People should remember: poverty is not an accident, a coincidence or an inevitability. It is something which is manufactured by the ruling class.

@Mysterkoma

3 ай бұрын

Of course it's not coincidence - it's mostly your mentality and if you wanna blame government for it you will never take responsibility for your life and rise up

@JamesBoslem-fh9gr

3 ай бұрын

The Tory nirvana is back to Victorian times. Brexit was phase 1 and leaving human rights is the final stage

@user-qo8ci2ye6v

3 ай бұрын

@@JamesBoslem-fh9gr Rubbish. You live in a fantasy world

@daysofgreenday65

3 ай бұрын

@@JamesBoslem-fh9gr Exactly, or "the good old days" as they would say.

@AndrewMclachlan-hq4jp

3 ай бұрын

No if your poor that’s cause your families lazy or not ambitious or lack intelligence

I have lived in the UK until recently. They can pretend all they want, but this country is in trouble. Very big trouble.

@johnthompson7105

3 ай бұрын

English people are in trouble yet all illegals live a life of luxury

@rm71991

3 ай бұрын

You never lived in the UK so stop lying

@thisweekmetaverse

3 ай бұрын

It is indeed. I left a few years ago and am in no rush to go back. It's not just cost off living, add in climate, weather, dark winters and crumbling housing in many places and it's grim. UK is becoming a poor third world country at a rapid rate.

@carlbland68

3 ай бұрын

dnt come back its finished @@thisweekmetaverse

@peterlee6148

3 ай бұрын

But why is the premier league still going strong? The money spent by handful of clubs is insane!

I really hate this term "cost of living crisis", it should be called the government made us poorer crisis.

@buy.to.let.britain

3 ай бұрын

could be called the 'irersponsibility crisis' ?

@artofsam

3 ай бұрын

@@buy.to.let.britain Yeah starting off with those irresponsible bankers in 2008 who should be in prison.

@gabrielsr4791

2 ай бұрын

Yes This is pratically everywhere 😓

@pip1723

2 ай бұрын

Yes government financial irresponsibility crisis ...

@catherinebirch2399

2 ай бұрын

And yet people still vote conservative.

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

@MarthaDeTa358

Ай бұрын

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@Florencecoxx

Ай бұрын

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 to $800. I don't know what to do and i am in between jobs

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Ай бұрын

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Ай бұрын

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Ай бұрын

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Keeping us poor is all by design, my partner & myself work and just keep ourselves above water!! Yet this government squanders our taxes!! I’m sick to death of it. 🤬🤬🤬

@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984

3 ай бұрын

Spare a thought for these illegals coming into the UK. In the next few years, 1M illegals and the Home Office quite happy to fund the invaders over UK homeless. So much for border control and the illusion of Brexit.

@ianhill4585

3 ай бұрын

Squanders!!?? Don't exaggerate It's only 8 million a DAY (on one subject anyway) .But seriously, that's the wastage we know about, other crackpot schemes are available........😤

@oddities-whatnot

3 ай бұрын

I had a well paid job but it simply not enough in my area for buying a property again.

@colindavid2078

3 ай бұрын

yeah, but don't worry, all those who weren't even born in the UK have nice big houses, and plenty of benefits!! UK is a joke! with the failing economy and NHS, they better stop taking taxes of the people!!

@lucifer6295

3 ай бұрын

Yes, work hard so they can free Ukraine with your tax money!

It is outrageous that almost one-third of our population is in poverty.

@user-qo8ci2ye6v

3 ай бұрын

It depends how you measure poverty

@CharlMarais247

3 ай бұрын

@@artgreen6915 you can only add so much copper to gold, untill your only left with copper. This is what's happening when you demand and don't produce. feels like UK is in a downward education trend and they don't want to work. I had a look at the skills shortages. Basically, if you can breathe, the UK needs U. I find that crazy. Basic well paying jobs are in very high demand. You want to make money. Become an electrician or a plumber or a engineer or a painter. DON'T GO WORK AT TESCO! Make something, do something, earn something.

@colindavid2078

3 ай бұрын

yeah, but don't worry, all those who weren't even born in the UK have nice big houses, and plenty of benefits!! UK is a joke! with the failing economy and NHS, they better stop taking taxes of the people!!

@DBGE001

3 ай бұрын

Philip McCann's study (economist professor at the University of Sheffield) shows that half the country today is poorer than the poorest state in Mississippi and West-Virginia and has a quality of life which is about the same as Tennessee or Alabama.

@sntki8561

3 ай бұрын

You don't know what poverty is

I lived in the UK all my life and to see this country heading this way makes me sad; especially when some countries are getting people out of poverty and we seem to be putting people in poverty

@DankZoomboy

3 ай бұрын

It's sad to see what rapid immigration did to the local population lived and jods.. Doesn't that mak u angry broo.. Real British people can't even get jobs because of migrants

@eveoakley6270

3 ай бұрын

Don’t believe everything you read and see in the media.

@McRedneck

3 ай бұрын

dont you feel culturally enriched though?

@19dazhogan82

3 ай бұрын

There once was as a time when the husband went to work Monday to Friday 40 hours per week, the wife took care of the home and children. While not living beyond their means and putting money aside, they could Afford to live comfortably, have a holiday once a year and maybe even have savings. All on a 1 income household. What has happened? Now both parents have to work full time just to tread water, kids are going to school hungry, families break up. Everyone is in debt, the banks get richer, the government takes more and more. House prices continue to rise. This has all been a very deliberate plan

@Johnemburey-er1hp

3 ай бұрын

​@@19dazhogan82need to stop immigrants especially from Islamic nations. They would seek asylum and live lazily on welfare.

This is happening everywhere, in USA, Australia. Maybe not as quick but it is happening.

@Johnemburey-er1hp

3 ай бұрын

It sure 8s happening. Add newzealand to that list.

@danielmcarthur9004

3 ай бұрын

Yeah same with canada. Probably faster than the UK due to the housing crisis here

@markkilley2683

3 ай бұрын

@@danielmcarthur9004 We also a housing crisis here in Aus. Most people don't care, if you do care, you're called 'woke'. I really don't know why being cruel is the answer.

@charabotte1

3 ай бұрын

Happening in France too. It's wanted. Probably all mapped out at G20 events. It's basically everywhere so not a coincidence.

@markkilley2683

3 ай бұрын

@@charabotte1 It's posible.

£1.600 p/m?!?!? That's actual robbery! how can landlords sleep at night expecting people to pay that much?

@salsabila786

3 ай бұрын

When the house they bought was 400k, they then took 80% mortgage and their interest payment probably over 1k monthly, that's how they justify it. If someone had 400k, it's unlikely they'd buy a house cash, there's much better returns with lower risk and expenses

@AndrewMclachlan-hq4jp

3 ай бұрын

Mate move to the slums can’t be broke and moan about not affording houses in rich neighbourhoods

@yayosadventures

3 ай бұрын

Mortgages

@yetidodger6650

3 ай бұрын

greedy bastards, getting others to pay the mortgage for them.

@Sassy-Sam

3 ай бұрын

I’d have no problems sleeping at night……. Charging from 3% to 8% for the money invested (and that’s before taxes & expenses), yeah, I would lose ZERO sleep over expecting someone to pay those rates! In the south the rental yields are ridiculously low! My fixed term savings account gives me more return than I’d get if I bought a property to let out in the south, where yields are typically 3% to 5%!! I get 5% return on my savings in the bank…….. so, yes, I’d definitely not lose any sleep!

I earn a little more than the average UK salary. As a single person, and with the absolutely insane cost of rent in this country, I am barely scraping by. Saving or putting money away into a pension is basically a pipe dream. I reguarly ask myself what is the point? What am I working for? I have no idea how people earning under the average salary are surviving in this country tbh. It's a national disgrace.

@GeorgeJoubert-id2cv

3 ай бұрын

​@@PGHEngineer dumbass

@robtheplod

3 ай бұрын

You need to work harder, those hotels for our new friends ain't cheap you know!

@wilhelmvanbabbenburg8443

3 ай бұрын

​@@robtheplod oh yeah blame the refugee you poor loser...

