The UK women dealing with a cost of living crisis
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- Опубліковано 18 кві 2023
- As the UK economy is crippled by inflation and soaring food and fuel prices, women are bearing the brunt of the cost of living crisis.
But why is this?
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Research has found women earn less, have less wealth, are more likely to be in debt and are buying more of the things that cost more because of inflation.
Experts describe women as the ‘shock absorbers’ of poverty, they are often primary caregivers, unable to work longer hours due to expensive childcare fees - going without for the sake of their family.
Channel 4 News follows a single mum, a woman working in the care sector, and a the founder of a charity supporting women of colour. They are all confronted with deepening inequality and an uncertain future.
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People running these charities and food banks are the real heroes of our age.
If only it wasn't a small few who were decent human beings
Have you noticed they are mostly obese and the people using them on these poverty porn tv programmes are mainly obese?
What about the people that give the food
Animals I think
@@Dhb61they don’t think like that. Only if you are physically giving people food do you deserve respect it’s stupid really but this is social media people who give productive stuff don’t get respect
It is very hard to live in the UK on one income per household no matter if you are male or female.
yes, of course, but if u have children to raise is a little bit harder
I love living here. It's a rare laugh 🙄
@@micheladerry5681 not really as the UK has family allowances, and extra benefits for them and prioritises ( rightly) anything needed if children are involved!
Well said
Men have children to raise also.@@micheladerry5681
Single people find it hard too. It’s not easy having a lot of roommates
Interesting. Can you explain more? I thought since they all split everything, it’s easier.
@@gailainsley6939 yes financially it is cheaper but there is lack of privacy , different levels of cleanliness, use of bathroom time clashing, items getting stolen, you cannot control who they bring into the house, noise levels is does someone play music till midnight , less security, breaching contract etc
@@daliaa5294 ure right, its unbearable. I feel lucky to have a house of my property and nobody going around
yea man, i have asthma and i was forced to leave the apartment, they were suspecting it to be contagious
@@Ksl9393...asthma contagious?! What a bunch of dimwits 🤯
As a divorced father with 50:50 childcare I feel it as much as any of my female friends. Why do we have to seek out diversity or inclusivity issues within an issue that’s already a nightmare
Its harder for a single parent to work and take care or children. We all have the same problems and the gov want to break family life
@@sarai5467 so they can replace with _________
Nobody cares about men
the news media is like this. The more negative it is, the more we watch. They like to divide us
absolutely
It's hard for everyone not just single mothers... what about single people with no kids???? No government department is responsible for housing you...at least single mothers have to be housed by law.... I'm a single woman working every shift I can... only to see most of it go on private sector rental!!!! No subsidised housing for me!!Lots of my colleagues are working full time and having to flat share, some are in their forties! It's hard for everyone.
yikes! i mean could you not get a mortgage on a studio flat instead? the payment is often cheaper than rent and at least you’re on the housing ladder and have security.
Exactly!! Childfree people have rights to!! We are struggling to stay home and afford rent, food, bills and nobody seems to care for you unless you get pregnant
@@danh5637 irresponsible breeding has to be paid for by the childless responsible? They have wars to pay for - far more important
Deadbeat single mums should all be out in a hostel and properties should be given to working people. These single mums have children every 2/3 years but somehow are still single mums.
@@MarionPetterson But people with kids, have more mouth to feed. imagine looking out for outsold have to feed yourself, versus have to feed you, plus 1,2,3,4, kids .
It's difficult for men as well. Many people are struggling with high costs. Male and Female.
I totally agree with you
I Agree with you too.
True, both in the lower income bracket are struggling however women generally have more expenses then men. Basic hygiene products such as soap, deodorant. disposable razors, body spray and hair care products geared towards women are more expensive then those gear towards men. Haircuts for women are also more expensive then men because generally there is more work involved. On top of that, biology also plays a role. Women have to pay extra money for feminine products such as tampons or pads, while men do not. Life is more expensive if your a woman.
@@billijomaynard8924 you missed out tattoos, mascara etc. running a car. Lower wages.
@@billijomaynard8924 stop blaming women's "extra expenses" on men, in fact, most women kinda shift their financial burdens onto their male spouse/partner, they even think that is the rightful thing to do as a female -- being a gold-digger.
It’s okay. King Charles will have his multimillion pound coronation. No poverty here.
