eriktopolsky8531]

It is tragic to see Britain in this state, empty streets, where even 100s of supermarkets sut down is evidence how much consumption really went down and sighn that country really struggles. BRITAIN has fallen, just as BRITTANIA have fallen when ROME left . UK became real HELL on EARTH for its citizen last 10 years, like it is not even same country it once used to be. The speed of that change is unbelievable... 14th increase of interest rates ? This will impact mortgage holders as well as renters. look officially is UK 6th largest economy , but that does not have to mean it is a prosperous nation. China is 2nd largest and it has 400 million poor out of 1,4 billion people and that is data before Covid and Ukraine war. UK is very misserable place to live in right no

[@hellomeng9322]

China is 2nd largest and it has 400 million poor out of 1,4 billion people and that is data before Covid and Ukraine war.I hope you get a chance to look at these poor people in China, 4/14 = 28.5%.

[@carlosreid51]

@@hellomeng9322 What china considers poor is earning less than 500 dollars a year while making 5,000 to 50,000 is middle class but remember CCP lies worse than western politicans do.

[@weitaozheng1058]

@@hellomeng9322 what about india ?

[@miroperinich2495]

Is that possible? I am from Croatia and here in history we have experienced all kinds of situations, wars always defensive, communism and nothing could destroy us. We have even rebuilt the country and are functioning normally. There is no crime, safe life, people are friendly, we have a lot of foreigners who came to live from the western world, even from America. As far as I can see, we also have foreign workers from Nepal, India, and the Philippines, and they say they are happy and satisfied.

[@bakielh229]

We need to keep supporting and Slava Ukraini-ing, please don't bother with your local problems and support the national heroes of Ukraine, okay? This isn't a request btw, you HAVE to support Ukraine

[@DavoInMelbourne]

What I dislike more than anything else about the UK are the people who continue to vote Tory regardless of the cruelty they impose on the less fortunate, simply because they themselves are doing ok. Kindness and compassion left the UK when Thatcher became PM. Very sad times indeed.

[@SH-iy7ju]

80% of UK people are great! It’s the loud 20% that’s ruining everything

[@shauncameron8390]

The same kindness and compassion that bankrupted the UK requiring a Thatcher to turn it around.

[@lucylane7397]

There isn’t really a decent alternative

[@vianjelos]

It doesnt matter if its a progressive or conservative gov in power. We have a "progressive" president and party in power in the US and things are getting worse. Canada has had a "progressive" parliment for years and again shits still hitting the fan. I believe australia likewise is so called progressive in current leadership. There are deeper issues that are global and hurt every single country regaurdless of which party is in power. The world is a shit show right now and the average person cant get by.

[@stephenw2992]

Austerity always results from Labour spending like crazy. We have the same problem in Australia, but at least our unions didnt destroy our industries like they did yours in the 70s.

[@annettewalter2273]

The Doctor is brilliant isn’t he. He actually cares about his patients. Daniel is a caring young man.

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

that's not the government

[@tacitus6384]