@danieloliver4558

3 ай бұрын

Exactly that you work so you can eat and be housed. Do you believe you should not have to work for those things

@mickeymadmouse

3 ай бұрын

Find a work through internet, move to countries like Portugal, Moldova and you are set for the whole life. It's about choices nowadays

To me as a Norwegian, UK seems so shabby and impoverished. Maybe I'm wrong?

@teainortakoy

Ай бұрын

Depends where you live and how much you earn, the same as any country really. We're in the top 5 riches countries in the world but that doesn't mean that we don't have poverty in families and bad areas.

If I were to stop my overtime at work I'd be in trouble. My basic wage is exactly the same as my outgoings before food and fuel costs. I've cut absolutely everything I can when it comes to bills. I even turn my heating off completely after my son goes home to his mum. This country is screwed

@hana26z

3 ай бұрын

Then you will realise oh wait a second, why m I working? Is that not better to have benefit?

@Stefan_Dahn

3 ай бұрын

The luxury of divorce and single households.

@srinfinity5587

3 ай бұрын

I’ve stopped paying the electric bill how they want me to pay. I pay them 2018 rates.

@katarinagbajobi6620

3 ай бұрын

Iflation is actually inflated cost of goods and services by the riches. They want more and more. The elites have created casts like in India where poor people have no chance of getting out of poverty get better for their children.

@fortitudo2110

3 ай бұрын

I used to go for a capuccino on Friday morning as was the end of the week... I no longer go as it too expensive. -.-

It's just assumed by those in government, or those who are doing okay that we're struggling because we're not working hard enough. In actuality, we're working ridiculous hours in dead end jobs that we hate and have very little time and resources to find anything else. The game is rigged. I've listened to these Tories constantly bashing the working class, Liz Truss even had the audacity to suggest we need to graft more. Meanwhile, they are laughing it up in the house of commons every week, like some ridiculous pantomime show, claiming expenses from the tax payer and blowing our money on pointless schemes that no one believes in or cares about. The image of Rees Mogg with his feet up in the commons is one of the most offensive things I've ever seen. Do not vote these ridiculous people back in.

@davidazure1539

3 ай бұрын

So Glad to hear this. And glad to see can also see the problem isn't us not working hard enough.

I work from Sunday to Sunday, I have two daughters, I'm a widow, I'm not entitled to benefits and I'm surviving, but I wanted to live and not just survive.

@hmq9052

3 ай бұрын

You need two incomes really.

@Robby334

3 ай бұрын

Well done xx

@cidamed

3 ай бұрын

My solidarity. As a Buddhist, I will send my sincere practice to you to reach the immeasurable and ilimmited benefits. 😊

@SA-ff9uc

3 ай бұрын

Needs to get herself out there.@@hmq9052

@thebritishbookworm2649

3 ай бұрын

Wow am so sorry for you. May God bless your life deeply. 🙏

I was advised to diversify my portfolio among several assets such as stocks and bonds since this can protect my portfolio for retirement. I'm seeking to invest $200K across markets but don't know where to start.

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12 күн бұрын

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12 күн бұрын

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12 күн бұрын

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12 күн бұрын

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12 күн бұрын

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Ай бұрын

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This is what happens when the minimum wage doesn’t keep up with the cost of living. In my day if you lived frugally you could easily afford a nice roof over your head, three meals a day and a holiday each year.

@Heaven-dy9lj

3 ай бұрын

The minimum wage is a fallacy. It was introduced to be the maximum wage.

@rosalindchrister

3 ай бұрын

There is no minimum or living wage it is an hourly rate

@deangelisdata

3 ай бұрын

there is no minimum wage there is only the serf allowance

@Em-im1yz

3 ай бұрын

You need 35k a year for that now if ur single no kids and living in the north. If you're couple with kids better both be earning 35 - 40k each.

@yofinance1777

3 ай бұрын

This is what happens when the sheeple society full of electorates become distracted, divided and manipulated. Lazy and pathetic, society does not hold those they elect accountable and let them get away with absolute fraud! Society is getting absolutely everything it deserves! Disgusting what we have become!

The UK is a mess. Kids leaving school now can go to college or university, get an apprenticeship, basically train for a well paying career but its simply not enough nowadays. They reckon the average salary is about 37k. Fine if you were on that 25 years ago so you could afford a nice house in a good area, as a single person, but now you need double that or two of you living together on at least 30k each to have a decent standard of living. I was on at least the UK average but im having to share in my part of the country as houses are at least 8x the salary I was on. Ive given up work for the time being because I dont see what the point is, and NO im not claiming any benefits. So many people must be in the same position, why work hard all week if you still cant get anywhere to call home ?

@patricia_1303

3 ай бұрын

Exactly that’s my point, I work 40 hours a week with better wages, living at my mum’s flat but still not enough to be accepted for a property because the prices are ridiculous! And landlords expect you to earn double of that! UK went downhill!

@aaronbrown7217

3 ай бұрын

My wage is way bellow the £37K. I just about earn without tax removed £21k per year and there is no suprises that I can't even get on the property ladder at all.

@lifegamerpro4033

3 ай бұрын

Don't worry we indians take care...you in our factories in india 👍

@murdock6450

3 ай бұрын

Move to somewhere cheaper then?

@catherinebirch2399

3 ай бұрын

@@futoooob I did that for most of my life because I could see the futility of the 9 to 5 existence. I'm retired now but I'm far better off than I've ever been in my life. I've been on two holidays to the continent last year. A lot of people who've worked hard for 40 years plus can't afford that.

I found an old pay slip from 1973, I was then aged 17 years old. The payslip was for a week’s pay and my pay aged 17 was £27.50 which equates to £485 in today’s money. Now imagine if youngsters were receiving that kind of amount and then think on that at aged 18 I would have been on even more money. So tell me again how bad were the 70s and Pre-Thatcherism.

@0w784g

20 күн бұрын

Thatcher didn't advocate uncontrolled migration that suppressed wage growth, that came with Blair.

It's the same all over the world now.

Something I hear all the time is "I've worked so hard for everything I have and that's why I'm well off" - well in my opinion, many people have inherited money, or they've had luck in life. There's plenty of hard working individuals who deserve more.

@Turanic1

3 ай бұрын

For some people working hard is collecting rents off 12 properties once a month, and putting it all into spreadsheets while projecting future profits 😂 I bet those are the f##kers that defend capitalism and teach everyone how to work hard

@kaptinbarfbeerd1317

3 ай бұрын

The people who say that we're born 70 years ago. It's a way different time now but they just don't get it

@danmahon127

3 ай бұрын

@@kaptinbarfbeerd1317 totally

@diannevenner-kc6gu

3 ай бұрын

Yes the baby boomers age in their 70s now we're the last generation that were able to say this along with the job for life quote. Nowadays it's difficult and different world.

@pistopitpit

3 ай бұрын

I’m an immigrant who came to UK 15 years ago with one backpack and around £200 in my pocket. Now I have my own home and good salary. It was luck and hard work together which got me to this point.

I am one of the lucky ones who worked over decades and have my own home. I am retired and now most of my income is State Pension. Not enough of course. I have now to sell my home. No choice. Plan is somewhere cheaper and smaller. Until I die. But still lucky. I have a roof and food on the table. At my age, nothing more needed. And - no one is going to throw me out.

@G4RY1159

3 ай бұрын

All about timing, and sometimes hard work

@kanedNunable

3 ай бұрын

yours will be the last generation where most owned their home. no chance for most young nowadays.

@jtrevm

3 ай бұрын

Seems very likely. Except. We need some politicians who do understand supply and demand. Build. Build. Build. Good luck with your future. Truly. You deserve better.@@kanedNunable

@todorkolev7565

3 ай бұрын

and when you sell your house, it will be taxed so MUCH, that you have nothing left after buying the smaller house!

@jamesb312

2 ай бұрын

@@todorkolev7565 No, a sale of a main residence in the UK does not attract Capital Gains Tax.

We have been led to this situation over the past four decades and this is exactly where politicians and the wealthy want most people to be. When economic uncertainty and poverty becomes the norm, it easier to manipulate a population. There is no real benefit to governments and the rich to have a large, comfortable and financially functional middle-class. Middle-class people are too much of a bother the more of them there are.