Lol. Love it. The royals sure are greedy scum
All the peasants will out, tugging their forelocks☺️
It’s preposterous!
There is no poverty here, only inequality. Go to India and Brazil to experience real poverty.
@@kevinsyd2012 True. Brits winge about first world problems
I'm a single woman in Ireland housesharing. I was paying the same for a single room as my friends(that are a couple) are paying for a mortgage together on a house. I was house sharing with 3 other people. The housemates ages were 50, 46, 32 and 30. None of us wanted to houseshare.
The Government has to build homes at affordable prices with Government loans to buy them. Cut out the Developers and Builders and s.....t Landlords.
@@user-ih9dg3uz5y
Developers and builders are the reason any housing is built at all. Government doesn't build anything themselves. They off the jobs to private firms and contractors.
@user-ih9dg3uz5y Councils don't build bew homes anymore. The only houses that are built are designed for the super rich
What a backward society
Get a husband
move home to mummy and daddy looser
It's harder for everyone. It's all around us.
ABSOLUTELY...........I was just thinking THAT.........what about single people all round regardless of having kids or not..........what about old people.............why is it .........its NOT just single parents..........
.p.s.........I,ll probably get clobbered for saying what i,m about to say etc..................maybe some of them SHOULD of used contraception.......its TRUE.............although you can,t tar them all with same brush...............
@Alison Laing if you are single you can easily get another job and only take care of yourself.
That’s not true. People with asset profit from this. Only people who are already poor become poorer.
ure right. Why all us people, taxpayers, workers, have to live with this? Its not our fault, and so?
"A good 70% goes straight to my rent." That's brutal!
Wow working to rent
Is that the money she gets from benifuts
Greedy landlords no affordable social housing.
Why don’t people just buy a house like I did? I’ve never understood that
@@kevincowan2639 Because if your rent is more than half wage, or more how do you save for a deposit ? Common sense people battle with this issue. Most people live from month to month even with two wages coming in, we needed help with our deposit from family and the help to buy scheam.
Watching from Australia, fellow single parent. Thankyou. Stay strong everyone.
Why aren’t these men that fathered these kids and are not contributing being forced to help pay for them? I have new understood why the UK has never made them financially accountable for their responsibilities. It’s always left to the mothers and tax payers to foot the bill.
Generations of Professional scroungers - filling the world with their professional scrounging off spring.
What makes you think this? Men go to court if they don't pay it's literally the law, they have to pay
@@billytheripper4 If they can be found that is.
@@user-sf7kl9uh7k it's a rare woman indeed who won't name someone on the birth certificate
Because for men it s easy, to leave his wife, abandon the kids and start a new life. Avoid alimony or pay little child alimony by hiding his wealth. happens so many time, what I witnessed. Women always are stuck, lands in poverty and has to have a stable income, plus feed the kids, plus pay the rent... It s too much. Whereas he, can abandon his kids and start a new life with new kids and new woman. Men don t consider the kids of his ex, as his kids.
I grew up in a single mother house, we were always poor, for years and years. Nothings changed.
Where was your dad?
@@billytheripper4 Both him and my mum were young and stupid. Not really much else I want to say.
I have a good relationship with him now as an adult since I contacted him a few years ago, and we hang out a lot, but not really a father son relationship. 20 years too late for that.
Sorry to ask but how is your situation now ? Is it still poor 😢 I am poor now,in lots.of debt I never was in the past though 😢
I wished I grew up poor because it would be easier to deal with my situation now 😢😢😢
@@NurulDysson Where is your dad?
@@billytheripper4 my dad passed away & my husband just abandoned us his family 😭 left the home
As a single father of 3 I beg to differ
Way to miss the point. As they said in the report, 90% of single parent households are led by women
Tough job you got too. But I think there are saying there may be more single mums than dads. But not under estimating your case though.
@@maneshipocrates2264 the reason they are single mom is their own fault since research indicates that 80%+ women initiated divorce
totally agree its not down to a persons gender
the forgotten few
Takeaway from this video: Don't have kids ladies, stay single and childfree and you'll be alright financially. Don't give any man the opportunity to leave you holding the baby! Studies show that marriage makes men happier and women less happy.
And be prepared to grow old alone by this logic.
Can you provide the link to this said study? All of my friends are married and I have never heard such nonsense
@@bryanmullings8544 cause all of those elderly people in homes have no children, do they?