Our current economic system is mathematically unsustainable, and it has so many layers, some of which are: Fiat currency. Tying the limit of currency to some type of precious material *restrains* government money creation and spending. This is essential for maintaining long-term stable currency prices. This is why pre-1914, the value of the British Pound stayed relatively the same for almost 200-300 years. But once they went to fiat currency, in the space of 100 years the currency lost 99% of its value. Unsustainable Welfare States: The welfare states of the post-WW2 world that we live in were created decades ago when natural births out-weighed deaths and countries populations increased via natural births. The baby boomer generation was HUGE, and so creating a welfare/pension system that relied on them working to take care of their parents (the Greatest Generation) was financially sound. What no one anticipated was that the Baby Boomers would have half the number of kids, giving birth to a generation that was their size, if not a bit smaller, which means that the huge welfare and pension states of the Greatest Generation and the Boomers now relied on Gen X and Millennials to provide the tax base to keep it financially solvent. In short, these were welfare/pension plans that were made on the assumption of continuous population growth of new tax papers, but that didn't happen. If you want to know why Western governments seem so hell-bent on mass immigration and importing new tax payers from abroad, this is why, because without it, the whole house of cards collapses. Mass Immigration: This is not a judgement on the value of a person from overseas who migrates to the UK, nor is it a moral judgement on their actions. This is pointing out the simple fact that over the past 20 years in the UK, mass immigration has reduced the % of native British from about 95% of the population at the end of the 90s, to about 75% now. That is a HUGE influx of new people and reduction in ethnic composition in such a short span of time that's not seen outside of war or devastating plagues. All those extra people need houses, they need infrastructure, their kids need schooling, they need access to hospitals, they need all the amenities and infrastructure and access to jobs as the native population, which creates a HUGE strain on the country's carrying capacity. If the supply of houses is limited in any way (and it heavily is) but the demand is going up this much, that leads to huge increases in housing prices, and it injects millions of mostly low-skilled people into the country to compete with working class Brits for jobs, which means their wages stagnate/go down. The UK public at the end of the 90s was never asked if they wanted mass immigration, and every time they've been able to vote on it they've voted overwhelmingly against it, but the government, whether labor or tories, continues it anyway. Taxes: The American colonies revolted against the British Empire over 2% taxes to pay for the 7 years war. 2% taxes. Do you know what the average UK citizens tax burden is today? 25%. A quarter of everything a person makes in the UK, on average, is taken by the government, mostly to pay for the above problems. Add onto this the huge bureaucracy and red-tape you have to go through if you want to start your won business (a business that would hire other people), and the state burden on the average tax payer is just ridiculous. Think of what you could do with that extra money if you only had to pay 10% or so in taxes. Price controls and bureaucratic empire building: Energy prices are enormous in the UK, but they shouldn't be. The hostility against nuclear power by net-zero climate change alarmists is absolutely self-defeating, because nuclear power is the cleanest, most carbon friendly and plentiful power source humanity has yet discovered, yet it is demonised and ignored in favour of cutting down millions of tree's to replace them with inefficient, expensive and polluting windmills (ask Scotland that just cut down 20 million tree's to make way for a wind farm). Bureaucracy and and ever-expanding legal texts gives monopolies to well-connected companies, and then price controls stifles the supply while demand goes up, all of which makes things hideously expensive. I could go on, but the situation of the UK is bleak. The UK was once a golden example of minimal government, community, entrepreneurship and innovation. But today it is a country that's lost all confidence in itself, hates its history, has a mathematically unsustainable welfare/pension state that it still clings to because it's people lack the confidence to see that they'll be fine without it if they just look out for each other, and an ever-expanding, over-bureaucratized state that controls, fines and taxes the hell out of its citizens. To get out of this will either take political leaders with a will of iron (lol) or collapse and rebuilding.

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

Very true

[@GratefulOutlook]

Working poor struggling to live while the billionaires at the top hoard money. Greed and inequality is squeezing out the middle class and destroying our planet.

[@aaz1992]

Bank of England 👀

[@touringthecitywalking9209]

Add to your list of crooked billionaires, the list of the royal families' useless members and their daily pumpus dramas!

[@thegreataynrand7210]

Not true, wealth is constantly created. Read basic economics

[@bakielh229]

@@thegreataynrand7210 it's constantly created by the working class, and hoarded by the rich.

[@richardvdwal5309]

People like Mark Butcher are the real heroes.....of / in a global society gone wrong...

[@KionPiano]

It is only getting worse from here

[@Parabellum-oe3sw]

What I don’t understand is here are mostly native British families on display complaining. Man, woman, child. How do migrant families getting along? It’s the same in Austria, native Austrian families consisting of man, woman and child, if any, are complaining. Meanwhile Turkish families with 3 or 4 children with only the man working because their women aren’t allowed to work never complain.

[@dumuzi9662]

You heard her say it : "it no longer is possible for me to work. It costs more than my net pay." That's the inversion I said three years ago. It's in the U.S. even more severe because we have more items on our expenses

[@jeremyf6821]

Japan has had publicly funded daycares for decades, why haven’t we in the west done the same yet?

