A tale of one city: Women and the UK cost-of-living crisis • FRANCE 24 English
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- Despite its historic reputation as a centre of education, power and wealth, Cambridge is the UK’s most unequal city. Like the rest of the country, many of its residents are suffering greatly from the nation's cost-of-living crisis but none more so than women and children. This as the number of food banks in the country now outnumber McDonald's outlets with a fast-growing number of working women becoming regular customers seeking donated food. In a special edition, Annette Young meets a cross-section of women whose lives have been dramatically impacted by a rapidly declining economy.
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I admit I used a foodbank, Un the North-east coastal area, and they supplied for 2 adults. I had to give my name, and was really nice to them, and thanked them in advance for thier help, because I really needed it. The food was wonderful. I thanked the lady profusely who came out with it in a shopping trolley. Then, she went back and got me frozen chicken and frozen mince - here have that as well, she said to me, you're nice lady.(wasn't supposed to give it to me)She told me, many people complain about what they are given. I was so grateful. I thought all of the stuff was a godsend, and I really made it last!
@@MichaelCook84and? Is it for whites only ?
@Mr evil Ren Not necessary t say that n UK. The woman was respectful n grateful -n UK that is appreciated generally
It's a global economic problem for the average people. Makes us wonder who is in control and how can we stop the corporate and government greed. It's all ABHORRENT and repulsive!
I read british Indian history
Used to have happy conversations with neighbours. Now, it’s all about cost of living, ele bill etc. Even working in full time people are still struggling. No more savings for emergency use.
So much this.
I’ve noted recently that all anybody talks about is money. Or comments on how much things cost etc.
It’s so miserable. I just want out of this country.
@@MichaelCook84 Why don’t you stop with your racist comments all over?
@@wattbenj Brexit killed the UK, sadly.
It's a global economic problem for the average people. Makes us wonder who is in control and how can we stop the corporate and government greed. It's all ABHORRENT and repulsive!
£5.00 for a toothpaste.
Are we all living in the same country.
Our government and mainstream media are happy to talk about anything but not the cost of living or energy prices while energy companies are making billions .
The royal family is their favourite subject to talk about.
Your own government is responsible for high energy prices, they do it on purpose to advance the climate change fraud.
But windfall taxes are communist, so I guess we can all die then.
Better do a
Digital RESET Soon,
95% Digital Money in UK & USA Off-shore accounts of ill gotten & tax hidden Govt. & trillions of Money laundering schemes, set up by bank rules.
Thus Bankrupting their own people to prove a Fairy Tale Story for their own GAINS.
GREED CRISIS NOT A LIVING CRISIS.
Renewable energy subsidies are pushing up prices.
I’m Canadian & 2 years ago we visited family in the UK. Even then, before the “cost-of-living crisis”, everything there seemed to cost double and their salaries for equivalent work was so much lower. I can’t imagine living there today. It’s really sad.
You got it one . Hungry man angry man . The more hungrier the more angrier and the more peckish we get .
Yet there is a myth being peddled by the media and establishment that everyone wants to live here. I can't wait to leave.
Jakes Showcase would disagree
There's no "cost of living" crisis. It's as it should be. People were used to live way beyond their means, borrowing money or receiving for free money printed by government. Inflated house prices, expensive cars, overeating, expensive holidays abroad, alcohol, crypto, etc. Throwing money everywhere. Toy money, printed by gov.
we muddle on alright here. the media makes this all look far worse than it is. we can forage for food, we can legally hunt and kill Canadian geese. I'm technically in poverty. but I am never hungry.
It's really hard to see this as a British person, but it needs to be seen and things have got to change. It's crazy!
It's a global economic problem for the average people. Makes us wonder who is in control and how can we stop the corporate and government greed. It's all ABHORRENT and repulsive!
They did it to themselves with the lockdowns! That's where the inflation issue kicked off and now it's out of control. Sadly it will take years to recover from economic lockdown damage.
In 2005, I worked with a teacher who was given the job of a school store. The cost of petrol had gone up so much that parents did not have the money to get supplies for their children. Our mission was to sell supplies as cheaply as we could find them. The teacher was incredible at finding sales and deals. Even selling below average stores price. The school store made a profit that was then used by the principal to help low income students in need.