Stay on birth control until menopause!
@@jenjones90 That's a society issue why children put their parents in homes, in a lot of countries they don't have this option.
Where are the men responsible for the children they helped create?
How do you know those men are not paying their part. Everything is not always mens fault you know.
Here we go again
@@morpheus1586 perhaps her point is that they probably are, but channel 4 is choosing not to give us that info.
@Jen Jones yea thays not what she is saying. Read it again.
Majority of men don’t want to be seen on tv talking about their family is struggling.
Don't have kids. Why would you want to bring another sufferer into this world? You can plainly see how hard life is. This is child abuse.
i quote u 100%
Even I don't want to live on this planet anymore. The human race makes living here an unbearable misery
well said
Then people will complain about low birth rates, make your mind up.
I'm not complaining about low birth rates. Pay attention. I believe people should take care of themselves in their old age. Not to have kids to take care of them. That's selfish.@@dorino9057
A new Charles Dickens is in the making!!
MORE???
Fucking scary 😢
It's affected women and children the most because their fathers all went out for a pint of milk and never came back
Women always get the custody in court and then the court only wants men to pay, if she was the one cheating I'd be gone too
@@hendrxno most men who apply for custody get some custody just not primary custody
Inflation hits people a lot harder than a crashing stock or housing market as it directly affects people's cost of living that people immediately feel the impact of. It's not surprising negative market sentiment is so high now. We really need help to survive in this Economy.
I think I could really use more guidance to navigate the market, it is completely overwhelming, I've liquidated most of my assets and I could really use some advice on what best to invest into.
Your best option if you are unfamiliar with the markets is to seek advice or help from a consultant or investing coach. I know it sounds simple or generic, but talking to a consultant helped me stay afloat in the market and increase my portfolio to roughly 65% since January. For me, it's the best method to enter the market right now.
@James Cooper My consultant is Amanda Katherine Leff I found her on a CNBC interview where she was featured and reached out to her afterwards. She has since provide entry and exit points on the securities I focus on. You can look her up online if you care supervision. I basically follow her trade pattern and haven't regretted doing so.
I have found the cost of utility bills crippling and trying to run a car. The government should be doing more to help people. The other issue is that prices will never fall, so we are all waiting for wages to catch up.
people should be planning ahead not going to the government for handouts all the time
Government are only bothered about lining their pockets and pockets of the rich.
@@eetwtszdfsregreshteshu but they are entitled.
Electricity and gas prices will fall by about £600 a year from July onwards.
im not paying your electric. get a job mate.
The problem is people being vastly uneducated on the effect having children has on you financially and how it effects future opportunities
It’s a complex issue and I wouldn’t label people as uneducated on the effects of having children. Sometimes ppl experience dramatic life events that change the course of their life which you can’t predict. And remember that it may seem sensible on a personal choice level, but the macro view is different. There aren’t enough children being born as it is. So, the resolution isn’t for ppl to just stop reproducing. The system is set up to exploit workforce for peanuts. We’re headed for a population collapse by the end of the century. Telling people to be ‘wiser’ about it means you’ll need to work way longer than you think because there will be very few working age people (relatively) to support your retirement. Double edged sword if you will.
I agree according to you Mr Tobias the value of a person lies in their education, I would strongly disagree. In fact lots of "uneducated people" are very reliable and help a lot to keep the societys values in place unlike people that have enough so they forget what it is to be a human
It doesnt have to be expensive, it is expensive for those used to a luxurious lifestyle, which most of us are, even many from the east.
This is why those from a less-luxurious background are more often able to live with 8 children, in the west, and survive
Wha?
@@kathleengordon5623 What do you mean?
I know several female single parents who works full time just like me but get more money than me every month by a significant degree via benefits. The cost of living crisis has nothing to do with sexism. It's to do with governmentel greed and corruption.
@@MyNameIsMissMe So have a child to equalise the situation?
But those money aren’t for the mums. They’re for the kids.
No, it's due to lazy single mums who expect the taxpayer to fund their lifestyle rather than the kids' fathers. It's too easy nowadays to blame the government for your own, self-inflicted problems.