[@chrisb5415]

Having lived in the UK and still considering it my second home, this breaks my heart.

[@cristiona22]

Same here

[@realabhinavarya]

Of course you will have to face pre colonisation type poverty because there are no colony left such as India under your control to support you life style. Britain must be poor!

[@Korschtal]

I emigrated twenty years ago. It's sad but I have no regrets.

[@underground9560]

Where to?

[@rohand03]

How can you have so many poor in the country with 6th largest GDP in the world? The country is rich, you just need to tax the rich and spread the wealth more evenly.

[@sylviam6535]

There needs to be an investigation into the price of energy. I guarantee you that there’s lots of funny business there.

[@harukrentz435]

The country is rich but the people are poor, just like in Singapore.

[@shauncameron8390]

No. What happens when there are no more rich to tax?

[@sylviam6535]

@@shauncameron8390 - The system stagnates ever more.

[@impopquiz]

@@harukrentz435u haven’t experienced poverty and without help from the govt if ur living in sg.

[@awilliams4957]

Such good people out there passing it forward,Thank you ❤❤

[@bartz3245]

If middle-class is fearful about the rise of expenses, then what does a working class people suppose to do? Lay down and starve to death?!?

[@mathisnotforthefaintofheart]

Poverty became a known word in the dictionary when Thatcher took office...And now you have a rich banker as your prime minister. Congrats!

[@user-ld6pi7hv3x]

Its not inflation, it's GREEDFLATION! Corporations taking advantage whenever they can.

[@dongshengdi773]

We need to pay corporations more

[@paulozimek276]

Totally agree 💯 !

[@pollywong2957]

Yes, greedflation! Very well said.

[@avinashagnihotri5616]

Agreed

[@aaz1992]

Bank of England did it

[@willowstarfeather]

Why doesn’t one woman work while the other baby sit and get paid by the other sister. There is so much wrong with this video. Middle class have no idea how to survive.

[@helenaquin1797]

I was wondering that too.

[@dennis.teevee]

we don't know the whole story. but then again common sense is not so common anymore these past few years 🤦💩🤦‍♂️

[@marleneMS]

They should not have to

[@user-qy9rt9cy2b]

What a kind man feeding these poor people and letting the dog in as well god bless him ❤❤❤😂

[@bones8961]

Its heading that way in NZ and Australia, both under Labour government's who used to be for the working class - but not anymore. Very informative, but very tragic, and it can happen to anyone of us ! We the people got to help each other out. ❤ Irish/ Maori fella 🙏

[@Sabundy]

Hate to break it to you mate ...but none of the parties are for the working class anymore. The working class was abandoned a long time ago....

[@peggymccabe5090]

Stop supporting the Monarchy ! All the pompous Royal Activities doesn't all this money for thus Family ! I mean come on all your taxpayer dollars went to the Queens buried and Charles Choronation !

[@vicdor1031]

In NZ & Australia it's always sumner. There is no need for heat supply during cold winters😮😮😮

[@stephenw2992]

@@vicdor1031 The winter where I am is nearly as long as the British one, though not as cold. Also people need air conditioning in the summer as its so hot. Parts of NZ are even further south than me.

[@vicdor1031]

@@stephenw2992 I am already cold. I won't go to NZ. Australia is for sure warmer. But about heat supply in your location? 😁😁

[@syedatasneemtowhid8149]

I have seen supermarkets throwing away tons of food on their expiry date, why not give it away to those in need?

[@itslenapaul]

Knowing this is happening in rich countries, people living in Southeast Asia are very fortunate. Salute to the Pizza Man, he's a modern hero and a role model.