At the end of the school year we have a locker clean out day. Students from wealthier homes throw away new and slightly used items. No garbage went in the trash can at locker clean out. She and I went from hallway to hallway, floor to floor collecting school supplies, many brand new in the package. Some we sold the next year, others were put out at the beginning of the next school year for teachers to give to students without pencils/paper. When we were trashing picking with gloves, we got judgmental looks til they saw carts full of supplies. 2 yrs later they implemented a recycling program for students to donate supplies during locker clean out. It decreased the trash by about 50% and saved teachers frustration and money.
Please Kenyon, we're not looking for SOLUTIONS!!!
We just want to complain.
Please, get with the program!
@TheGeriatricHippie I’m not trying to solve systemic problems in another country. Believe me, we barely touched the fact that entire families were living in tents in a family members backyard because the house was full.
I grew up in poverty. My dad refused help or benefits due to it impinging on his identity as a man. I can complain with the best of them! Hungry and freezing in bed due to little to no heat and even less food. We picked up bottles on the side of busy roads hoping to find enough to have milk or bread, something. I went to school with shoes falling apart and held together with duct tape, avoiding snow and puddles, hoping my socks didn’t get wet. At 62, I still bare the scaring of chronic bronchitis/pneumonia from that time period. My sister only has 40% hearing in one ear and 60% in the other due to poor nutrition and little to no health care. Yeah, I can complain. That does not include the beatings with belts/switches/ slaps and being locked out of the house because we were a bother to my parents. And heaven help us if we told anyone what was going on.
But hey complain away. Enjoy yourselves!💥🎉
@@ZeroGravity60It's a global economic problem for the average people. Makes us wonder who is in control and how can we stop the corporate and government greed. It's all ABHORRENT and repulsive!
20 years ago Britain had one of the strongest economies in the western world. This is what 13 years of Tory rule looks like.
2 party parasites
It was all smoke and mirrors. The UK has been shutting down manufacturing for decades and replacing it with imports funded by money borrowed from the foreigners who had made big profits from selling into the UK . A virtuous circle for them but a vicious circle for the UK. It is a road to gradual impoverishment and degradation and always has been. Unfortunately the wealthy elite don't care and it is probably too late to turn things around.
Correct
You're missing the big picture if you're blaming a party, they all signed up for this with the WEF and other central groups run by the rich. Labor will be no better just wait and see.
I’m not convinced any other political party would have been better because it seems the whole political system is broken.
It appears the UK has become a facist state, where large corporations and government have fused together and is now only concerned with self interest, to the detriment of not just the poor but to those who are hard working, or run/own small & medium sized businesses.
Stopped watching when the woman said toothpaste costs £5. It costs 55p in Lidl. Toothbrushes are around 20p. There's no excuse to ignore your kids dental hygeine.
How are your energy bills?
@@florida199 3 bed semi, retired so home a lot. Gas under 35, elec under 27.
There was a lot of drivel in there. Toothpaste in Tesco 60p. I've never had a problem getting any foodstuffs I want apart from eggs. As for shortage of drivers, well I ran a euro haulage Company forced years and keep up with people in the business, there is no issue with drivers coming over. There are no more delays than there ever has been.
It's a very misleading video.
She was holding a big Colgate Total for the average price of 7 pounds yes probably in Tesco, Waitrose or Boots, 55p in Lidl or Aldi ermm probably their brand and hopefully good?.
@@Sleepflowrr I’m afraid if people are so brand loyal as to pay seven quid for a tube of toothpaste then they deserve all the poverty they find themselves in. Common sense before appearances.
Is the toothpaste whitewash by any chance?
I pay 5 euro for 75 ml of tooth protection.
Maybe British people should learn with the french how to stand for them selfs and stop to band over for whatever British gov and big corporations tell them to do and stop just moaning about life.
The French are citizens
The British are subjects
That’s the difference
theyre too polite
Totally agree
Like when EU said stop buying energy to the cheapest supplier and buy it with double price to third party?? 😅
@@quercus8833 It will happen and soon.