I'm a single parent who works full-time and I'm not entitled to housing benefit due to my earnings. I get child benefit payment of approx £80 each month and about £600 of my son's £1,400 per month nursery fees reimbursed. And joining the wait list for a council property would be futile so I pay my £1,250 rent every month and budget whatever money is left for the remainder of the month. If my son doesn't attend nursery, then I can't work. Facts. If I didn't work, then I would be destitute living on Uninversal Credit. So please don't think being a single mother means you get more, because in my case, I don't.
@@Age_Of_Aquarius84 1,400 nursery fees reimbursed? ure lucky. Here in Italy u wont have any of what u say...
After my divorce the judge ordered we go 50-50 on the house.. He gave her the inside.. I got the outside.
A man should always have a garden shed, just in case...
This is why I will never get married
I bought my cheating ex out of the house. She took the money and spent it on men. Now I have 3 properties and she's online crying about how hard it is to be a woman. It gets waaaaay better.
@@blurtam188 Best news I've heard in ages.. Fair play to you brother 🙏❤️
@@blurtam188 😂🎉 Great.
Form a solid married relationship before having kids, rather than taking the kids away from the fathers and complaining they don’t have an income and have to rely on the taxpayers.
Abolish alimony. Abolish no-fault divorce.
The farther left
Unfortunately our system does not make it financially viable to be in a relationship either.
This is why, though I'm not married, have no children of my own, I have my own home, own car and full time job, no women are interested in having a relationship. This is because though they get little benefits as single parents, they would get even less if they got into a relationship.
I know plenty of local single mums that as much as they are currently struggling financially, they openly say they will never enter a relationship because of the money they would loose.
I know some single mums locally that though they struggle financially, they still get more money's worth in welfare and then other benefits such as housing benefit, council tax discount etc combined than what I get as a wage working full time for £28k per year but then have to pay full everything like mortgage.
Working does not pay enough in many cases and so people are trapped into a life of benefits to start with. An example of this is £28k per year in my northern town is a high wage but after all my bills I can't afford many luxuries and yet the woman who lives next door to myself that doesn't work has at least two foreign holidays per year and a top of the range BMW.
*85%* of the homeless are men.
00:16 _”Women most affected”_ 😂
Not sure what comparison you're trying to make?
Homelessness isn't the only indication of poverty.
There are women who may have a roof over their heads but not enough income to feed their kids. But you go off
I know plenty of women who have been homeless. What's your point, exactly?
@@kp361 read my comment again and hear from the time marker.
The question nobody asks……..”Why aren’t the fathers contributing to THEIR Children “!!!!!!!!
im from europe, my mother was single mom of 3, never got any help from our father, she worked 3 different jobs to pay for everything and feed us. but never i remember her complaining even we were very poor.
Who looked after you whilst she was at work? What if you have no family help and the child has disabilities?
The wording of the title makes it seem as if inflation is gendered and mainly discriminates women, rather it's just that more women are victims of a pain that is equal to all of us. It's harder for everyone.
Took the words right out of my mouth
Victim mentality at it's finest
Marxism in action 😂
The media at its finest making everything a gender and race issue .
I'm certain feminists will declare inflation a patriarchal plot designed by men to attack women?
Grew up poor Mum was a single parent, Dad had affairs, and refused to pay, in fact he gave up his job and got paid cash in hand. People on here living in luxury compared to what we had, no toys, no car, hardly any food, and clothes handmade. No food banks back then.
It effects everyone. Not just women.
I think its disgusting how people who live in this country are treated soo badly and have to use food banks just to get by yet this issue has been going on for years and as time goes by it only seems to be getting worse yet not mentioned much in the government announcements I feel are voices are not being listen to or heard and i think it's disgusting
If politicians spoke, honestly, they would admit that they don't give a damn about the plight of others. Just their ever expanding wallets
But, in order to save face with the voters, they hide behind lies
I could not agree with you more I'm disabled I'm not going to make a meal comments on that otherwise I might get arrested next year we have a chance to get rid of the people that have caused this meaning the conservative government if they do get in again then I suggest all disabled people either😢
Single full time Father in the same boat. Its not exclusively women.
Find all those absent fathers and sue them into the ground.
Put ALL fathers name on the birth certificate that way the government will garnish their wages for child support. This is how it is done in the US!
They probably don’t even have jobs. How can you sue a loser?
Sexist court system is biased against men, do they already get alimony/child support 😊😅
How about women pick men for their brains and not because he's 6'2?
Why its important to choose a good man.