[@vhrui904]

When you can't steal and loot nomore from the third world countries....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Kite-te9km]

We in Africa are very fortunate too. We are now busy chasing France out.😅😅

[@dongshengdi773]

​@@Kite-te9kmwe should all volunteer. Nobody should pay anything God gave everything for free. Abolish money. Don't pay the earth 🌎

[@anon2427]

@@Kite-te9kmvery fortunate now please stay there and don’t ruin our countries next✊🏿

[@Ebaniovo]

The weather is good in South Asia at least.. and there are a lot of fruits. in northern countries it’s a disaster to starve in the freezing house

[@pikachu2003]

No inflation just greed. Grocery stores hit record profit. I know first hand the prices they buy at have bot changed but they have increased prices. Pichana was 5.99 now 10.99 and their cost is the same.

[@enkhyy]

How about a head tax or income tax for the Royals? Maybe five percent of the net worth of each family per year as a contribution.

[@R2D2C3POSKYWALKER]

Like us they should be taxed 45% on their net income.

[@laurajames723]

@@R2D2C3POSKYWALKER Not just the royals but all of the millionaires and billionaires.

[@daughterofzion9072]

Really. You can't blame the Royals for everything. Blame yourself and the bad politicians you voted in.

[@enkhyy]

I acknowledge the misuse of power and privilege. The "noblesse oblige" is long forgotten and replaced by self-service and greed. @@daughterofzion9072

[@acajudi100]

same around the world. GREED.

[@julieru8953]

I'm a German from Berlin who lives in LA. It is the same in both cities...It's everywhere now. We need to get up and fight for our rights and freedom ❤

[@HomestarCrawler]

Are you "German in Venice"?

[@julieru8953]

@@HomestarCrawler Nope :) I'm a woman. "German in Venice" is actually from Krefeld. I just passed his store this last weekend in venice :)

[@ramship59]

All this and the gvernment sending money to Ukraine, Its a crime against thier own country!!

[@savannahshepherd2283]

One man alone is able to help this many but not with out sacrifice. Absolutely amazing doc and wish all the best

[@prettybwillowbee7584]

All while the monarch is chilling sipping tea going on luxury vacations and their people are suffering.

[@ronneyrendon]

Same is happening here in the United States. My bill (for a one bedroom, one bath) was $45-$60/month ten years ago. Today? My bill runs about $120-$160/month for the exact same amt of usage. Instead of getting cheaper it's more that doubled. Something is NOT RIGHT HERE.

[@kjss4345]

The important thing is that Britain and US is spending all their money on important things like the military and keeping their billionaires even richer.

[@upthedown1]

Every country should be able and ready to defend itself. That is not cheap. That's why they all have allies. The bad guy is always just around the corner.

[@shauncameron8390]

Yet that military is why Europe and the Persian Gulf can afford their welfare states.

[@Sabundy]

Exactly!!....they always have billions for wars and bombs. And they always manage to bail out the corporations and the billionaires.

[@halid36]

And the billions they spend on Illegals.

[@liatmarmur4368]

The Royal family if they haven't started already could start paying tax like every other bloody citizen in the UK.

[@talk2flonow261]

We were always taught that all these other countries like England and Australia were so dignified and glorious but the internet is exposing that all these modern world economies are alike, modern day slavery and exploitation of working class poor for the benefit of the rich. Meanwhile young people are so hypnotized by the social media that they don’t realize that they will never reach the level of stability their parents had. Most parents don’t even have the ability to tell their kids the truth about it. They just let them live at home knowing they can’t afford to pay their own way. 😞😭🥺

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

Heineken

[@BG-wm2tw]

Dignified and glorious? Australia is stolen land from its native people and Uk became rich by invading occupying and imposing its brutal exploitation thru its evil empire. Both committed crimes against humanity with impunity. What glorious are you talking about? You seem to confuse crimes against humanity with dignity and glory. Where did you learn such distorted version of history?

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

Young people certainly do realize it. I'm 31 and would never have a kid. Imposing the future that awaits on anyone is just cruelty.

[@lee00402]

@@BG-wm2tw Well said and fully agree. Just lookup the list of (former) colonies to see how Britain has misused their naval power centuries ago to invade/claim other’s territories. ‘God made us mighty’ they sing. No, it was your gunpowder that made you mighty. The irony is that Britain is now being invaded by rubber boats on the English Channel, also known as the Channel by the non-British.