My mothers family left Northampton to emigrate to Canada in 1911. I am so grateful that they did. Our family has never been wealthy by any stretch but at least we have apartments, some medical care and basic food. Shame on the UK government for putting their citizens in such an awful situation.
Interesting opinion. The U.K. still to this day has some of the highest living standards in the world. You make out that living in the U.K. is akin to living in the third world! 😫
? I'm sorry Diana I'm in Canada 2000 plus bills for an apartment I've been living out of a car for almost twenty years I'm a disabled 55 year old who worked for 35 years my pension is 800 a month I see people living in Britain alot better than myself glad your doing OK
@@kyleklukas4808 your situation sounds, very much like so many in the 🇺🇸, sadly.
Euro immigrant?
@@mendipfox1650 soon it’s gonna be like living in a third world country.
As someone who lived through unemployment in the Thatcher era I'd like to share something that helped me a lot. Shop at Asian supermarkets! They are incredibly cheap! Learn to cook simple meals like dahl and rice. Buy huge packs of poppadoms. It's a meal for pennies.
No thanks
@@sutty85 The less adaptable you are, the less your chances of survival are. I can cook both Asian and Western dishes because I simply like variety.
yes, you are so right. We have done that.
Most times it amazes me greatly how I moved from an average lifestyle to earning over $63k per month, Utter shock is the word. I have understood a lot in the past few years that there are lots of opportunities in the financial market. The only thing is to know where to invest.
That's awesome to hear. I invested 5k in Robin hood about a year ago and it steadily went down, now my portfolio is down $800. I don't know what to do and i am in between jobs.
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@@BeverlyTalley You allow people to trade for you? that's interesting, I would love to learn, hope it’s safe?
Wow I can't believe you guys are discussing about Sarah Alma Martinez.
@@susanhaynes679 Well this not my first time of seeing this name on social platform. A CNBC news host spoke highly of this lady and her trading strategies. Do you know her ? if yes , did you invest with her.?
I hope the Royal family is watching this... See how their subjects are living.
You are so naive. Of course they know and they don't care; they NEVER have. The Brits are the most servile, slavish group of people in the West. They are surveilled more than anyone, they pay outrageous fees/fines; they wait for healthcare, NHS is bankrupt, most of London real estate is owned by Kuwait and more fun facts. The UK is a rotted and rotten former empire, now a hell hole for the majority.
I found it strange in the UK that so many people don't have the space to grow food in their gardens, that it's considered a privilege to get to the top of a 2 year waitlist for an allotment in their communities!
There is only 1/2 an acre for every person in England.
Yep that’s my current situation! Squeezing as many plants on my tiny balcony as I can for now.
Unfortunately we have very restrictive land laws, it is truly a shame.
I have been investing in my garden to grow my own food. It's expensive to start but once you get started it gets cheaper. I always plant extra to give away either plants or produce. I can't grow rice or enough beans yet but I am working on it. I want to have chickens, for the eggs, but I haven't worked out how to do it just yet.
@@bjbrown You're trying to grow rice in the UK? Very impressive, let me know if it works.
it is pretty depressing seeing the comment section deciding to focus on one detail about purchasing a tube of toothpaste instead of the bigger picture of what people are going through with the cost of living crisis.
Living in the UK myself !!! Man the country is going in a very bad direction !!
100%. 😢
I wish I was mega rich like gates or musk , I could help so many people that are struggling,
I would make sure there were no uk homeless and people could feed their children .
We are being ripped off by utility companies .
You'd be broke within weeks
gates donates over 100 million to causes (food banks, farm co-ops, etc. ) with that said if that much isn't doing a lot what would??? the person above me said it best...you'd be broke within weeks.
The English will continue to vote conservative. There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.
Don't think it would solve by only vote for a different party.
@@cinpeace353The Tories have absolutely destroyed us
"If voting made any difference, they wouldn't let us do it" - Mark Twain
@@ncfo20 that's great and looks cool quoting twain and all but it's not true lol
i never have and never will vote tory lol
Here in Ontario Canada you try and drop off food at a food bank and someone comes out to your car and removes all the food they won't take. Yes, you heard me right, there are types of food the food bank will not accept. Figure that out.
