UK's Poorest Families hit Hardest by Recession and Austerity
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- A leading British charity warns that 3.5 million children in the United Kingdom are growing up below the poverty line, while the divide between rich and poor continues to accelerate faster than anywhere else in the developed world.
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When you think about it, our real problems are colleges and universities. They make their classes so overpriced so that the poor can't afford it. It is why people born poor stay poor. And as the housing prices increase, the university prices stay the same.
It is more than just colleges and universities charging.
The UK government is spending too much money and in turn they are then taxing the people to pay for this.
And what this does it removes money from peoples pockets that they cannot spend in the economy which creates jobs.
A large part of it is the job market too. Many employers outsource for cheaper rates, want younger and cheaper employees and degrees seem to mean nothing for many job applications and even go against you if you try to get a customer service job. If you have a gap due to illness, it's really really hard to get work and most of the industries outside of London were stripped away from the Thatcher era onwards, leaving few industries but customer service and health care in more of the poorest areas. Add onto that poorer health in poverty stricken areas, increasing mental health issues and addictions and it's no wonder so many people are struggling to find their footing. I have ten years work experience in customer service and an English degree and I cannot get a job in Subway after leaving a previous job due to mental health issues. There is little to no support for people with mental health to aide them back into the job market and/or to find a promising career path where I live.
the nation is wealthy, the people are not
make business, contribute to Britain, think think think think and you will be wealthy :) where is the problem?
True words.
@@vytautasdzindzirbekeris3784 Britain is not set up like that!
The people need to get something called a ‘ job ‘
a DIY Car Guy Speak for yourself.
OMG why don't the government give that mom money she I'll for Christ sake her kids NEED food what the hell is wrong with this world
Ceira Mortimer the rich don't give a shit about the poor.
My mum was awesome bless her. Dad cheated on her, they divorced, then her mum passed away and I was awful as a child. Still she traveled 100 miles everyday and got a degree in social care and taught Piano lessons in the evenings to give us more money, they stayed up all night writing her essays for university, and got the best marks in the class despite all the stress in her life. I made her life hard and so did my brother and dad. She was a super woman. I love you mum and I miss you very much
So, it too 9 decades for Save the Children fund to realise that there are poor children on their own soil? No wonder why the Island is a hole.
buggeroff Prague, Czech Rep.......and your dump? lolol
Does the Royal family watch this documentary?
Why should they? Are you going to be donating any of your money to these poor people? Get over yourself and get off your high horse loser
@@tomjackson2861 asshole
@@tomjackson2861 He could even get off a horse, indeed, but still he will not be the Ruler of a State.
Tom Jackson fuck off
It's politicians who need to watch this not royalty. Our royalty has very little power.
That’s the same horrible thing that’s happening in America it’s horrible. The bank and government made all this shit happened but the bank get a bailout what about our bailout
There are poor people living in the UK very poor some starving without food banks I've seen it it's not nice while the rich get richer & the middle classes moaning about pennies & that they will never fit into upperclass society it just makes me sick those who deny it have never seen it .
But taxpayers can bail out the banks & corp
The key to ending poverty is education. However once you are trapped in the cycle of poverty it is hard to break out.
London = Hell
Stonehenge = Heaven
foodbanks, people are only allowed to use them three times a year,how helpful is that,its disgusting when government live so well,rich as f c and they don't care
Kim Smith here here
Yeah , when you fall on hard times , the state doesn't give a shit !
Working conditions at some places are shocking !
The food banks are fantastic ! Thanks to them !
Maybe they should stop giving money to the Queen, an expensive figurehead...
this is a crime against humanity, how dare the government let this happen
Why don't the shops give food they don't sell to the people that need it. and clothes I think if some goverment worker made a law that nothing useable can be thrown away it would make our country use the wasted products useable even like charity shops people could go to a place where they can purchase beds blankets ect for free .
plus in england you got that 'training' custom where the employers make you work and they dont have to pay you the hours worked becuase he was training you!! they 'train' you to wash dishes and if heshe dont like the way you use the soup they send you home without paying a nickel. what da fuck is that! In america you make me work for 2 hours you pay 2 hours wheter you liked or not the way a worked.
Thank you Margarete Thatcher, your legacy lives on
The saddest thing is that the trend of proverty is increasing, rather than decreasing. An increasing gap between rich and poor also continues. So sad.
I always believed the UK and Europe was like a paradise ... I'm just going to stay here ... I love this country
I wish it was a paradise. We have some good things too but a lot of the poverty isn't shown when it comes to Britain. There is a huge class divide and always has been Can I come and live there lol?
10.11 'the gap between the rich and poor is greater than in Charles Dickens' time! Really?
Families and the community need to come together and help each other.
She is ill and should be shown compassion 😔
uk govt is busy in helping and giving benifits for non european immigrants who are not eligible for that...most of the non european immigrants are working full time secretly and claming benifits... very sad to say..