Here's a tip: don't get children. It's not a right to have children. If you can't provide then don't be so selfish to get them anyway.
So only the rich should be able to have children? Everyone should have the opportunity to have children; to have kids is to be alive, it is very much a right as a living and breathing entity. Don't you think that instead of advising poor people to not have kids, we should be trying to improve living standards such that they can? To dismiss these people as "selfish" for having the desire to raise children of their own is disgusting and you really should try to gain a bit more perspective before casting your judgement on others so harshly. The act of having children is anything but selfish, in my opinion. Part of the reason we're in this situation is people in places of great power who share your warped mindset.
totally agree
western world already have an aging population and low birth rate who is going to pay your pension?
@@weird-guy my pension will already be paid for. I live in the Netherlands. We have a pension fund unlike any other country in the world
@@yoyoyoc3po don't have children until you are financially stable.
Ethnic minority's are always whingeing....it's hard for everyone not just you.....
Big respect to hull sisters charity. Hull sisters charity are angels . The Tories government need to give people the respect and dignity they deserve. Stop treating people like second class citizens
Absolutely not. I am male and had to sell my car to pay the gas bill. What a mess the UK is in.
I don't -ave a kar it is -reat, save pounds
if a man loses his full time job hes more likely to be divorced even if he works part time. women have the choice to stay at home
I don't feel sorry for single mums they need to feel the pain of not having a husband cause apparently they don't need men well stop complaining then
The price of period products has gone up soooo much. Mine has gone up by £3 per pack. It’s not like food which you can just skip or not purchase.
Reusables
@@jj-gk6rj I’m not going to use reusable ones. They are disgusting to me. And you have to think about how to store them when you’re out. Especially when you don’t work from home. Imagine carrying pants with blood in your bag or in your office.
@@user-bi8ko7kc6h think about the environment. people are literally dying because of fossil fuels
take your argument back 50 years and see what they tell you
Too much information
There appears to be a lot of feckless fathers about, not saying the women don't do a bunk but the majority who go out for a paper and never return are often men !! I do understand we have relationship breakdowns etc and deaths of course, but its always the women who take the majority of the financial pain.
Women wanted to be independent. Congratulations. Choices have consequences.
women conveniently forget how they did fight to always get custody
i would argue it's harder for men, because generally when people become homeless, women are much more likely to find shelter or social housing
It isn’t just about homelessness
@@Jack-yl9fn correct. It's about privilege, an easy ride and more free stuff for women.
@@i_got_worms7106 maybe in UK. NOt in Italy
@@i_got_worms7106
Also, marriage/relationship and prostitution are viable choices.
Of course they know that when youre tired, stressed, with most of your energy going into economic survival, then you dont have enough to fight the real cause of your demise - the economic elites, and corporations. So if you want real change, be prepared to help each other achieve that real change. Help your neighbour, then help the world.
ure right.
Nobody has the guts to make a stand
@@micheladerry5681 thankyou matey
@@SamuelBlack84 i agree. Im trying to re gather my energy to take my own personal stand - which I believe has knock on effects locally, if enough momentum gets going. Do the opposite of the conditions they created - so connect with others on a face to face and phone basis. (Go back to the 80's). Help each other. Dont sit in isolation. Get fresh air and sun. Think in little terms. Do little steps. Get back to growing your own food
Strong and independent life when economy in a down turn
And access to welfare is cut off.
Ladies, life is not easy. Praying for you all. Try and invest in yourself. Educate yourself and always be careful which husband/partner you choose.
life is harder for men, at least for 90% of men
Finally some good common sense. No more 6'2 guy with a 6 pack. Pick a nice guy.
@@MostlyLoveOfMusic not if you are a single mother. There is a mouth to feed. The ex boyfriend probably has no money. It's hard for low income single dad's as well, I guess
@@fearless6947 anyone able to have kids is privileged, although I'd argue maybe it's not the wisest to have kids if you can't afford to look after them
Women don't want husbands or the responsibility of being wives. No man can tell them what to do. They are living the independent lives of their dreams, as you can see in this video.I thought liberation was a win? Hmm.
Calling a cost of living crisis sexist is ludicrous and a sign of non-accountibilty
These girl bosses need to step up
So true. We are all working to pay food shelter and bills. There’s nothing left for anything else.