@skymanifest8339

3 ай бұрын

Good job mass immigration and multiculturalism have made us a richer, more dynamic, place to live, huh?

@d.dr.v42

20 күн бұрын

@@skymanifest8339This is not immigrants fault is always the rich bastards that profit for people misery

So she’s living in one of the most expensive areas of Greater London, working part time and complains that she can’t afford a flat? Her son looks old enough to take care of himself so there’s no reason she shouldn’t be working full time. There’s no significant other or family to help out? I really don’t see this is fault of the government.

@le_chat4911

3 ай бұрын

Some people are use to live on benefit and charity 🙄

@kevoreilly6557

2 ай бұрын

Well done missing the point - it seems that has been the way her and her son have been for years; it’s only now an issue and a growing issue for many families

@karenrobinson129

16 күн бұрын

Agreed.

A small handful of people own nearly all the land and generate passive income from it by gouging the workers who actually generate all the goods and services in society. Land ownership is the root of this problem.

@lbunnygordon1133

3 ай бұрын

It s called modern feudal system...

@josemengelez6947

3 ай бұрын

@@greg6126 they clearly do, that's why you feel threatened and lash out.

@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp

3 ай бұрын

It's certainly a big part of it. Deindustrialisation, hyper-financialisation and mass immigration also

@otinanai5439

3 ай бұрын

@@S.Tradesno actually he is right. Cadogan westminster grosvenor. Google those 3 names and you will find out that majority of land is owned indeed by handful people

@AndrewMclachlan-hq4jp

3 ай бұрын

I hate this yiur broke cause your family’s is either lazy or stupid like my family people have money cause there smarter or work harder if you aren’t born into money it means your family failed financially it’s not the Governments fault

Double the income just to meet the poverty line? My goodness.

@hc1897

3 ай бұрын

No worries there are “only” 6 million people in that position. Not quite 1/10!of the total. The politicians are in no danger, they can continue to play with the country for many years.

@starlightgirl8863

3 ай бұрын

It's a disgusting joke

@jessicasaunder6965

3 ай бұрын

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

@mulizimustapha4406

3 ай бұрын

Our economy struggling with uncertainties, housing issues, foreclosures, global fluctuations, and pandemic aftermath, causing instability. Rising inflation, sluggish growth, and trade disruptions need urgent attention from all sectors to restore stability and stimulate growth.

@user-hc8uu7wt9y

3 ай бұрын

I retired at 53 thanks to my husband . It wouldn't have been possible without his company stock plan because it far exceeded the 401k we both have. He is six years older than me and was sick of the day to day grind but we had no clue if our savings and investments would be sufficient, we finally went to a financial management meeting and we make all decisions for a profitable Investment and prepared a plan for our early retirement. We should have done that years ago but never considered that we might ever have enough to retire early and I thank God and my husband for the ability to do investment . We are now financially stable with everything paid for and we have a good health insurance ! Don't wait time is something we have in short supply and no amount of money will buy you more, I pray that anyone who reads and held to these words will be successful in life too 🙏🙏🙏

This makes me feel very sad because it is the constant topic of conversation at home on a weekly basis, and seeing these videos just amplifies the awareness of how people are suffering in quiet desperation. I worry about everyone around me on a weekly basis, forever concerned about my family and friends financial and psychological wellbeing. The hurt and struggle behind closed doors is soo real that I've slowly developed some mental health struggles surrounding this stark external environment that is eating away our soles. No torch of leadership is being carried to draw us out of this dark that is consuming us, and mothers and fathers are barely surviving their own unhappiness just to feed their children. Love and happiness are dissipating into loneliness and slavery of a system built on greed and corruption.

@moosky7344

3 ай бұрын

Councils across the country going bankrupt hasn't helped, plus councils on the brink of bankruptcy,means severe cuts, sackings and depleted services all across the board for years to come, yet we can find 10s billions to give away for free to other countries. Our interest rates for our national debt is 100 billion annually 😢 I heard some councils are having a 3 weekly bin collection to cut costs, imagine what it will be like in summer. Then i read in South Africa they receive 2 bin collections a day 😢

@Nanan-he9om

3 ай бұрын

Same sadness in France, people have the same problem of survival cost of living. the Real danger is the lonelyless who Can destroy strong mind, if you are bless to have family and Friends the love you Can share with them will protect you to any mental disorder.

I absolutely hate going grocery shopping now 😫😫😫 i would do less shopping if im by myself, but i have 2 kids 🤣🤣

can you imagine what will happen when the average wage in China is close to or more than a UK wage, that’s when the wheels will come off. If you send all the money to Amazon and all the work to China, then what do you expect. Our factories close our work drys up and we get poorer and poorer while the rich get richer, someone other then me must see how obscene it is that one man can have a net worth of $229 billion he made from all of us giving him our hard-earned cash.

@lbunnygordon1133

3 ай бұрын

Try tory govt having a shareout with pals and richest 1 per cent of 73 trillon in 2023. . 😢

@person.X.

3 ай бұрын

This is exactly what is slowly throttling the UK. The imported stuff the UK needs gets steadily more expensive as China, E. Europe etc get wealthier. If the UK still produced stuff then it could switch back to local suppliers but they no longer exist so the UK is now stuck in a trap. It was pretty obvious this was going to become a problem back in the 90s after the industrial bloodbath of the 80s but everyone just pretended that everything was hunky dory and spent the oil income, borrowed money and sold the family silver to foreigners. Hopefully at some point the UK will redevelop its economy and become more self sufficient as well as developing more competitive export industries.

@scetchport

3 ай бұрын

Same in Australia.

@wmoule

3 ай бұрын

That would never happen as there is literally not enough resources in the world..

@AndrewMclachlan-hq4jp

3 ай бұрын

You have little understanding of economics 😂😂😂

As a Malaysian who used to live in the UK as a British Permanent Resident from the 1970s to the 1990s, I didn't expect things will be worse than at the height of the early 1980s recession and record unemployment in Maggie's Britain. Yet, I'm wrong.

@damianbutterworth2434

3 ай бұрын

I thought the 80`s was good. I had a nice job in a Space semiconductor factory and driving a 5.7 litre Camaro. Full motorbike test was £28. Beer was cheap. You could smoke in pubs. There was no wokes. Cheap houses. All the people on the dole was also working on the land so they was not that hard up.

@das5813

3 ай бұрын

I still call her the EVIL thatcher.

@lovejoypeace6174

3 ай бұрын

Damian: And that's the problem. People wasted money when they had good jobs.

@damianbutterworth2434

3 ай бұрын

@@lovejoypeace6174 I`ve semi retired now at 53 due to not wasting money. House paid off. Free Wood heating. Solar panels. My monthly bills are £250.

@das5813

3 ай бұрын

@@lovejoypeace6174 Totally disagree. The evil thatcher milked the people and treated it as just another money making racket. Did you know that she copied Augusta Pinochet by forming a special branch of the police like his Death Squads ? They are still barracks near the Conservative HQ and they're there just to protect Neoconservatives.

You know it's broken when your better off doing nothing with yourself and fundamentally being provided social housing with a guaranteed tenancy than going to work paying nearly all your earnings back into the property (for most) and constantly being at risk of eviction from selling up.

@salkoharper2908

2 ай бұрын

I know a young man who was working, he dropped out and quit. He lives at home with his parents and does odd cash in hand jobs. He told me he has more money now than when he was working full time and paying rent. It is now more profitable for a large segment of the population to literally not work and pay taxes. Any system like this will collapse, it is only a matter of time now.

@CarlBland-tn1jo

Ай бұрын

It is broken I don't work flat gets paid for pip a UC every two weeks only skint a day or 2 of the month not better or financially if I worked but at least I would have sum thing to fill my days up with

As a delivery driver I work 7 days a week but save £2k a month. I am single no dependents but how many single men like me are pretending they can’t save? They’re lying.