Muslims do this a lot, but not all of them do not get me wrong....
shan hami You are a dangerously dellusional racist! Individual.
Sebastian Sivillica its not racist its just facts broo i seen this happening all over UK but bear in mind not ALL of them do this...
shan hami yup, you blame the immigrants and continue to be blind to the actual perpetrators of this scandal... the government
shan hami you r right, when I lived in England, I saw that first hand. Among places I lived in, I lived in Bradford for 2 years and people assumed as I’m not British that it’s ok for them to tell me how they scam the government for benefits. They all worked under the table and got money from work but claimed benefits. They also hated white British people (called them pigs, infidels etc). It was shocking to me to see how stupid the government is in giving them everything. They are experts in manipulating the system. Some married couple claimed they r divorced in order to claim more benefits.
Anyone who wants to work but cannot due to illness, should be helped until they get better. Anyone who doesn't want to work, should not. It's that simple.
If you actually cared about these people, stop blaming the royal family and actually help them!
Same thing going on here in the US! It's a disgrace! Both countries should be ashamed!
This seems exactly like the U.S. economy. .. except, we have no universal health care.
Zero contract hours, are a result of people not joining trade unions, when they had the chance, and when they had some power left.
Anton Jankovic, Very true.
Austerity takes from the POOR WORKERS and gives it to the BANKERS AND CORPORATIONS. Greece is a good example what will happen in UK.
It's disgusting that we have stories like this when we arguing so much money to other countries
Thats just horrible. I live in a very decent area living a normal life; my parents are fine and so are my siblings, it's very sad too see children in great need. I've been donating money quite alot to charities - this might be on my list aswell.
2016 nothing has change, there is work but the pay is very weak.
What ever happened to victory gardens? Get the neighborhood together and start growing food!
Michael Reither I do that!
That would be amazing!!!
Everybody used to have some man in the family who had an allotment in Scotland. When I was growing up - it was a life saver! Thank god for my uncle. I still remember dipping rhubarb in sugar and home made raspberry jam x
This story mirrors life here in the U.S. for many families..greed is the cause of this on both accounts...
Foolish spending? Based on what? Maybe you haven't noticed, but hardly anyone is hiring at a decent wage anymore.
Maybe if we had a sense of community as British people we might actually do something about it.
Its 10 years on and its worse now
It hasnt improved here in 6 years. There are people today having their benefits readjusted because there is now the universal payment and some of them have had their payments stopped for weeks due to bodge ups by the benefits agency. Others are sanctioned(the payments cut or withheld) for not turning up to the job centre appointment due to such ridiculous things as the bus was late and they couldnt make their time slot, Some get a low paying job and lose the whole of a benefit which was the only thing keeping them above water. Shop workers are paid a pittance. Zero hour contracts mean a person is classed as employed but might not actually get any paid work(but it looks great for the reduced unemployment figures) . Interns are expected to work for no income at all. Apprentices are taken on for ridiculous professions and are paid about 3 pounds an hour which is less than half the legal minimum wage.
Colleges and universities, what about looking at the money spent on the so called royal family. Just a thought.
The average spend on Welfare in the UK is still less than 8% of GDP. Cuts in the Welfare budget will do nothing for the UK debt situation, but will cause missery for many who have to rely on it for no reason whatsoever.
I am starting to think poverty is an idea. What's being termed poor here is middle class where I come from. It's the margin between Rich and poor we should worry about.
Meanwhile back in Buckingfuck Palace....
well said, people in poor eastern countries can often grow their own food, in the UK there are many who simply cannot afford it let alone have the space, time or knowledge to grow it
This is so sad to hear and see.It is 21 century for fuck sake,something needs to be done as soon as possible.
No excuse for cruelty , if all that energy and resource was put into combating the exploitation of the working poor we would have as close to full employment as one can get. Why not force unethical employers to raise working standards , improve OH&s or is that to hard for you tough boy.
Since it's been like 3 years is the woman free from cancer??What happened to her?
Like the guy in the film Platoon said, "The rich fucking over the poor... always have, always will.
this is bad, i did not know that poverty could get this bad in the UK. i guess first world people can have real problems as well.
First world, are you for real?
The country is supporting other countries yet can't feed their own, so annoying when people have to cut back on food!
Left school at 15 yrs of age in order to bring in money for food , clothes , heating , and other essentials , you got an excuse for and answer as to why the working poor should remain working poor with hard work as no way out.
This is so wrong. It hurts to watch.
The Charities who commission these 'so called' reports pay their Directors huge amounts of money, hundreds of thousands a year.
A far cry from what the Jetsons portrayed. Does anyone else see this condition as appalling?
yes
Didn't the Duke of Windsor's desk go up for sale, the one where he abdicated. Where did that money go?