All
Tory Britain 😢
My heart goes out to these resilient women ❤
You can say that again. And so called New Labour.
Single mothers... Father less children... Broken social system... That's why the family system is for support eachother in the bad time... Welcome to the new world...
True, the family in an extended sense isn't primarily a romantic affair but a practical way of assuring the safety of the off-spring. Why don't these single mothers move in with their parents? Or siblings?
@@a.brekkan4965 Because they probably wrecked whatever relationship they had with these as well
@@liquidsnake6879
I wouldn't be surprised.
Women tend to be single mums? It's also usually women who initiate divorce. Getting a bit tired of the man-hating these days.
🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻
Exactly.
Thank you.
Really?! You are interviewing people from other countries who choose to live in the UK and have another country to go to when things get bad. What about the locals.
😂😂😂😂 UK in part of india, africa and hong konger, locals go to trash
If the country is third world then what are you going to do there?
Before May 2010, there were only a few dozen food banks in whole of UK. Now, in April 2023, there are thousands upon thousands. Welcome to Tory Britain - ghastly, isn't it? You know what to do. 😐
What's wrong with free food?
What is funny as well ? That they keep voting for them. Despite fact that brexit is fucking this country up they still believe it was good choice
@@saxglend9439
Its a sign of widespread poverty
@@davidstrelec2000 Most food bank users are fat.
problem is the vast majority of active voters are aged 60+ and they want completely different things than the youth that don't vote, conservatives only really serve the ultra wealthy and the uk citizens of pension age who vote for them and will again come 2024, the uk needs a party that delivers for all and not just the pension age and big business, they should also use the windfall tax to implement ubi, everyone has some extra income each month to spend on the economy and well-being, not only is it affordable once all the tax loopholes and gimics used to have us believe that there paying for future investment, nearly 13 years of "investment" with the tories have decimated the NHS and public sector jobs and workers, ubi is the way to go looking forward but that will never happen under the tories so make your vote count and pick a team that's on the side of you and your family
90% of men work to provide for a woman and their family.
My wife currently looks after the baby while I work full time......due to seeing costs going up I got an additional weekend night security job on Fridays and Saturdays around six months ago.
Its definitely impacted me more.
So you think raising a baby is less work? Give you head a shake.
@@CDN1975 than the 65-70 hours a week I work? Yes. Absolutely.
@@mrmeldrew693 Looking after a baby is 24-7, she works twice as many hours as you for no money.
@@Jess-T literally all of my money gets spent on the home/food/provisions on order to allow that to happen....same as most blokes and I don't grumble about it, I signed up. Then everywhere you look there is nonsense about the 'patriarchy' and how awful we are. Trust me, I can't oppress anyone on a Friday/Saturday night when I'm working my second job, I'm too tired.
@@CDN1975 Yes it's less. Remove emotion and stick with truth.
This evening BBC Newsline featured the pressures women in N. Ireland are under owing to the higher cost of living; one young woman, Nuala Fitzpatrick, mother of a 1 yr old, spoke out re how she and her child were affected. I am surely not alone in asking why she had the child, and what the male with whom she had congress contributes to it's welfare.
The question no one is asking - WHY did you have kids that you obviously can't afford? She isn't a victim. Just thinks that she deserves kids because she wants them and they're cute.
They just have no choice. The birth of the child might be unplanned (not unwanted) and I'm sure no mother wants to abandon her child.
@@HuyenNguyen-pl6lb Sorry but that is utter nonsense. Abstinence, contraception and if that fails - abortion are all options to avoid having kids that one cannot afford. To say that it’s something that “just happens” is utter BS. It is ALWAYS a choice and a very foolish one if you are living in poverty.
@@ncfo20 Maybe circumstances changed over night , one of the parents suddenly died.
@@Taylor23890 In very rare circumstances, maybe. But this is certainly not the case for the vast majority of people foolish enough to have kids they can't afford.
@@ncfo20 what’s the us gonna do least here we own our wombs
The people of the uk are broken. We use terms like family for one women and a child, a family consist of man woman and child any thing else could be consider just a “survival unit”. We have forgotten how to function as a unit.
British people are not broken. Families are self-defined. Your memory is limited to your young lifespan, trust me you'll see thing differently on the other side of 70.
@@pippah447 Evolution-wise, a single-mother is a materially fragile construction, as this video shows. That you cannot define that away.