@moosky7344

3 ай бұрын

Who wants and can find work 7 days a week, depends also where you live too, you're just the exception. Why don't you leave the work for the other unemployed who can't find work

@realest-12

10 күн бұрын

Its everyone for themselves

My whole life, like many others, has been this way. I'm struggling so much at the moment and don't know what to do. What an existence we have, eh..

@Amrit_Love

3 ай бұрын

That is why we need a Creative Society where people's life is the most precious thing in the world. We, as a society, are on the brink at the moment, so unity is the only thing that can help us. Global Crysis forum on YT shows a way out.

@S.Trades

3 ай бұрын

Something fishy about this..... 🤔

@Amrit_Love

3 ай бұрын

​ @S.Trades Bro, our whole life we've been divided and treated like cattle. We all have family, friends, relatives and etc. whom we always welcome to help. So why don't we do the same for every person in the world? We can hate and kill but can't love and live in piece? That is not true and you know that as well. Look at climate change, look at this world with open eyes and this world is what we've created. And if we are the reason for the world to be like that, we can be the reason to create the opposite world, but only together

@S.Trades

3 ай бұрын

Do I smell a religious cult? 🤔

@incredibilis4024

3 ай бұрын

It is all part of the plan, have you ever wondered why invaders are at the top of the housing and benefit list? Have you ever wondered why we are left in squalor while invaders get 5 star hotels for free? It's all about replacing us with a new people who will work for peanuts and who can be controlled more easily!

People have no idea what’s coming and many will be swept away or have to leave the country. Owning your own home is also ridiculously expensive with the fees on top of fees charged by estate management companies and service charges

@damianbutterworth2434

3 ай бұрын

I found it strange you have to pay all these fees and surveys to buy a house but if you buy an expensive car there are none.

@Red_1976

3 ай бұрын

I left 5years ago and haven’t looked back. I got a full time job within three weeks of arriving and in three months bought my own house. Single parent, one income. You can do it, but just not in the UK.

@EmilyGloeggler7984

3 ай бұрын

@@Red_1976What country did you move to?

@moosky7344

3 ай бұрын

​@@Red_1976yep if i get or won any money I'm off, but where to, most of the world is in turmoil

@moosky7344

3 ай бұрын

​@@EmilyGloeggler7984probably somewhere in Eastern Europe

Few years ago Europeans were playing with food in their streets enjoying by throwing milk and tomato and wheat while other nations are starving ,not thinking that they may suffer one day ,cause nothing is guaranteed in this life

This whole poverty thing started with Cameron/Osbourne. They changed everything from benefits to taxes and all for the worse!

@kevoreilly6557

2 ай бұрын

Austerity killed growth in the UK (stopped all the investment) - GDP per capita fell for a decade - and then Brexit kicked small business growth in the nether reasons

Housing, lack of and cost is the biggest problem for this country.

@lbunnygordon1133

3 ай бұрын

Always has been but now worse than anyone could imagine.. 21 to 25k doesnt cover anything.

@wmoule

3 ай бұрын

If we keep letting in over 700k people in one year, what do you expect? Unless you want to throw planning regulations out the window and just start building on countryside where ever a developer wants.

@salsabila786

3 ай бұрын

​@wmoule we actually need more labour, just not cheap labour. The wages also have gone down in real terms in last 2 decades. Immigration is just a smokescreen, unemployment is still low levels, there's more jobs than available in the job market and health sector, service sector and many other sector the wait is so long not due to Immigration but not filling roles after years of advertisement. Which doctor wants to work in UK at 50k before overtime when they could make 4 times that tax free in Dubai or more in the US

@stuartsutherland7664

3 ай бұрын

@@salsabila786 Why pay more wages when you can get cheap labour and doctors from overseas! Immigration is a real problem! It has a negative effect on the working population here and the countries that the cheap labour force is taken from.

@salsabila786

3 ай бұрын

@@stuartsutherland7664 we don't have enough qualified doctors or nurses to cover current vacancies. Just the human health sector in the UK has 215,000 vacancies. We don't have the staff, increasing wages is important to cover the cost of living, Germany and other developed countries have higher wages than UK. Problem isn't immigration but greed within UK, the inequality is shown in the video. In a service sector developed country, there's shouldn't be 14 million people in poverty, most who are working.

Millions to be cut off from gas and electricity this winter as energy bill debt continues to rise The number of people in debt to energy suppliers has reached 5.3 million, says Citizens Advice, as its figures show 800,000 people went more than 24 hours without gas or electricity in 2023 because they could not afford top-ups.

@GMT439

3 ай бұрын

It's all by design.. This is a CULL.

@babajaga158

3 ай бұрын

Vote tory for few more decades and will get even better.

@lbunnygordon1133

3 ай бұрын

I was cut off although bills inc by rurhless llord backed up by council in 2022 to 23 especially during snow period no heat light gas etc. He got away with it all. 😢

@gmanlee575

3 ай бұрын

Brits have been done bad have been reduced to be being poorer than the poorest us state misssippi per gdp per capita

@b.nichols3255

3 ай бұрын

And it costs almost £350 per year just to be connected, before switching on a kettle.

I really feel for this lady. Having been a carer for my husband for years before he died and years before I was pension age and unwell myself I was in a pitiful state. Now on an aged pension my health has improved including mental health but I’m still well below the poverty line. I pray nothing breaks that needs replacing and budgeting is a nightmare. 68 and in Australia.

@pappuchak8605

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂... You people actually do not know what poverty is!!

@--jan--

Ай бұрын

​@@pappuchak8605What a unpleasant reaction to such a personal story. Not everything has to be compared to third world standards. And losing a loved one is always a tragedy.

@pappuchak8605

Ай бұрын

@@--jan-- You people are nail to hair fkn racists!!

Tony Blair is to blame.

This is what being a human being, being human, is about. I'm pretty sure we've got it wrong as a species somewhere along the line.

@303octavian

3 ай бұрын

We're a virus. End of.

@SPHau

3 ай бұрын

To feel alive should be the norm for humans not dreading another groundhog day of the same old same .

@murdock6450

3 ай бұрын

Human needs to stop trying to accumulate so much and just be.. like zen.

@CLOCKCHASER2222

3 ай бұрын

Big time wrong, we’re doomed

@dhanyrafael

3 ай бұрын

In Romania, and Eastern Europe, we always have been poor. So it's easier for us to endure the terrible times that are coming. I survive with only 350 euros per month. I eat mostly vegetable soup. I don't go out, I don't buy new things, only second hand things, I don't have AC in summer to reduce electricity, I don't travel, etc. I consume electricity only about 70KW per month (20 euros). I consume water only about 10m3 (2 euros). I eat for 200 euros per month. I am lucky to have my own 3 room apartment (living room, kitchen, bathroom) and I pay only 40 euros per month. And that's my life. Of course, it could be worse. People in Burundi, Africa are living with only 10 euros per month. So, I am blessed in many ways. I accept my destiny. Stay safe, hard times are coming.@@murdock6450

Nothing will get better You can always rely on the British public to vote for the same people and do nothing

@STTC

3 ай бұрын

So true

@Jay_Richardson

3 ай бұрын

And make stupid choices that screw us all for the next 25 years example like being dumb, ignorant and brain washed by right wing propaganda voting to leave the EU for a start. God i so badly want to leave this country. Its just endless promotion of racial instability, dumb and ignorant society, people constanlty moaning but do nothing to help themselves, right wing controlled media and Government, soical media warped everyone, no one helps the helpness in the event of an emergancy instead take pictures or videos to post, bad boy attitude youth, youth talk like tards saying like, like, like every 2 seconds. Is that a country to be proud of? I'm so done with this.

@lasttango7522

3 ай бұрын

​@@STTC Totally agree. We are voting for our demise.

@papichuckle

3 ай бұрын

@@chrisviking7807 they will vote in labour next and be surprised when nothing changes

@andrewwalsh2755

3 ай бұрын

Zionist Labour in... more lies, deceit and dishonesty... and ANOTHER bogus war then!...😱

Single mum, working part-time, living in Surrey. If she needed to double income, she needs to work full time, live with others with an income and probably move? You can't rely on the Government for anything, so why are we pretending they can help?