[@bakielh229]

@@zuzanazuscinova5209 you're Czech

[@cheryla2557]

As quoted by Gerald Celente👉”When people lose everything and have nothing left to lose, they lose it”…this quote rings so true now as mega millions of people in crisis and things are getting worse!

[@nicolejennings8389]

Freedoms just another word for nothing left to lose

[@cindymar1606]

In reality we grow poorer and they grow richer- the gov., higher ups,etc., etc.

[@mardikermardiker8514]

This is how capitalistic system works. Nothing is unusual.

[@carinarilk89]

​@@mardikermardiker8514Have a look of Soros foundations!

[@StereotypedMe_]

Inflation is making the world miserable and slowly dying ..

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

Money is losing its value at a breakneck speed

[@Soundpj]

My God the restaurant guy....is an unsung Angel....no doubts

[@nukeacitrus883]

Mark and Abby are such wonderful people! ❤

[@Korschtal]

Brilliant documentary. It's sad that the UK's own media doesn't want to talk about this. I left the UK 20 years ago; ironically I now work in the social sector in germany doing some of the things shown here, but I'm part of a system that's at least functioning and not based on goodwill.

[@joeduffy3309]

The UK media is complicit in all this, it was them that pushed Brexit and all its lies

[@CouncilofOneElectronic]

I lived there for several months. To be honest I found Germany to be an incredibly boring place and found the people very dull and materialistic but their social system at least functions to some degree. Makes Britain look 3rd world in most respects.

[@VikingNewt]

sounds like you didnt fit very well with the locals, but then you never did send us your best either. it appalls me that you can let things get so bad and still claim to have the name "great" anything other than disappointment. @@CouncilofOneElectronic

[@rebeccadelbridge2998]

"trickle down economics" always seems to work when there is a defecit, never with a surplus. Interest rates have skyrocketed here in Australia. As a result my rent has gone up and, being on a disability pension, this resulted in me having to cancel the charities i was contributing to, among other things. This is capitalism.

[@plerpplerp5599]

Trickle-down economics is where the super rich piss on you from a great height and tell you it's raining.

[@dumuzi9662]

Well, the deficit usually only came up in infrastructure expansion or industry revolution. Trickle down thrives when consumers have money to spend on wants and "infrastructure expansion" adding a car, a new roof. Now they're stalling out to keep the ends met. It's silly.

[@sylviam6535]

No, this is trying to boost the economy with super low interest rates and cheap debt, which creates inflation and asset bubbles.

[@rustyshackleford2719]

You have a centrally planned interest rate, you have enormous government intervention in the economy yet you blame capitalism. Everything good in your life is because of free market innovation.

[@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv]

I come from across the pond, Dutch. Our prime minister (right wing) was asked: if people can't afford electricity and heating in their homes, what are your plans for that? Prime Minister, that's not even a problem, if necessary I will make companies and rich people pay more tax so that we can compensate lower incomes. And so far, there are no problems Capitalist,my ancesters were the founding fathers. But it works.

[@nicolem5626]

These companies are the real governing bodies deciding prices. There’s no reason for them to prize gouge.

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

Consequences of dying currency’s and tremendous wealth inequality

[@maxwellhill4754]

In the UK nannies cost $120 per day but an executive at a car company makes $80/day what the hell

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

An executive with two employees

[@codzy3532]

my christian uncle said grow your own vegetables at least they wont be sprayed they be yours abundantly tomatoes grow them there dear in the shops potatoes pumpkins carrots i am our electricity food rent over here in australia is high too worldwide id say sad how its become

[@donaldmiller8629]

@codzy3532 , Did you notice that you have a socialist government that you no longer can vote out of office ? It is the same thing in the UK , the US and Canada as well . The socialist leadership are becoming billionaires while the common people can not afford to live ! It may be approaching the time for a world wide revolution against Socialism !