@@pippah447 I imagine senility does take its toll.
Female, single mum, yes times are hard but I'm not waiting or hoping for any improvement. I grow my own food and herbs, I can fish. I'm not above shooting rabbits with an air rifle either if need be. The government is not going to help you. Single men are struggling, couples are struggling. Everyone who is not rich is struggling. Times are going to get harder. It's time to improvise, make alternative plans for how you feed your families. It has been time to do this since the plandemic. Bottom line, if you rely on the government to sort this out, you're going hungry.
@Tracchofyre it shouldn't be like this but shes right...every government now and in history is capable of collapse for any reason and when that happens people have to do what humans have had to do for thousands of years to survive. Natural disasters , disease epidemics, etc. can take all this away and government can't help us.
Real talk. Respect.
we pay our governments to solve problems, not to add new ones for their greed. They dont have economical problems because we have to pay taxes and to keep them richer. But they dont want to solve these problems. so why should i suffer for their faults?
@@micheladerry5681 Why whine? is a better question. The governments have the power, the weapons, the money and an army of useful idiots at their service. Individuals either make smart, defensive decisions to survive or they perish. I suggest you learn how to control your feelings.
@@user-xr7qn3rs4v Sure u understood what i wrote?
Keep Calm and Manage.
Channel 4 is high as a kite on Cultural Marxism
Thanks to god my kids are older and they start to work but I fell so sorry for new mother
The tax payer in the UK is doomed 🤦♂️
Where i live in south London. i only know one married couple the rest are single mothers.
They pick the wrong men 😂😂
Why are the men that father these children never held responsible?
The same men relegated to living in a tent under the bridge thanks to family court?
I did not no that if your a man your exempt from inflation so I need a refund on my car my mortgage my food my gas electric nobody told me it was just woman affected
Lets see the Useless Government
HD2 50 Billion over Budget
Trac and trac wasted money 35 Billion
Illegal immigration 10 Billion
White Elephant projects 30 Billion.
Total UK 🇬🇧 Debt 3 Trillion
I claim universal credit and have to visit a food bank but i do have enough left over to get my nails and lashes done 😮
Conclusions From The First Half:
1.Soup costs more for women than for men.
2 Ethnic minority women pay the highest soup prices of all.
3. These are MY children. I'm independent. I stand in my power!
4. Can I please have some free money though?
5. A full tank of fuel now lasts a week, whereas it used to last a whole month. Because of the economy.
6. I'm reminded why I ditched television 20 years ago... It is suitable only for people with papier maché brains.
Family is very important…it takes two parents to take care of a family…single parenthood is a pathway to poverty and destruction…
First, title should say “UK single mothers”, not “UK women”. Second, if you live in a 2bed semi-detached house, have a flat screen TV, can afford fake eye lashes, and not working - you are not poor, you have your priorities absolutely backwards. My heart goes out to US folks who work full time and still can only afford to live out of a car.
Yes, your totally right. Probably have apple products too out of choice.
When you are not educated in the US you will struggle, Disneyland is not real😆
Only channel 4 would come up with this garbage!!!.😂😂♥️🇬🇧
People's financial crisis looks like garbage to you? That's a shame you don't have empathy in your heart.
Really? Women get paid less than men. Single parents are mainly women. What do you say to that?
@@lin90210 feminism caused all this
@@lin90210maybe women should work hard as men so they’d earn the same. How many bricklayers, plumbers etc are women? Too busy with cushy office jobs and carers.
@@lin90210 women aren't paid less than men. Women mostly chose jobs that pay less there is a difference.
Number of rough sleepers on a single night in England 2017-2022, by gender. In 2022 there were reported to be 2,539 men sleeping rough on a single night in England, and 464 women. Between 2017 and 2022 the majority of rough sleepers reported in England have been males.30 mars 2023.
People at the bottom are suffering and the country keeps letting in more unskilled immigrants and call them refugees and asylum seekers. This keeps the working class scraping by while the wealthy get cheap labor.
And it's horrible, but the obvious problem is that women need to make better relationship choices to avoid ending up as single mothers.
This making better relationship choices . Why can’t all men be good relationship choices ?
@@Avasmith910 Women choose who the fathers of their children are.
Isabelle but how are you affording semi-permanent lashes at £40-£60?? A go, I'd like to know I'd be embarrassed going to a food bank with lashes like that, sorry but priorities. The other ladies I do feel for indeed doing their best!