Wow l grew up in Ontario l never heard that before l moved to the US been here 22 yrs left from a homeless shelter in Toronto on a Greyhound Bus. I've donated down here and up there when l visit. What you said was stunning. Huh.
It's a safety issue hon
@Ed that is not true but veggies don't keep, need cooling, not all food banks have the resources, but they absolutely want veggies. It's hard because veggies are usually donated on the verge of spoiling.
@@annnee6818Why cant the foodbanks make soups out of the veges then if there's risk of spoilage. They could freeze it in takeaway containers.
Really - what food bank is that?
I know it's TV but I subscribe to BritBox for my fave shows Coronation Street & EastEnders! I like how the economic struggles are woven into the storylines! I have noticed most of the character are struggling but no one cooks, go out to eat and are in the pub a lot.
Depressing state indeed.
What i did notice about life in the uk that a lot of homes are not properly insulated and many senior citizens sleep and live in the sitting room to keep warm in the winter months
Toothpaste retailing at £5 , what world does she live in ? £1 -£2 max
Yeah. I live in a third world country, I have family members studying in the UK, but our toothpaste just cause $2.50 at most- and that's 2 tubes. Its sad what UK has become.
They need to go in Aldi 65p Regular or Senitive.
She obviously shops on the High Street! She can go to the pound store or brush with water.
It was a double pack of branded toothpaste. But poverty does exist
Remoaner world
When Poundland has to re-brand to Twopundland
Make comparison with the Royal household, please. How do they live lavishly? We love to know it.
£5 for a toothpaste? It's less than £1 in the supermarket. No wonder people are struggling if they're buying designer toothpaste. Most people 'struggling' I know have either had too many kids they cant afford or who are making obvious poor financial choices. Me and my partner live in London and life is fine for us. We have babified the nation, imported cheap labour and normalised living beyond our means. Of course some people will struggle (marriage break ups, partners death, disability, job loss etc) but if we weren't spending so much money on able bodied families making poor choices, we could actually support those in need a lot better.
😂😂😂 @ designer toothpaste...
Well said.
Prior to the Ukraine crisis, Europe and the UK were highly dependent on Russian gas and energy. Russia is the largest supplier of natural gas to both Europe and the UK, providing over 30% of Europe's total gas needs. The dependency on Russian gas has been a major concern for many European countries due to political tensions between Russia and Western countries. Some politicians have called for diversification of energy sources as a means of reducing dependence on Russia. However, diversification can be challenging and expensive because it requires investment in new infrastructure and alternative forms of energy production.
Prices were on the way up before that.
My local food bank is a wonderful place with nice people and great food. These places work backwards and forwards to serve the public that they serve. Its nice to see toothpaste and toothbrushes for those who need them.
£250 worse off after 10 years? I think it would be alot worse than this estimate.
They do not understand economics. 250 plus increasing living standard. Most likely closer to 400 pounds in real terms
A month
Im not a big believer of changing governments solving the problem magically but its been astonishing how long the people in the UK put up with the Tories. Dont get me wrong, people like Boris Johnson or Liz Truss seemed kinda funny to me from abroad but not if they were in charge in my country.
The left are equally as hilarious. We have an election in 2024. As a woman, I am ashamed that I don't think I can vote. 😢
This is a lesson for the whole of Europe as to why they should not leave the EU. Thank you for sharing.
It's really really not all about brexit although this production somewhat propagandises that message.
E erycou try should leave the eu
like the bakrupt eu will save you ?
Where it is now better? There is a top and all other are the bottom.
@@amh9494 your right it’s always brexit, but what brexit does is exacerbate what ever underlying problem is, yes we have a cost of living crisis. Brexit has been 4% increase on food and not going to roll back either, but we’ll pin the tail on every other crisis around us.
I stopped going anywhere. Once a month I drive my 20 year cars a trip around the neighborhood. To keep them oiled up. My husband gets everything on the way from work. U can do it, but it's no fun.
PS I Blame the British people for doing nothing to stop this over the last 40 years..
Sad sad
healthy food like onions, carrots, potatoes, cabbage, water, fruit tea etc. is not expensive but it takes some cooking skills to produce tasty meals from these ingredients. Using foodbanks is totally ok. I do not know where there is a problem. The government cannot fix everything.
