It's the great English paradox. If the country has a historically low unemployment rate of 3.6%, poverty is breaking all records: today, more than 15 million Britons are considered poor… That's almost a quarter of the population! Galloping inflation and the explosion of energy costs in recent months and forced millions into poverty. But there is also the hyper-flexibility of wages and the growing uberization of hundreds of thousands of self-employed people… All aggravated by more than 10 years of severe cuts in social assistance initiated under the government of David Cameron and a disengagement of the State in the public services… As a result, the United Kingdom, which had only a few dozen food banks in 2010, now has more than 2,000... Life expectancy is stagnating, even declining in the most disadvantaged regions where people die 10 years earlier sooner than elsewhere, victim of what is known as "shit life syndrome", literally the shitty life syndrome: a deadly cocktail of multiple pathologies and addictions. So, millions of Britons engage in voluntary work to make up for the shortcomings of the government. This is the advent of the “Big Society”, a society of charities, charities, theorized in 2010 by the then Prime Minister: David Cameron, the architect of the austerity policy! We went to meet England's working poor, the working poor, all forced to rely on solidarity to survive. From Blackpool, a seaside town in the north-west plagued by poverty, to the green county of Cumbria on the Scottish border, one of the most rural in the country, where public transport and services have become almost non-existent, via Ashton -under-Lyne, a factory town paralyzed by the absence of economic prospects, plunged into a Great Britain. This documentary was produced by Les Films de L'Odyssée and directed by Grégoire Lamarche & Stéphane Rodriguez. It was first released in 2022. ------- Bear witness to monumental moments in human history, and human's most terrible crimes. Java Witness is home to incredible stories of good and evil, from fascinating stories of old, to chilling documents of heinous murders and modern-day mafias and gangs. From dinosaurs to medieval feasts, ancient wars and battles, through Kings and Queens, World Wars and critical world events, watch some of the best history documentary series, world history specials and more, all for FREE! Hit SUBSCRIBE and enable the bell notifications to know first about all new documentaries on the channel! At least 2 FULL documentaries available to watch FREE online every week! Subscribe to our Discover channel for more documentaries: https://www.youtube.com/c/JavaFilms/
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That couple with the toddler @ 8:18 are delusional thinking the King with his golden crown give a shit about the people lol.
Financial eugenics is exactly what this is. The privileged and the wealthy punishing the underprivileged and the poor.
Cost of living is global, everyone is feeling it.
Leaving the EU has been the biggest self inflicted wound on the UK economy. The Brits self importance is kicking them hard. High prices is a scourge world wide and it’s not letting up.
The U.K hasnt had ANY decent Prime Minister for the last 50 years
That pizza chef is a true angel on Earth. Bless his kind heart.
I personally think it is the same in the US. Electricity and Natural gas prices are going up rapidly --- my bill has doubled in the last several years. Gas is very high, groceries are also high in price. Property taxes have doubles, insurance is up and housing is very expensive. In the small town where I live, there are homeless. People are kidding themselves if they think it is better in the US.
I’m Canadian and our cost of living is rising and rising. I’m 63 working a full time job plus my own business after work and days off to try to stay ahead. I was listening to a pod cast where an American woman has lost 28 pounds because her snap benefits are basically gone. She can’t afford food after she pays rent and utilities. This just wrong . People shouldn’t have to starve .WTF?
This is happening throughout the western world. It’s by design sorry to say . WEF is behind the dismantling of the middle class.
Same in Canada. A billionaire class and everyone else getting poorer.
Thank You God for the Pizza Angel ❤!! He is making a huge difference in his neighborhood! We need more wonderful people like him and his wife. ❤
An empathetic monarchy could consider auctioning some of their fortunes to provide funds for those in need.
Absolutely appalling that this is the state of affairs all over the world 🌎. Something stinks!!!
It’s not the thought of dying that stresses me, it’s the thought of living. Exactly what the ALL governments want. No revolutions but all poor and unfortunates taking their own lives by whatever means ,allowing themselves to die, freeze ,starve , name it. They have a name for it, "accelerationism" a way to eliminate a class of people to keep them weak and powerless for a revolution.. How evil it is. I’m 69 US citizen, soon the Cliff will be at our threshold. My heart goes out to all suffering, and that doesn’t help a damn!
Yet every politician has enough money to pay and not have to give up heat or food. They all need to be removed from any sort of power.
Elite always have reasons to cut throats and then shamelessly advocate that it was good for the people.
Unfortunately it’s never go to change in Britain or any other country. The government is getting greedier and greedier. People are getting poorer and poorer.
It wont be long before the only thing left to eat is the rich.
in Australia is the same people are begining to starve because all the bills and rent is getting stupidly expensive
They keep very quite about their social issues. This is the first video I see about the situation.😮