Hows it harder for women it's harder for all of us but single women get help single men don't...
That’s not true, though, is it?
@@frmcf in the United States, single mom’s get help because of the children, single men get no help that is true.
Also, the video literally answers your question: women are much more likely to head single-parent households, and more likely to be in precarious and/or low-paid work.
@@frmcf as a single father with 3, i get no help compared to what I'd get if i was a woman.
@@frmcf Yeah it's called child benefit collecting
It takes two parents to financially raise children. It is called responsibility. Single parents need support.
nice to finally see people bming these topics in the comments. EVERYONE is fucked right now. not just women, not just pensioners, not young people, no immigrates. Just stop with the titles of sub groups, its everyone that is getting shafted but big business
At first glance I thought she was using Aldi Norpak...but it's Lurpak!! Seriously that makes a mockery of everything she is saying, oh and the car, she just needs a little smart car, or something second hand!! 6:43
Even me as a single man struggling, paying food for a week costs an arm and a leg
It affects everyone - you only have to look at the majority of people sleeping on the streets; they are men.
Aldi period pads are 59p. Wilko sell their cheapest brand period pads for 30p last time i checked
Have you ever tried those? They literally give you a rash
Unless you are a woman who’s used sanitary products you don’t get to comment on sanitary products.
Stop ✋️ too much poverty and too many kids. Where are those fathers??? 😮
"Why record inflation is harder for women", where do I even start with this. Inflation doesn't just single out one gender. Both the title and all the sources appear to be biased in just trying to prove one's point, you can spin the data however you want but the truth is that it's hard on us all; men and women.
"90% of all single parent households are ran by women", that seems an unusually high percentage of mothers that have custody of their children. Could 90% of the men really be that bad whereby the woman has to divorce the man, take the child and try to make ends meet whilst working a 0 hour contract in the middle of a cost of living crisis rather than making it work in the family they started, and being better off all round?
Single man or single woman, of course you're going to be paid less and struggling working a 0 hour contract as a nurse supporting 1+ children in the middle of a cost of living crisis with inflation being at a 40 year high.
It doesn't mean 90% of household are single parents. It means 90% of single parents are women.
A majority of which find themselves in such situations when the male partner becomes violent. You can also be told that if you don't leave your partner the government will put in a case to remove your children from you. 🎉
Yes is it so expensive over two years. Living cost affected a lot people in UK.
Oh my I feel so sad to see this. I am a very lucky person, never had to worry about food poverty or rely on charity.
Thank goodness the help is available for women, good on the charities 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Unfair World 😞
And, I have to live on it amongst a stupid, backward population
I'm confused, I thought they were strong and independent
Wow. Women's Liberation has turned out really nicely.
Exactly.
Easy…. Move out of London it’s expensive!!! I worked a full time job and couldn’t afford my room in London so I moved out and I’m a lot better off!
I don't need a man
Classwar has nothing to do with men or woman.
Why are you all so naive ?
Brexit didn't stop what they wanted it just got worse. I knew it had gotten so bad when prime ministers started quitting.
*I respect women. I just want to state that. I never go one day without respecting women.*
man simping without even a target. truly a new low. do you happen to collect funkopops?
@@ashurafreedan I'm not being serious, m8. I'm being sarcastic..
@@freshtoast3879 damn man, i have brought shame to my family
@@ashurafreedan You are forgiven.
‘Food prices are rising… research suggests women are more likely to be buying and budgeting for these items’
They make it sound like men don’t eat or contribute financially in other areas such as the bills.
The cost of living is not a man vs woman thing, it is a class thing. Men and women need each other more than ever. Yes women will have extra costs as primary carers and nurturers, but there will always be a spotlight on women in desperate need and a safety net with all these charities and priorities for emergency housing especially if they have have a child. Men on the other hand have no safety net if you get kicked out next stop is the streets, if you are a homeless man no one cares, if you are a homeless man with a dog, people will feel sorry for the dog
Where are the fathers ? Why aren’t they paying child support?
Hindu harboring terrorism in the UK following Indian counterpart!!
He is not fit to be UK PM.
He should be forced to resign for causing unrest in the country.
Tattistani 🇵🇰 spotted. You guys are easy to find out. Try better name next time. Nick is quite common.
Husbands????