Who's paying £5 for toothpaste! It's 89p where I live in Scotland.
A five pound TOOTHBRUSH?!?! Hopefully, there are pound shop bargains where a four pack costs a pound.
EDIT: Phew, I misheard. It was five pound brand-name toothpaste.
Collate toothpaste is NOT £5. That was outrageous lie.
@@jennim282 Yeah I gotta say, that comment p***ed me off. You can buy a full-sized tube of toothpaste for 62p at Lidl. Aldi selle full-sized tubes of Colgate for much, much less than £5.
@@jennim282 exactly, it is around 1.5 or max. 2£, definitely not 5£. People just love to exaggerate
" Cambridge is the UK’s most unequal city."
Have you seen Birmingham? from star city to sparkhill. that's inequality
You want to visit Bristol. Literally like the Victoria era of inequality
The reason Cambridge is so unequal is because there’s a very large number of rich successful people which widens the gap between them and poorer people. I’m from Cambridge.
@@jackkruese4258 are you one of the Rich folk who lives with their parents or one of the struggling Cambridge residents? Be honest….
@@mendipfox1650
Neither, I’m a parent myself and luckily am comfortable as we have 2 incomes both of which are atleast twice the national average. You did ask me to be honest. I’d also add that Cambridge hasn’t just got a few über rich and everyone else is poor but has got one of the most successful economies in the country.
I would love to grow my own food but I can't afford a house with garden 😅
Indoor cultivation
The price of houses really shot up from the lockdowns. It's such a shame people agreed to them.
Children should not be going hungry
It's the careful and responsible people who are suffering the most in this country
5 pounds for that tooth paste its £2 in supermarket I live in Manchester no food shortages at all markets are full to the brim with food deals have started to appear in the super markets just bought 60 extra large eggs for £12 from the farm shop free range
You noticed that too, eh?
A very small garden can produce enough veggies for a healthy summer. I have a row of lettuce, radishes, beets, green beans, swiss chard. Two tomato plants, and cucumber.
There is rhubarb, some herbs, chives. Some people here are growing potatoes by putting soil in large plastic bags on their porches.
Great journalism thanks
which part? the part where they =claimed that a toothpaste costs £5?
Is it really £5 for Colgate total
I brought for 1 pound oral b
Depends on where you buy it.
Thanks. I'm watching from south africa. Our cost of living is lower cos wages are lower but I taught £5 is alot. Here in s.a we have buy one get one free and 3 for 2 promotions and stock up on daily essentials. I can normally buy around 6 tubes at regular priced for that £5 if it's converted to rands and get more during store sale and promotion sales
Some are 7£ with all the nonsense about new tech, it's all the same and if u can't afford it, there are some cheap shop brand, no point getting tooth decay!
@@shazanakhan9807 I agree. Aldi has really good affordable products but I guess they are talking about people who can’t afford anything suffering tooth decay.
Heartbreaking ❤
It's really bad situation in Glasgow also.
You can’t deny that inflation is eroding spending but at the same time there are loads of people with plenty of money.
This is affecting people differently.
The UK has been pretending to be a rich country for a long time and the truth is we aren’t.
It’s all been based on credit and rising house prices.
Now the shows come to an end.
The poverty in the Uk is trully astounding under the torys thanks for highlighting your report were poorer every year with them in charge.
Labour will make no difference.
Before inflation the UK wages against costs have never been so bad. Labour will not help. Sacking politicians who stood on a picket line.. useless greedy Westminster.
In the uk walmart bought out Asda, since then the prices increase every year, they then started to talk to with other big chains and now there is no competition, they all now do the same, so people went to smaller companies to buy items cheaper, now they bought them too! It's all corporate greed... Thats why we are in a living crisis... They make billions, just like the energy crisis. When is enough money enough?
However, achieving an equal economic system may require significant changes in the current political and social structures. Additionally, it may also require a shift in societal values towards greater equality and fairness.
The French fight for their rights we British just roll over and take it
Most of the people instead of going out to say NO to the government they will stay home an 😢😢😢😢😢
What actually is going to happen when there are no teachers, nurses or critical workers? It is so sad that these intelligent, committed, hardworking individuals are suffering so much.