@janetmalcolm6191

3 ай бұрын

Govt policies need changing. Yes UN said this can be sorted ASAP when they looked into things. People need to think about that. Very telling.

i have never been to UK but my daughter is studying in London. what amazes me is how expensive London is and yet the wages in UK is not high at all. How did UK become so expensive??

@Itsmetheworldsgreatest

3 ай бұрын

It’s all done on purpose to stop people owning homes …. Welcome to 2030 you will own nothing and be happy ‘ WEF’

@user-fl5pr4lc4o

3 ай бұрын

GREED

@underground9560

3 ай бұрын

BREXIT

@9595luke

Ай бұрын

Because of all the foreign investment

When I was in UK. I saw empty boarded up streets under a constant grey sky, litter everywhere. Homeless people sleeping in doorways. A women with cat whiskers makeup casually walking into Tesco with her pajamas. Opioid addicts out of their mind and women so drunk they urinated on the streets. It's a sad declined country.

@moosky7344

3 ай бұрын

Councils across the country are going bankrupt, 2024 is the year of cuts,sackings and lack of services for years to come

@monacophotographyevents2384

3 ай бұрын

@abraham_tsfaye Looking at your completely ridiculous Pro Russian, Pro Hamas propaganda channel, I would be amazed if you have ever been to Europe, let alone the UK. Try to be less obvious.

@Istroops

3 ай бұрын

True!

@Prometheus7272

3 ай бұрын

​@@monacophotographyevents2384It is genuinely true though, some places are wastelands.

@Jalleur14325

3 ай бұрын

​@@monacophotographyevents2384there's no doubt that Putin wants to flood the west with migrants to try and sink it.

Australia is in the same boat, every day people living on the streets heading to work carrying all they own and then back on the streets after work due to housing/rental crisis coupled with cost of living. And all our government does is talk, talk, and more talk and zero action.

@rennmaxbeta

3 ай бұрын

I agree mate, also trying to survive here in Queensland. Rent and costs are insane. It's depressing seeing more and more people living in tents, out of cars etc in the area.

@mariotaz

3 ай бұрын

You guys earn so much more money than the rest of the world. I lived in Melbourne for 2 years, damn you guys get insane pay I don't understand how Aussies can be poor.

@sandrafinbar

3 ай бұрын

@@mariotaz the rents have gone up and we had 13 interest rate rises in the last couple of years. It all adds up.

@christinefiedor3518

3 ай бұрын

Depends on where in you are. I’m in South Australia and it’s not too bad here. But it’s not as good as it used to be.@@mariotaz

@moosky7344

3 ай бұрын

All roads lead to demand for accommodation, leaving lack of accommodation and pushing up the prices because of greed. The demand needs to cease

LIFE FOR MOST PEOPLE IN THE UK IS ONLY GOING TO KEEP GETTING WORSE EACH YEAR.

I moved to Romania over a year ago but went back last week for work. I was shocked at how expensive EVERYTHING is now. I’m glad I left. The UK doesn’t deserve qualified people.

@AdrianSams

2 ай бұрын

Part of the current problem of low wages is down to freedom of movement when we were EU members. Flooded with EU citizens from Eastern Europe who were more than happy to work for the low wages which suppressed the wages of millions,. Ever tried asking for a pay rise when your boss says, "If you don't like it then leave,plenty of Bulgarians,Romanians and Poles happy to have your job". No? well you were very lucky. An extra 10million people have come to the UK in the past 12yrs, more immigration in the past 20yrs than we saw in the previous 2000yrs and yet we were told and still are told that immigration can only be a good thing.

@mimi64231

2 ай бұрын

This is UK after Brexit 😱 kzread.info/dash/bejne/hGqc1axwmJvaZdo.htmlsi=H8GJLOZscqWvvKKL kzread.info/dash/bejne/ooGIvMOIoqfRXcY.htmlsi=1udwLZhRHeDyREa7 I and my famili moved to Poland one year ago. Leaving the UK was a very good decision. All the best from Zakopane.

Everything feels just so hard at the moment

@mirabella2154

3 ай бұрын

Well, it's not like they didn't announce it, right ? WEF...

@mollusckscramp4124

3 ай бұрын

It is.

@SA-ff9uc

3 ай бұрын

In Bangladesh?

@adiintel1

3 ай бұрын

Well 1% interest rates basically very cheap money could be a big reason.

@RYANLEWIS-pd7zs

3 ай бұрын

Zesty guy, chill out there are kids on youtube.

GOVERNMENT MADE IT LIKE THIS

Welcome to life in the US. I hate seeing this happen in the UK too.

@kevoreilly6557

2 ай бұрын

It’s far worse on the UK (I’m from UK and live in US and so get to see both)

It is getting harder now in Finland too, but not that hard. Rents have actually come down a bit recently. I lived in Manchester back in 1994, and it was not that bad. Now it looks really bad in UK.

@Jalleur14325

3 ай бұрын

Finland is a beautiful country.

@loadapish

3 ай бұрын

U got a spare room mate?

@rackin9594

3 ай бұрын

@loadpish I was going to ask the same. I will be visiting there or hoping to live there for 6 months or so. I don't mind splitting the rent. I come from the Caribbean, and I work in Tech too. However, I am doubting it is hard to find accommodation in Finland unlike the UK.

I retire this year. The worry of how I'm going to live makes me ill. I've not worked for the past year due to ill health. But I've contributed for 50 years. I started at 15 and have never stopped. Yet I have nothing. Fuel bills are the biggest drain. Diesel, gas and electric. After those and council tax, I have under £100 a week to feed myself, internet/tv. Phone/insurances, Water etc. It's a horrible thought of what is to come. Yet someone who have never contributed can come here and be warmer. Eat better than me and get more help. What a disgrace

@mariotaz

3 ай бұрын

Who can come here and get that?

@niptodstan

3 ай бұрын

@@mariotaz Boat loads. They're filling our hotels up while our homeless freeze and starve.

@FaceFcuk

3 ай бұрын

Boat ppl

@moosky7344

3 ай бұрын

You get free bus pass, free tv licence, 500 quid towards electricity. Pension and universal credit etc you'll be fine

@niptodstan

3 ай бұрын

@@moosky7344 Free TV license? That ended ages ago.

How long are people gonna put up with this. Surviving is not living.

@Dark_Bandon

3 ай бұрын

The poor don't have the luxury or the time too do anything about it because you're too busy struggling to stay afloat.

@jacksoncrate

3 ай бұрын

what she have kids for?

@Dark_Bandon

3 ай бұрын

@@jacksoncrate For the same reason no female wants to give you kids.

@mikefoster5277

3 ай бұрын

Thinking about it, survival has been the primary aspect of human life for millions of years (and still is, of course, among other living species). With the general increase in technology driven living standards around the world, it seems our individual expectations have changed - and possibly become unrealistic in many cases! Life, at its core, is still first and foremost about surviving - anything over and above that is (in reality) a luxury. Of course, the inherent inequality created by modern capitalist systems doesn't help matters, because we witness first hand how much 'better' things might be, 'if only'. But that is merely an illusion. We shouldn't lose sight of life's primary existential reality - if you're alive, then you're succeeding.

£1600 pcm is insane. Unfortunately it sounds like they’re going to need to move out of Surrey but even here in Nottinghamshire you’re looking at about £1000 per month rent for a 2 or 3 bed house. Maybe £800 if it’s a bad/poorer area

Some people still have new cars phones full tv package and stil go on foreign holidays every year. Then say they have no money

Having been in middle class and lived in poverty for some years and returned to the middle class, I feel for this woman's situation and others like her. I haven't seen it look so tough in the UK for a long time.

@anthonyfaucy2761

3 ай бұрын

Its sad how many disgusting posters there are here so your post providing empathy is refreshing. What has humanity come to when there is so much vile and nasty comments to others who did nothing to them

@scruf153

3 ай бұрын

America is worse

The British support and adore their Oligarchy--just as we do here in the U.S. UNTIL you stop turning on each other and DEMAND that the British Oligarchy pay their fair share you may need a third income.