[@David-og7di]

David Cameron needs to have a WANTED BOUNTY PAID placed on his head for what he did to this country

[@samdasilva1914]

Tony Blair also. It was his government who introduced the zero hours contracts, which has left millions of workers without financial stability and allowed many companies to profit enormously from it.

[@kiwigirljacks]

Bravo to those everyday people helping others. Hollow words from a King who sits on a golden throne but does absolutely nothing for his ‘subjects’. Get rid of the monarchy!!!!

[@nthperson]

Britain's problem today remains the same as it has always been: landed privilege. The problem goes back many centuries when the first deeds to land were created and land became a commodity to be bought, sold and used as collateral for borrowing. Landed interests in Britain saw to it that almost all revenue raised to pay for public goods and services (and the military required to build an imperial empire) came for producers and not the landed. None other than Adam Smith described the problem quite well in "The Wealth of Nations." No one in power listened. The liberals in the early 20th century tried to get the landed to pay their fair share. They failed. Margaret Thatcher ended the public subsidy of housing in Britain, adding millions of British households (at least nominally) to the landed class. However, their adult children and immigrants faced the worsening problem of every-rising land prices that translated into less and less affordability for housing of any sort. The solution: Give Britain's communities the authority to impose an annual tax on whatever land is held equal to the land's potential annual rental value, while exempting most housing and other buildings from the tax base. Land prices will fall, inflation will disappear. Edward J. Dodson, Director School of Cooperative Individualism www.cooperative-indiidualism.org

[@aalb1873]

Super rich people don’t means a country is rich: it’s always the opposite.

[@kittensugars]

Those prepaid power boxes are common, at least in the Phoenix, AZ region. The power company doesn't automatically install them, you have to ask. I did not mind keeping track of my usage, but I don't remember it costing a higher rate.

[@STLPLAYB0Y]

I live in Phoenix and the prepaid boxes are actually a little bit cheaper than the annual monthly energy charge

[@Keithlfpieterse]

WELCOME TO THE "JOYS" OF NEO-LIBERALISM! The situation in The Netherlands is VERY similar to that in the UK....excluding Brexit of course!

[@dujestancic7758]

how about electrical companies producing electricity by burning coal it will make electricity cheaper or on nuclear power. Green transition rising energy costs

[@mardikermardiker8514]

I would rephrase that saying "joys" of capitalism that more reflects our reality.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@mardikermardiker8514 Better than the joys of socialism that Venezuelans and North Koreans have.

[@mardikermardiker8514]

@@shauncameron8390 Are you sure that Venezuela and NK have socialism?

[@shauncameron8390]

@@mardikermardiker8514 Are you sure they don't?

[@evolancer211]

Mark should be a hero in Britain

[@xuimod]

They voted for Brexit so they also voted for bigger inflation. Pro-Brexit people actually thought Brexit was without consequences lol.

[@laurijohnson7754]

Thank goodness for some of the people who give back and care

[@dusklvr]

Same issues in Canada, many dying of suicide and poverty. My times coming soon too. Too ill to work, too poor to survive.

[@dfuk66]

You will be fine. .work smarter not harder

[@kel7588]

You go Charlotte, I hope and pray you can make a difference no matter how big or small, it's still a victory. 👊🏽💥🙌🏽

[@MidwestMoe]

Great production. I learned a lot here.

[@janhansen6195]

This is now happening all over the world even in my country which is Norway, the queues for food banks just keep getting bigger and bigger, the government in Norway doesn't care about the poor either, food prices have doubled here too and people have next to no money, many people are starving and it is clear that the government here has failed in a so-called welfare society. and Norway has more than enough money to be able to take care of its people but this is politics the rich get richer and the poor get poorer

[@SGLIgna]

WEF: you will own nothing and you will be happy

[@carinarilk89]

And now, the WHO PHARMA is coming with a new Injektion. 😢 Thank you Gates foundations

[@AnjaPetersen-od3zb]

This is really heartbreaking😥!! I love the Uk and I wish I could just pop over and be a voluntary...we have problems here in Germany , too, but not THAT bad! May God bless all the volunteers and help them never to give up❤❤❤

[@timevisualizer]

Thanks for your video.