In some cases you could argue that people’s life choices have made them poor ie, those who have had kids without having a job or proper father figure but this is not the case here. These are families with two parents working to try to support themselves.
You would expect if you had no father to support the family that you would struggle and rightfully so because if this was encouraged then everyone would do it and try to get an easy ride. Or if migrants come into the country and try to get a free life from the taxpayer without having ever contributed themselves. However, it is just awful when you see families trying to raise their kids properly in a two-income family who are struggling and having to use food banks.
If I quit my teaching job I get $280 USD in food assistance and free healthcare plus I can still earn $1100 per month and keep my benefits. As a teacher my takehome pay is $2400/month and my health insurance costs me $400/month and I can't afford to use it. My car gas is $200/month. etc. I can go work part time fast food and have no stress. They made it much more attractive to work part time!!! System should reward those who work not the loafing lazy.
migrants do get a free ride and do not contribute. yes some work (a lot under the table so they get food bank assistence and money but do not tell what they earn. do i sound a little angry...yes because they and others mooch off the system and the ones who need it get less and less.
I agree, I live in London the most expensive city. Everything is ridiculous expensive. On the average salary in this city you can’t even afford to rent a house by yourself, you have to flatshare.
Will be fascinating to see if King Charles treats Rishi Sunak a bit like The Queen apparently dealt with Thatcher! I predict that the Commonwealth will be invested in and those food sources will burst the bubbles of local suppliers to bring affordability. There's also talk of plans for Africa, Australia,Middle-East to export energy from the sun. Just don't ask how that's done. I'm not the Professor in Simpsons/Futurama!
Stored solar power can be exported via a cable.
May not make much money for exporter but will save a fortune for exporters because if exporting electricity, it means you are not importing gas or oil to generate power.
5 pounds for a small toothpaste ?????????
Yes. You can pay £10+ for better one.
Bull. You can buy Colgate for a squid from, savers, B&Ms, homebargens, Lidl, Aldi, Wilkos, don’t know where you’ve being shopping for 5-10 pound.
@@user-bi8ko7kc6h That's insane. A fancy toothpaste with whitening etc... at walmart is like 5$. A regular one is like 0.88$.
prices are different now but this is true that it is not like used to be 1-2£ per cheaper toothpaste . I have bought a small water for 4£ ,the same water used to be 1-2£ .British may have Colgate toothpaste for free on dental prescription ..I have to use that I buy now a few fresh dates for 8£
There aren’t many countries that do not have cost of living pressures. There seems to be a lot of Britain ‘bashing’. As the presenter is Australian, why not focus on Australia’s problems housing, inflation and inequality? By the way Britain’s currency is not the euro.
Nobody said that British currency is the euro. France24 is a EU news outlet and they translate prices to euros for their EU audience.
I see that your major complaint is “what about?” therefore I conclude that everything presented in the video is fairly accurate. Thanks for your confirmation. I might have suspected there was some exaggeration there.
@@pansepot1490 I do not dispute the accuracy of the piece. However, it is the context that concerns me. Most people in Europe - and other countries are suffering because of inflation, hight cost and shortage of housing, so why single out Cambridge? Is it to make the French feel better about their difficult circumstances? I read a number of foreign papers and there seems to be constant articles about the economic woes of Britain - as if the rest of us elsewhere are having it easy.
Yeah, I noticed that too. Australia has foodbanks as well. Apparently renters are flush but mortgagees/rentvestors won't sell up so need canned tomatoes.
Can yo imagine how offensive it is to a Brit to have a Polish person ask them about poverty. Especially while yr RAAF and troops are at the borders of Poland about to go in with NATO against Russia/China/Iran? Its like having an Indian/African asking you for yr train ticket on the train. It's almost like services like taunting people.
@@leonie563 Yes, many countries are experiencing hard times Leonie, even supposedly affluent countries.
Hello I am a woman with a big scarf who likes to pronounce my words slowly with hand gestures 😂
£5 for toothpaste? Is there not an Aldi, Lidl, Home Bargains or B&M in cambridge?
Food banks…. But so many do not give up cigarettes and drink .