The U.S. is in trouble , as well. It's a global issue. Overpopulation, rising rents and mortgages, inflation , illegal immigration , unemployment, lack of affordable housing, high crime, a homeless crisis globally , and short age of affordable places to reside

These ppl are not in poverty, they are just broke

Agreed. 70% of my income goes on necessities. It’s ridiculous.

@janetmalcolm6191

3 ай бұрын

Some are working but in a deficit. Not everything covered from week to week.

@r-urbex1611

3 ай бұрын

So you still have 30% as a disposable income then. You are a lot better off than a lot of people

@Wellingclub

3 ай бұрын

@@r-urbex1611 sure, but hair cut, Netflix and debt payment payment then put you into a negative. The point is that necessities should be lower than 50% but it’s just not possible in the current Environment. Certain businesses that thrive in the necessities bracket are taking advantage.

@Wellingclub

3 ай бұрын

@@janetmalcolm6191 me included, this does not include debt payment, student loan or a hair cut.

@saturationstation1446

3 ай бұрын

if you make that much you are literally in the top 1% lol. but not for long. they have to get those numbers you know

I am a health care assistant in the UK , private nursing home . I earn just a few pennies above the minimum wage . I could earn more in other jobs but I actually love what I do . 46 years doing this job . I am very lucky that I don't feel the cold easily . So can keep heating low . However I have to live a HMO because I can't afford to rent anymore . House of Multiple occupation . Luckily this HMO is a good one .

@anthonystuartjones

3 ай бұрын

I think what you mean to say is "I could earn more in other jobs but after 46 years of doing this I can't be bothered learning a new skill and it's easier to do what I know, I know this is my fault but I like to blame everyone else for my situation".

@S.Trades

3 ай бұрын

Be happy. A lot arent! And you are very lucky to love your job!

@99fruitbat94

3 ай бұрын

@@S.Trades Thanks 👍 Best wishes.

@ameliajones7292

3 ай бұрын

​@anthonystuartjones it takes time and money to change careers. If you don't have any spare money you can't afford to work less to study. Some courses are funded, yes, but rarely with enough to live off. Also, there is no guarantee that having the skills or qualifications gets you the job.

@S.Trades

3 ай бұрын

@@ameliajones7292 yup... always excuses. Change your mindset. You want something to change, you havd to make it change. No one will do it for you.

I grew up in Brazil during the 80s ("The Lost Decade", due to hyperinflation). The only advice I can give is for the young generation: when you get your first job, save the most you can while you still live with your parents because it will be difficult to save when you live by yourself. This way you will have a good down payment towards your place.

❤ I was deported back to South Africa after six years in Britain. Grand parents from Britain. Did not claim benefits. Don't take drugs don't drink alcohol. Christian South African's not welcome to Britain. High unemployment rate in South Africa 2024 . Was not a leech on British tax payer. Slept rough in Glasgow.

I totally feel u. This is not right we live in UK. 14 million in poverty. This is sickening. None of the politicians worry about heat or eat. Come on UK re organise and make life easier for your people

Our obsession with home ownership, landlords who actually contribute nothing to the economy, our lack of modern smart apartment buildings - together with an almost-American disregard for public transport and the social mobility that brings - means we feel the squeeze more than so many other developed nations.

@salkoharper2908

3 ай бұрын

@@futoooob Britain now has the high taxes of a Scandinavian country, with the services and infrastructure of West Virginia in many places. Worst of both worlds.

@thomHD

3 ай бұрын

@@futoooob Nah the UK does at least have European quality ingredients etc...

@Creep2freak

3 ай бұрын

The UK is no longer a developed nation, it's a nation of slaves in engaged in heavy action. Peace could have been had a long time ago. Technology has been used to enslave us when it was meant to set us free. The greedy few have been planning this for a long time.

@lovejoypeace6174

3 ай бұрын

American food looks good but it is full of bad stuff and hormones.

@lovejoypeace6174

3 ай бұрын

Food is America is horrible and full of bad stuff.

In United states, housing is even more expensive. For a 2 bedroom 2 bathroom apartment, my boyfriend and I pay $2480 a month. That's without electricity or internet. I could never afford living here by myself. 1 bedroom apartment goes for $2100 a month. Horrible. I see more and more homelessness on the streets. I often wonder, is it all by design?

@Whatt787

21 күн бұрын

US has a higher standard of living, bigger apts and houses

UK becoming like Eastern Europe. Only difference is Eastern Europe has less immigration than the UK.

Poverty in the UK increases after leaving the EU. Really? Who would have thought that....

@grbbbc

3 ай бұрын

So where in France, Germany, Italy cheaper?

@bobjames6622

3 ай бұрын

Ahh, didn't take long to find the remoaner!

@ianhill4585

3 ай бұрын

As subtle as a kick in the nads aren't they!?

@rodstawaa

3 ай бұрын

Why can’t we just vote ourselves back into the EU

@tedcrilly1

3 ай бұрын

As many Australians in the comments will testify, they are struggling too.... maybe they should rejoin the EU to fix their pro....... oh?!

Im living around abuse as i cant find a place to live privately due to me being severely disabled and in and out of hospital im out of work, social housing have told me to go to a womans refuge but its over 200 miles away and thats the nearest i cant do that due to my hospital appointments being in this area id have to join a new waiting list. In the middile of all this im trying to help where i can another 2 relatives with health issues. Some days im so sick i struggle to leave the house. I was doing a lot of volunteer work until my health took another turn for the worst and i cant get to see my specialist for months. When i do they seem to pass it back to the G.p. who then passes it back. This country is just unbelievable. So many times by the time things get serious im waiting for a ambulance for 14 + hours then have seen myself in the carpark for another 8-16 hours! It really is unbelievable. To go private for somewhere to live you need a few thousand for first months rent depoist etc. but most of all a co signer! Thats the difficulty who wants that responsibility? Someone to say yes ill cover the rent if that person cant. So health gets worse living around abuse.

@jo18533

3 ай бұрын

So sorry you are going through all that. I hope things improve for you soon X

@Abbyyena

3 ай бұрын

Is there other family or a friend you can possibly stay with instead (where you feel safe)? Your story breaks my heart. I’m so sorry about what you’re going through.

@moosky7344

3 ай бұрын

The abuser should move out not you

@becky2235

3 ай бұрын

​@@moosky7344unfortunately it's not my house it's horrendous. Trapped

I'm so confused. This woman used as an example of "poverty" works only part-time. She has a flat filled with furniture, and a kitchen packed with supplies. She has a smart phone, a laptop, and I would guess, a wi-fi connection in her home. She and her son are both well dressed. This is "poverty"? Meanwhile, in other countries, three generations share one mattress in a shack and have to walk 1 mile to a public well to fetch water. We have people in the first world whining and complaining that their part-time job isn't paying enough to pay for all the luxuries they feel they deserve. Try working 12-hour days all seven days of the week in a rice field and then tell me how hard you have it. We don't have a poverty problem. We have an attitude problem.

@thebig476

3 ай бұрын

She lives in Surrey and pays £1600 per month🤣😂 Some people believe everything they see.

@Southpaw2198

3 ай бұрын

You forgot to add the expensive looking smart watch. UK is still awash with opportunities compared to much of the world. I mean, she does not look under fed or anything right

@moosky7344

3 ай бұрын

Those countries you talk of are 1.4 billion, ie ,India,Africa people and you expect them all to be well off? Over population has severe consequences,just because someone has clean clothes, laptops dosent mean anything, comparing those countries isn't right. She's got 1 child, compared to those countries with numerous broods causing their own demise. With one child she should of been ok, being responsible

@vanessachapman4868

3 ай бұрын

@@moosky7344Where did I say that I expect people in India and Africa to be well-off? That's such a strange conclusion to draw from what I wrote. Having "clean clothes" and "laptops" DOES mean something. The woman in the video is warm, comfortable, well-fed, and lives in a beautiful country in a peaceful time of history. My problem is calling her "poor" and trying to get others to pity her and others like her. I feel like these types of videos are trying to get people upset for no reason.