The Chinese one child policy seems good now..
My best friend is British and is 12.. (Im 11) he lives in Chorley near blackpool... Is poverty bad there?
No, I just hate hearing pointless comments about it
Here in the states it's the same rent is 1,700 dollars and the wage is 8.00 a hour .sometimes I don't have anything to eat or money for gas no boby care about us we are all alone in this horrible world ,I m one of these people I know what's its like to go to bed hungry .
I think the example of that woman with leukemia shows how lucky we have it. Free healthcare, 2 unemployed people able to get support to keep rent payed and food. We should really get a grip and realise the situation in other countries
I felt very sorry for June Wing and her family, I would like to tell June to apply for p.i.p I am certain she would be eligible for it and hope her treatment works soon.
Its evident that humans are nuts. Give perks for a few to live lavishly and fight the scrums that the poor asked for. Totally backward thinking
+Barry Telesford It won't end well.
Scrums as in bread scrums
But you do understand the point right
Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?
Oh my friend you dont get it! they dont care, its all about money my friend, your livelihood isnt important to them!
You and your channel are so brave
Meanwhile 3rd worlders : first time?
Then if you go foodbank too much social services get involved so how is it helpful when you're chastised for it?
He is a really good husband. He looks extremely healthy. A woman is often times the backbone of the family so why not make sure she is nourished to some degree? Why not at least give her a fourth of the portion. Sad Case
I wonder how many we have to eat before they put up wages?
Its shocking
I'm 14 and my mom tries to get a job and my dad died 2009 my family is poor too I only have 2 meals sometimes 1 or even 0 meals
+Anthony Clekbmentumu So how are you managing to be online?
+Anthony Clekbmentumu Well , I hope that you will work hard in school to ensure that you may have decent life afterwards.
+Audrone Padervinskaite no my parents don't smoke or drink
You liar, you are eating cheeseburguer everyday and playing games with your expensive video card.
WFT!!! Why she has 7 children if she can not afford them???
The thing is there is nothing saying the rest of humanity can't do something about this. It doesn't take a whole lot of effort to lend your hand towards helping them. You know it won't last much longer because my prayers are going out to you all and God has blessed me and now i pray he blesses you all. We need to stand up and end hunger and poverty.
There are food banks and clothes banks,,no need to worry!
The world is weird and life is weird.
This is very true.
And what does the Queen have to do with day-to-day policymaking?
True again, but I guess it depends on how you define poverty. The current Job-seeker Allowance for a single person in the UK is £62 per week, and that's supposed to pay for your food, housing, heating, clothing, transport, everything. I would defy anyone to live adequately on that pittance. Don't forget we're the 6th richest country in the world so you wouldn't expect to see the same levels of misery as in some broke, fly-ridden shit hole in Africa or the far east.
this is sad this world need to change how can one of the rich country in the world be in this hardship it not right
Meanwhile back in the US, Amercian people applaud Union busting and critize those who organize to demand fair wages and standard of living.
There is and if youd like to see him search UA-cam for "UK's disabled latest victims of austerity"
funny, you can find poor families living in rich countries like UK, and millionaires living in poor countries like Bolivia, Nigeria. The system in this world is totally a mess
Just to let you know I NEVER give to food banks, tell them to get rid of their sat dishes hahaha
to bad when the uk bond market collapses which how crazy the people become
look she is on a lot of money she gets 1000 a month .DLA .I know she's sick but I'm on pension credit and get nothing to what she gets.
this is UK today.
Where can I donate to help?
What the **** is happening in GB ?
The kids didn't ask to be born this is Britain we need to invest more to the British kids take money from the most rich like the queen with all that African bling. being poor is not a crime why should they suffer. its so sad..
Anothe fact , rich people are not safe from the poor.
OFF with the royal's head. whoosh...
I agree anyone who fiddled the system to get more than they need is wrong. But its not the massive number the government is saying it is. The charity Save The Children is now asking for donations to help starving kids in Britain. People with disabilities like cerebral palsy are now told they are fit for work and need to be out looking for a job for at least 4 hours every day. Bit hard when they can hardly walk let alone work.
I was so poor I ate water with oats every day I dropped to 7 stones I couldn’t feed myself and give my daughter the nutrition she needed .
we pay a Lord 300 a day Queens pay going up the poor are shit on
I say keep as school learn get a good job
Oh i am calm nice glass of champers saw to that haha
I commend your hard work , i did hard work as well , 12 hours , 7 days ,24 hour rotating roster , non stop work environment. The work environment had many iliegal oh&s of public concern further adding to the stress , 22 years of it. I am now unemployed and finding it difficult , the 22 years bought no respect , i am treated like shit.
thank you god help you everyone
People shouldn't be equal, it is the way of life, there are people that are rich and there are people that are poor, it's just a fact