[@davidcunningham2074]

who gets rich when they print money- the rich! Who gets rich from inflation- the rich!

[@human8454]

Stop wasting your tax payers money on your old king 👑.

[@cynthiamurray9421]

Love this idea of the Dr. It's a social but also exercise. Great Dr.!

[@hazyazy9543]

I left UK in 2005 and left the States in2009 and stay in Hongkong. Can’t imagine what happening now

[@aspen1606]

And you went to hong kong which is worse than both?

[@legendarykeyboardwarrior8364]

Wondering why downing streat and parliament is walled gated and guarded by big guns when their country's borders are wide open 🤔 almost like goverment officials don't trust others with security of them and their families.. interesting

[@kimberleygirl7533]

Same in Australia. We have been eviscerated by the wealthy.

[@joanneburford6364]

Not as bad as the UK or the US.

[@carinarilk89]

​@@joanneburford6364But the Great Reseat is working worldwide. Today, USA, UK, and tomorrow the others country. Nobody defens poor people. Only the rich will be happy!

[@DownInFraggleRock977]

​@@joanneburford6364it's the same here. It's the Aussie cultural way to say " she will be right mate. A lot are suffering and not asking for help. The help is limited. Our suicide rates for men, farmers, veterans is the truth teller. It sux here

[@Expectation0123]

Are you sure ?Take a look at the inflation in Turkey

[@ethansolomon6254]

Unfortunately, it's the same in the United States. Millions of Americans work daily and can't afford a decent place to live.

[@vickimarlene4905]

The pizza man is wonderful. So many people he helps. Bless. ❤❤❤❤

[@vickimarlene4905]

@@Michael-bf1dt thanks Michael. Kind of you. Greetings from Australia.

[@vickimarlene4905]

@@Michael-bf1dt hi Michael. 2.37 am here in Oz. How r u doing?

[@vickimarlene4905]

@@Michael-bf1dt I’m ok. It’s 0322 now here. Bedtime. Bit late I know. Nice and comfy.

[@vickimarlene4905]

@@Michael-bf1dt hi Michael. I’m here. It’s late but I’m still awake. Cosy on my bed. Have a wonderful day. 😀

[@vickimarlene4905]

@@Michael-bf1dt I have to go to sleep Michael. It’s 0422 here. Very late or early. lol.

[@human8454]

Wo*st thing is the royal family's expenses are covered under the Sovereign Grant and the latest official figures put that at £86 million ($106 million), or about $1.60 from every U.K. citizen. But they do not have money for their poor people.

[@fabledreamor]

I have learned to be strong. You must be a fighter to live in this world. Don't victimize yourself. You can get above your current economic hardship. Start doing little things that improve your physical state. Workout to improve your healthy; it automictically take care of your mental health. Do whatever it takes to make yourself feel abundance, it can be anything. If you have land, grow food. The external world will be a refection on your inner world. As above, so below!

[@hyperborean72]

My heart bleeds... poor Britain, poor British people. How one can survive at 8 С at home ... And waiting for 13 weeks for the appointment at the doctor's is outrageous. "Disengaging state" is a nightmare. I honestly feel very sorry for these ordinary people who always suffer first. We in Russia suffer from our idiots too (and probably 2024 will be worse than 2023) but at least not to this extent. And all the best to Danny, Catriona, Mark and many other people who volunteer to help

[@lisahertel2415]

That’s “free” healthcare for ya

[@upadhyayrathiraj1518]

Britain is poor since they lost all their colonies. This means, "No more loot!"

[@miramirror2383]

The UK can actually afford to help these people, but they cannot afford to keep subsidising the money pit of a 'royal family', giving tax cuts to the rich, allowing people to charge rent that is unattainable, etc.

[@yfhello]

I think king should go if he can't solve problems he should go he is not paying any taxes too

[@henrysantos121]

*This was a excellent videos*

[@andysgriff1965]

So glad i left the UK, I couldnt image ever going back, such a depressing place.