@moosky7344

3 ай бұрын

@@vanessachapman4868 she's about to be evicted in a housing crisis never seen before in this country,150 k children live in insecure accommodation i hostel's and b and bs, surrounded by awful experiences with no hope It might be a beautiful country in your eyes,but that image is untrue for 10s of millions of us,are you serious haha,you obviously still living back 30 year's ago If she gad half a dozen children she'd be way worse off, especially all of us having that many children, we'd bankrupt our country, most people can't afford any children or afford to buy a house etc I'm alright Julie,but but let's compare the situation where people live 1.4 billion strong who have it worse for self inflicted situations having far too many kids hence the situation there. The UK only credit rich borrowing to keep the status quo, while paying 100 billion annually in interest rates on our spiralling debt,with many councils going bankrupt like never before!

My landlord did not fix his boiler for a whole year and I was paying 300 a month for electricity. I was struggling really bad.

So a small NI and tax reduction should be fine then ! Thanks Tories !

@oddities-whatnot

3 ай бұрын

And yet it will make no difference to the biggest problem, and that is how to afford a nice house in a good area as a single buyer. People shouldn’t have to get partners just to do that by relying on someone else’s income to survive. Its all wrong.

@colindavid2078

3 ай бұрын

yeah, but don't worry, all those who weren't even born in the UK have nice big houses, and plenty of benefits!! UK is a joke! with the failing economy and NHS, they better stop taking taxes of the people!!

@terryj50

3 ай бұрын

Stop asking the tax payer for money ask your boss.

@jjefferyworboys8138

3 ай бұрын

The best investment you can make is in yourself. Are you prepared to do whatever it takes to achieve your goals in life ?

@jjefferyworboys8138

3 ай бұрын

@@oddities-whatnot Don't expect to buy a nice house in a good area at first, start with what you can afford and trade your way up. Invest in yourself to improve your earning potential and /or learn practical skills to enable you to improve your property and add value.

The state of the country is becoming disgusting. Being made poorer daily!...

Living crises has been going on for years for many people, not just a recent thing. I work full time, but don't go out either. I don't buy furniture or go on holiday in the UK. I don't buy new clothes. I don't see my friends out of my local area as travel is too much. I've had to sell my car, learn how to cut my own hair. I walk or cycle to work which is just as well since I've had to stop going to the gym. I don't go to the dentist. I don't have a TV. I am forced to share a flat with strangers and argue over cleanliness and noise, sometimes there is no hot water or heating. I have to live next to a A road that is polluted because it is cheap. I've had a Landlord evict me once so she could use my room for Air BnB. All of these things are on going for a long time. I can not get a council house or flat. As I am a single working male.

What an awful country we have become. Hope it can be fixed but I don`t see how that will be achieved.

@G4RY1159

3 ай бұрын

Sadly 2 far gone now

Cost of living wont end anytime soon

@krob2327

3 ай бұрын

Why you say that? What’s the cause of it?

@Alibo400

3 ай бұрын

@@krob2327because it’s the planned demolition of the western economy.. covid was the starting point, it wasn’t for nothing , there’s no turning back now. We just have to prepare best we can.

@chiccabay9911

3 ай бұрын

New checks at Dover. ;)@@krob2327

@moosky7344

3 ай бұрын

​@@krob2327supply and demand, war in Ukraine losing all that access to cheap energy, what Europe was built on especially Germany, who are in a recession because of it, farmers revolting because subsidies being cut because of the recession. Supermarkets won't pay them a fair price, if they do they'll pass on the cost to consumers, its all a vicious circle

Guys just look on High streets in Towns Banks branches gone,Argos gone , Wilko gone. Facilities stay empty more than year already. But Landlords ask from work class peoples to pay rent 1k.

@lollollol234

3 ай бұрын

Landlords your sugar daddy?

@RYANLEWIS-pd7zs

3 ай бұрын

Shut up.

@Turanic1

3 ай бұрын

I remember I saw statistics that majority of UK population own their own house, so they are the owner class, the rest ( working class) are essentially milked , because someone has to do all work and feed the owner class as well 😂

@skymanifest8339

3 ай бұрын

Good job mass immigration and multiculturalism have made us a richer and more dynamic place to live, huh?

@RYANLEWIS-pd7zs

3 ай бұрын

More farts for you to sniff huh?@@skymanifest8339

Maximum rent for council houses should be 30% of a full time wage of a minimum wage worker so the rest can go on bills and food.

@kevoreilly6557

2 ай бұрын

I think that’s what it used to be … then of course councils were told to let tenants by them (which was awesome for my family) but they weren’t allowed to build more (which was terrible for everyone else)

On the basis of a visit to Oxford in June this year, I can advise that just about everything is more expensive in UK compared with Japan: Food/restaurants, rent, house prices, utilities, bank rate, taxation cost of motoring (fuel, insurance, vehicle prices, tyres), public transport, clothes/shoes ... Partly, but not entirely, it's due to the exchange rate, but you name it, it's more expensive in UK. There's also the hidden costs of crime. Not just increases in insurance, but also all the extra cost of crime prevention measures. Flying the UK coop is a no-brainer. I took the plunge in 1972. Jack, the Japan Alps Brit

The UK labour force appears to be following in the footsteps of the US labour force.

@gmanlee575

3 ай бұрын

Care to elaborate, is this regarding zero hour contracts

@wmoule

3 ай бұрын

Americans don’t even work that hard compared to Asians..

@mollusckscramp4124

3 ай бұрын

I mean I wasn't gonna do the classic American thing and derail a thread to talk about American issues... but when I saw a comment stating how outrageous it is that anyone's rent could be £1600 (thereabouts in $ converted), I really had to restrain from replying "First time?🪢"

@nixic_

3 ай бұрын

Right my rent here in Southern California is £1900 and that's a great price....@@mollusckscramp4124

@gmanlee575

3 ай бұрын

@@mollusckscramp4124 i heard ny rent prices are crazy like more than londons

You are not alone. I've not been out for ages/ months.

@francocanuck

2 ай бұрын

So do somethings move ,and next times vote intelligently

Why, if so many of us are poor, are the airports filled with holiday makers, in particular those going skiing, none of which is cheap?

@moosky7344

3 ай бұрын

Why in India are there are millionaires everywhere but millions in severe poverty, not everyone is affected the same way derrr, winners and losers, its always been that way, just getting much worse

@kevoreilly6557

2 ай бұрын

It’s income distribution (inequality). There are plenty of people getting buy, just making less - but at the poverty line that making a little less is devastating as decisions are “heat or eat” not 1 or 2 ski trips a year

Don't worry.. you should all be comfortable knowing that the money meant for UK citizens is being rolled out to Ukraine and Israel.

Private landlords are making a killing from vulnerable people. Its totally unfair for a basic human right - to be able to have shelter. My council flat is £400 a month but if I went private in this rural area it would be about £800-900 for the same thing. My daughter rents a bedroom in a bungalow in Bristol and pays £1000 a month for the privilege. My elderly parents rent a small 3 bedroom new build on the outskirts of Taunton - nothing much there and its £1200 a month and that air flow/mould maintenance is shocking. Come on government why are you not building more good quality council properties. The rental market must burst at some point, like this lady has seen many landlords are selling up (including. a friend of mine who owns a couple of buy to lets, she says she just gets what the estate agents say she can get) and then there are even less properties to rent if it goes to a private buyer.

@sb-fc6uj

3 ай бұрын

@@issei4561 they are not free as I said I pay £400 a month and it's a flat not a villa.

@SnakePliskin762

3 ай бұрын

Landlords are bailing out in record numbers due to unfair s24 and interest rate rises. A lot are trapped,renting out at a loss.

@moosky7344

3 ай бұрын

They can charge what they want when the demand is high, there's no rent regulation to speak of because the government don't care, their policies abroad and at home caused the dire situation

It's insane that they're still using the *get a job, just work and you'll be fine* rhetoric...business costs have risen and they're using that as the reason for not increasing wages..yet the natural monopoly of housing food and energy expenses rise too and we're stuck in the middle sinking under it all!!!

@S.Trades

3 ай бұрын

Some people can't even afford a hair cut. What's a "natural monopoly of housing, food and energy"? The only natural monopoly there, is National Grid? There's no monopoly on the others.