Effective control of the United kingdoms borders would ensure more resources could be used to assist the indigenous population in need.
Your thinking is what got us here. Thanks. Just be more jingoistic - that'll work. Indigenous population! I'd put money on you not being where all your distant ancestors were. If you are - you probably have a whole catalogue of genetic defects if, indeed, you are alive at all.
Ask the PM and your own MP why we allow the new boat people to infiltrate our borders and then are given the full benefits the rest of us have to pay for. These people are not asylum seekers. fleeing death or persecution they are pure and simple illegal immigrants. It's high time we looked after our own older and vulnerable people first.
More tax payer money was spent on wars that caused more illegal immigrants 😂 talk about shooting your own foot
Seems the same here in the USA.
while using population level stats to make a point, I hope we never forget that this is also a difficulty faced by individuals of all ages and genders. It is more personal than stats.
Just for context. I’ve seen people in their ‘range rovers’ collecting food from these banks. If they can afford to buy and run one of these gas guzzlers they can afford their food. I get that there are people who need a helping hand but for many people this is just something for nothing.
OK
Costs of food has gone up due to production costs and delivery issues, maybe even weather.
But why has electricity gone up? Same old power stations, same government regulations - so why?
There has always been food banks in the UK. It's not just sprung up out of nowhere...
6.57 She takes a packed lunch into a restaurant. Smart lady!😂😂
Tesco is the worst supermarket for hiking prices
This is heart breaking to see how the once mighty British Empire is reduced to a tiny island 1/4 the size of CALIFORNIA and is full of extreme poverty...... very sas
I don't find it sad in the least; I find it fitting. They raped other countries' resources, lived high off the hog, had and still have, a rigid caste system, have a morally bankrupt royal family who lives off the bloated carcass of the former empire and more. The culture is in the toilet due to leftist lunacy. They got what they paid for.
missis goggins wanted her par cells delivering to ingledale through thomson yard after a quick stop at green dale 🤣🤣
They care more about Ukraine than they're own people 😢😢😢😢
I wonder why this is happening: our self sustaining and agricultural communities are destroyed. Why cant we build a house and live in it? Why live on a boat?
There are 3 million people using food banks in the U.K.
and 3.5 million using them in France.
Is this actually true? France is in the EU. The EU and it’s states are absolutely bombing according to remain voters 😂
They don't care less with the Tory's and that's a fact.
unbelievable. price gouging on electric/fuel?
Labour party will not change things. Without economic income of the population usually fall. New unbacked money will only increase inflation. New inflated prices will lead to more poverty.
Is that 1st woman's Anna husband/partner not paying spousal support or child support. Who else has inheritance..
They don't pay if they go away or don't have enough money.
All the comments blaming it on the citizens of britain for getting this bad, what are your suggestions to stop it?
The British are seriously getting ripped off. 5 Pounds for a tube of toothpaste?? For that money I expect my teeth to be visible from space the way it shines.
Why do I have to buy similar home for double price in Cambridge .I could buy higher quality flat in Ipswich 60min travel by train .Everywhere there are rich and poor.I know that Cambridge voted to stay in the EU overwhelmingly .
The intro is exremely hard to watch.. cheers
Brexit was an additional problem
Toothpaste to expensive 😂😂 no problem affording Sky TV, mobile phones , run a car , unhealthy snacks .
And you would have the children suffer more because of their parents’ and habits? Who does this profit?
I believe you would be happier if you got off your high horse and made a difference
Chocksaway not ever has Sky Tv, Expensive mobile phones, some of us have a £6 a month sim only contract because it’s actually cheaper then pay as you go. I stopped Sky Tv years ago when I couldn’t afford the 0rice increase to £32.
@@joycef8443 My dentist said brushing with just water is fine so I quit buying toothpaste.
@@concordep2504 You could use a mixture of baking soda and salt as a whitener. For a more substantial paste you could mix powdered charcoal. Alternatively if toothbrushes get expensive, use the Neem tree twigs, which you can use both as a tooth paste and tooth brush. Twigs cost less than 10p for a bunch of 5 and each twig lasts about two weeks. A small utility knife may be needed to trim the fibers off every two days.
One billion Indians use these instead of toothpaste.