[@testos2701]

We are right behind you Britain, the USA is going to crash with you all, you are not alone, the sad part is that no one is doing a dang thing about it. I hope it don't get too ugly and that many lives are lost in the process.

[@dianarendon5845]

Though the US has its issues too like homelessness and such, but the US has much more resources and social/welfare programs to help the poor than the UK.

[@andreclark2472]

@@dianarendon5845In the US it feels like we’re helping more illegal immigrants and sending money to other countries than helping the homeless that are US citizens. The US is projected to spend billions on illegal immigration and US citizens can’t even get free healthcare.

[@keo6229]

I agree!! the people need to call out politicians and corporations!!! They are causing this problems!!!!

[@dimitrismeramveliotakis9971]

Lived in england for 21 years from 1982 to 2002. mostly through the thacher years. I love uk and its constitution. but what is happening to uk will makes thacher turn on her grave. what a sad pitifull state of affairs. what have they done to this country. such a kind country and i have been to alot of them. all because some fools took over the country. god bless the eu.

[@plerpplerp5599]

Thatcher's vision was that everyone should own a house so that they could sell it when they needed health care. It's her myopic view of economics that started this, and subsequent governments have carried on the good work.

[@marleneMS]

What constitution? They haven't got a written one and what isn't written down can be changed by the government/parliament of the day. The actually do that, haven't you noticed yer?

[@needmoreramsay]

GOD BLESS YOU MARK !!🙏🙏

[@khankrum1]

Uncontrolled migration is not helping either! " Let them eat cake" has been the catalyst for more than one revolution!

[@samallardyce2522]

meanwhile, Kingg Charles & his consort sitting in a private jet, drinking champagne and asking everyone what is a poverty?

[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

This is really really good. People have finally woken up to the fact that collectively THEY hold great Power. Don't pay!

[@laurajames723]

This is what happens when people vote for CON-servative parties. I always say anyone who is not rich, voting for CON-servatives is like chickens voting for Colonel Sanders.

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

🐔 Chicken voting for colonel Sanders, 😄😁😆😅🤣😂

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

God will certainly require at the hands of the powerful and the wealthy, how the least among us are and have been treated. It truly does matter.

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

👁👁 If you think, mistakenly may I add, that the poor are better off in any communist country, please look around. Do your homework first. Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, and others come to mind. Open your eyes.

[@rustyshackleford2719]

LOL there is no right wing party in the UK.

[@laurajames723]

@@heidimisfeldt5685 I'm not thinking of communist countries like the ones you mentioned. They do no good either for their citizens. I'm talking about a Centre Left social democracy like we have here in Canada with strong safety nets. As I'm sure you can see..either extreme to the left or to the right is just as harmful.

[@sleepyjoe7518]

This was the natural state for Anglo Saxons before the "discovery" of India. Anglo-Saxons, work your backs off because "revenues" wont arrive from "crown jewel".

[@trydowave]

What planet are you from?

[@carinarilk89]

​@@trydowaveIndia, Africa, Australia and more The English Colonies?

[@trydowave]

@@carinarilk89 I was merely alluding to the fact that your typical Englishman and their family got bugger all from the crown jewel (whatever that means) even at the peak of the empire. Even gandhi was appalled at the poverty he found in the east end. But please go on and perpetuate the lie that all anglo saxons some how benefited from colonialism. Personally I'd rather live the life of a Mexican farmer than your average englishman in a grimey industrialised victorian Britain or worse yet one of its workhouses. From a brit. Or is that, downtrodden victim of our once colonial Roman masters?

[@skyabhinav1]

@sleepyjoe rightly said

[@carinarilk89]

​@@skyabhinav1He is crazy! He must go home at once.

[@needmoreramsay]

They should have said they're from Syria or morroco. They'd have a 4 star hotel room.

[@carinarilk89]

The same in Italy, Germany and Switzerland. The Green and Red Party with the WEF

[@marleneMS]

​@@carinarilk89what utter TOSH!!