@ashwilkinson889

3 ай бұрын

An individual must eat, be warm and sheltered in order to stay alive.. There aren't many other alternatives to that in my understanding.

@rainerschmid9965

3 ай бұрын

What rhetoric is useful,then? Do nothing, don't work, give up, it's pointless, eat the rich, it's the government's fault, bohoohoo I am homeless, etc. etc......that rhetoric?

Blessings for all these people and those struggling financially

Feels the same in many countries around the world. Here in the US my mom bought a townhouse in the 90s making less than 40k making less than 15 dollars an hour. Now I make 15 an hour and townhouses are about 200k and above. All abouts in the same area as well. Rent is about 1500 a month I dont even make 2000 a month. We are so screwed.

@CommoditySC

3 ай бұрын

Man what are you talking about? In the USA you have the best income to expenses ratio in the world. Literally nobody has it better. If you can't make it there, you'd be on the streets in any other country. In my city, the cheapest townhouse is 300k for 750 sq feet on the most dangerous street. The average income here is less than your worst state, Mississippi. Count your blessings. Don't compare the US to the UK.

@mabuhayproductionltd3627

Ай бұрын

Can your mom sell that house (or rent it out) for profit ?

shops are closing no ones spending money

@Runningformylife1983

3 ай бұрын

Shops are closing cos everyone's buying on line now!

@jasperedwards2713

3 ай бұрын

but lots of shops dont sell what you want@@Runningformylife1983

She is right so many of us are struggling to do anything with our lives simply because we can't afford to do anything. I can't afford to move out of my parents living room, can't afford driving lessons, I can't afford to "up-skill" or "level up", go to college as an adult to better myself. I can't get a job because I simply have nothing going for me. All jobs want references and employment history which I don't have and the longer i'm out of work the more difficult it becomes. I'm fully capable but there is so much red tape thwarting my chances in life. Relationships are non-existent as who would want to date a nobody. It really does destroy your self esteem and causes anxiety. It's a waist of a life and miserable.

@paulhank7967

3 ай бұрын

Join the military. They're short in all services.

@animal79thecat

3 ай бұрын

Stop making excuses

@lee9650

3 ай бұрын

@@paulhank7967 Funny you should say that but even the military require all sorts of qualifications depending on role and then there is the issue of references and the fact i'm in my late 20s and not achieved anything might go against me. Also, they have to be satisfied with your GP records and I have had a few medical issues which I personally don't think would effect my ability to do the job but I have heard stories of people being rejected due to certain medical/health problems. So even the joining the military isn't an answer for everyone.

@lee9650

3 ай бұрын

@@animal79thecat How am I making excuses? I would be making excuses if I hadn't tried, but I have and to no avail as yet. These are real problems and obstacles that don't just go away because you want them to.

@COBAIN_94

3 ай бұрын

I'm on the same boat bro. I'm living in a different part of Europe but being in the late 20s nowdays it's a curse. Anyway, be strong and hopeful. ❤

also here in Germany.....10% of the population owns 80% of the total amount of all fortune.....this is the world order of wealth....keep the poor poor.......we feel with our english \british cousins....❤

Uk was totally dependent on its colonies to extract money and resources from countries like India till 20th centuries, now all the looted money is depreciating and even India's economy overtaken that of UK, This was bound to happen

This is all so depressing. I'm out of the UK and can't even imagine how to survive there today. Last time I visited I was spending over 50 GBP a day on next to nothing. Families need to stick together and pool their resources, budget and plan ahead. I was shocked when a friend told me she earns almost 40k as does her husband. I was shocked that she could barely afford anything for her family, works hard and even keeps an allotment.

@jo18533

3 ай бұрын

I'm 29 and single, work full time and can't even afford a shitty 1 bedroom flat in my area. What's the point in even working?

@jaderavenwolf6137

3 ай бұрын

same for my son and his wife, both well paid jobs , they ended up with 50 quid at the end of the month . its ridiculous

@tremblence

3 ай бұрын

Its all by design Designed to impoverish native British people, so they are more easily replaced by muslim migrants

@sib1930

3 ай бұрын

​@@jo18533Now that is depressing. What a mess our country is in

@QuestForGood

3 ай бұрын

I'm having to sleep on my friends couch after getting kicked out by my parents. The average rent price in my area is £1600 a month, which is just too much, despite having a good wage. PS: May plan to relocate somewhere outside london.

2 incomes are better than 1 So at 63 living alone on 1 income NOW !! It is so impossible it's the high rise of utility bills and food I cannot see a way out.

@jjefferyworboys8138

3 ай бұрын

If you have a space bedroom, rent it out. You can earn up to £625pm tax free under the "Rent a Room Scheme".

@_D1886

3 ай бұрын

Two incomes are better than one of course. But it shouldn't be necessary. You shouldn't *need* to have a working partner just to survive. If you work a full time job - any job - you should be able to afford to feed, clothe and independently house yourself without getting into financial stress. It's a national scandal that this isn't the case.

@mingmingyip19

3 ай бұрын

​@_D1886 Why? when has it been any different? I was born in the 80s and remember lots of people living much worse than today. And staying with people that they'd rather not just to survive.. that's life. Look across the globe, pretty much the same everywhere, some places worse.

@tedcrilly1

3 ай бұрын

@@_D1886 Humans have lived in shared dwellings since we first dug out a holes in cliff faces. Not saying things are perfect living with others but it sure helps.

@christinaedwards5084

3 ай бұрын

@@tedcrilly1on condition you haven’t got a mentally deranged tenant living with you.

As two adults on above minimum wage we are now having to face the decision to never have children. I used to be able to live of £5 a week for food. Now its £15 for the same items. The house we rented was sold and we couldn’t even get a studio flat or even 1 room in a shared house for the same cost. We haven’t been on holiday anywhere other than a tent in the uk in the last 5 years and even worried about the fact it was £11 per night. I simply don’t know what we can do anymore to save money. I come home from work and then work from home in the evenings, leaving me with little time to clean,cook and meal plan. Some nights i just get in bed and work from there because the house is so cold. It shouldn’t be this way!

@JohnSmith-un9jm

Ай бұрын

Corporate real estate profiteers who plunder the working class without government interference.

Poverty is being homeless and eating from bins to survive, I did this for 2 years, being POOR is not the same. That being said, I wonder what could possibly have happened since the late 90's that caused all the houses to be gone?

@Whatt787

3 ай бұрын

What does the King and Queen say about this??

@kevoreilly6557

2 ай бұрын

No, the literal definition of poverty is given in this video. What you were was destitute. I’m glad you are no longer on that trap.

11 years ago I left the UK. Myself and my wife were both earning income and it became harder and harder to save as rent keep increasing every year, public transport fares kept increasing and the general cost of living kept rising without wage increases. We could never have afforded to buy my our place or afford to raise children there. Luckily it all worked out for me and my partner elsewhere. The feeling of having a steady income, able to save money, afford our own place and raise a child without worrying about living month to month is something I wish many in the UK can have.

@lembafranck3490

3 ай бұрын

If I may where are you now?

@tomasviane3844

3 ай бұрын

It doesn't look like things are going to get better. Price of energy going up and the war-drums are dusted off. That's not good for an economy (unless you're the one that delivers the oil and produces the guns).

@mattyboi8338

3 ай бұрын

No specifics needed but would you mind sharing where you live now? I think we’re all considering moving

@TricksyBix

3 ай бұрын

Me too. I moved to Australia 13 years ago. Best decision I've ever made, but it does hurt me seeing my family in the UK have to deal with living in a country that's going down the pan.

@moosky7344

3 ай бұрын

​@@mattyboi8338Eastern Europe

This is heartbreaking. So sad. Is this what life has become?

@_D1886

3 ай бұрын

In Britain, under the Tories, yes.

@yofinance1777

3 ай бұрын

LOL always the tories, Brexit too? Nothing to do with Nixon taking us off the gold standard and turning their back on the Bretton Woods act? It's puppets like you who are to blame@@_D1886

Currency destruction worldwide

It's not the cost of living crisis, it's an affordable housing and utilities crisis.