@@michaelkopischke2255 I'm still some way off putting a twig in my mouth, thanks! Give it time, though. I bet I've got something, in the garden, that would function as both toothpaste and toothbrush.
Just so sad
Who spends £5 on toothpaste?
You can get a big tube from Aldi / Lidl for £0.79
Very revealing insights..the situation is not going to get any better unless the Government steps up 😮
the garden gnome is cute
Why don't you people demand that the ROYAL FAMILY contribute some of their vast wealth??????
The healthiest food is actually the cheapest to produce so why is there a shortage. At this point unless there is structural reform good luck. Your nurse is going to be growing food in the window pot? Carbon tax and forced scarcity to promote borrowing did this.
This nothing compared to the terrible poverty being endured by the Swiss. Have you tried walking through central Geneva recently? Truly heartbreaking.
I wouldn't image many people have a clue about what is happening in Geneva, myself included. What's happening over there?
Whats happening?
9:11 ..The lady was wearing apple watch in the pub. Must be hard to afford food when you money was spent on other priorities.
They should give a medal and a statue to Boris and Nigel this way they can become a idol of veneration to the Brexit lot .
Food bank....offer people free food and then say theres a huge demand 😂
Of course there is..... IT'S FREE !
i myself relied on trussel trust for 2 years after uk relocation and feed my city and sir chuk care coordinator gave me food parcels last week otherwise starvation mode in uk 2023
The Leave voters chose the path of nationalism, English exceptionalism, arrogante, hate for foreigners who used to contribute enormously especially EU people who left the country. They did not want to be an equal partner with the EU, they wanted to prove to the EU they are self sufficient and more superiour and by leaving would make the EU collapse. That's an evil intention which has a price and this is the price.
Cambridge voted overwhelmingly to remain.
It's not Cambridge nor Oxford nor London. The UK in general I am talking about.
@@derekmab7734
I agree with your point.
Oh yes, I love having to compete with more foreign people for housing cause that doesn’t push the price up at all.
I love that our cities are totally unrecognisable and look like somewhere in pakistan.
I love working alongside people that don’t even speak the language of the land, makes everything so much easier.
I love having to meander down the street avoiding all the phlegm gobbled onto the floor.
I love filthy chicken shops with highly questionable hygiene practices littering the streets.
I love all the machete attacks and bombings of arenas full of children.
I love all the Pakistani men grooming children.
Go immigration 🤟
Did she say Colgate is £5. That's not right.
Colgate is five quid at Sainbury, heinz beans 1.50 a tin
It's sad because I've seen the fortunate take from the less fortunate with foodbanks and food pantries in my area u have ppl that just get involved on order to take more having keys etc to pantry....and then even ppl giving out the food vouchers are fighting the less fortunate for food VERY CONFUSING then when I've reported this ppl say its lambeth been through some other areas and have experienced fair duties on their side bit some others ppl will not get because others who don't need will take first so they're left with the scraps it's bad I've even had old ppl on my area tell me it's ridiculous how far they come to get nothing 🙄I don't know if this is a hinderence because this doesn't seem a good experience in all for others at all
Time for the ultra rich to pay more.
5£ for a toothbrush? Have you not heard of Poundland??
Let me tell you something .. prices in Romania are probably even higher than here , min wage around 400 euros , no social services support like here ( no housing benefits or other financial help ) no food banks , so pls stop moaning , and go to work , there’s tons of jobs in care ( can work overtime too ) , and stop having kids you can’t afford ! I understand the prices have gone up but there’s no reason why in the uk you should struggle like this .. if foreigners can do it , surely English can do it too .
All these things are also happening here in Australia, So don't think it's Brexit!!
The cost of living crisis is global however Brexit has increased food prices in the UK by 6%.
@Kinzhal it is global, in the country where i am from, food prices and housing prices are increased.
quite . its global as many different nationals have and are saying it again and again because its getting worse and worse .
@@sweeta17 I live in Singapore ,travel to south east Asia a lot, it’s not global, in fact it’s cheaper now in south east asia, unles you believe the west is the world like most western people that would be different 🤣🤣
@@katy3mpress definitely not global, only in western world ,try travel to south east Asia , 😅