Special Report: Universal Credit: Britain on the breadline
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2017
- The Government is being urged to pause the mass roll-out of its new benefits system next week as charities warn it is forcing people into poverty.
Sky Correspondent Joe Tidy visits a foodbank in Oldham in this special report and finds many people are struggling to come to terms with the new scheme.
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Wow recently become unemployed... in my first month on Universal Credit and I’m over £500 down in my bank account. Just from rent, food shopping.... basics. Mental. Absolutely mental. It’s going to kill people 😰
It already has KILLED people that’s a fact quite a lot of people to be honest
If your situation changes, your lifestyle has to adapt. Benefits/credits are to help people survive, NOT to support their chosen lifestyle.
stupid idea to pay housing benefit to the claimant, that's where a lot of the problem lays
Yeah it's a really daft idea.
They don’t understand what the money’s for so it’s not getting spent correctly
Crazy, because landlords now won’t take people with universal credit as their not getting paid
@@Mitsiditsi that's their evil purpose darling
Discrimination at its finest
The government did it on purpose. Once the recipient does not pay their rent and are evicted it’s called making themselves homeless. The government then no longer legally has to help them.
It should be paid weekly, BUT rent should be paid direct to the Landlord.
i agree!!!!!!!!!!!!! or even every two wks. it IS ultimately the claimaints reasponsabilitie to pay and budget, everyone else HAS TO. but.....there ARE those MORE vulnerable etc etc.
@@alisonlaing2778
Yes,those with learning and mental health problems are not getting the support they need,people on the autism spectrum have been overlooked for years.Some cannot fill in all the forms or even understand them so they often end up homeless.We should start looking after our own.
Denise G- Hill no u should find a Job!
Yes. The vulnerable just won't pay the rent....
@@slydoll7877 i was not referring to the people who obviously need benefits .
I am referring to girl in esa sick she SAID. Never had a problem.
No cos she only knows benefits! proberly been running in her family for the 3rd generation!
U.C was introduced to save the country money. They have found out recently, it's costing the country more.But the govenment wont end it.. i personally think it is a stupid idea.. montly payments, rent paid into your bank. A lot of people cannot handle money on a monthly basis. Not just addicts.
I am thankful I am 71 and retired with guaranteed retirement pensions each month.
I volunteered at a food bank and was sick of seeing people that were spending their money on alcohol, drugs and gambling using the bank as a way to live for free off others hard work.
Lol this really doesn't get spoken about does it the truth laid bare nice one👍
We had a guy come in from the betting shop across the road and asked us to hurry up as he had bets on.
@@snowflakemelter1172 charming (!)
It’s the epitome of benefits in general.
Don't generalise with a few nasties to the detriment of the many genuine.
I've been forced into a zero rate contract 30 miles away with no transport or i could be sanctioned if i refuse.It cost me 9 pounds aday bus return to get there if i get a days work or not and no help with travel expenses from the job centre,that's Universal Credit for ya
del boy ah didums try working 25 years on small wages dickhead
@@rumplestilskinsmum5094 Should have gone onto training or Uni throughout those 25 years. What a waste of time
Stop spamming.
It's seems that those that know how to play the system are loaded every month. Those that are struggling to find work and put food on the table don't get much.
In the US, my experience; despite being severely disabled to the point of being bedridden 80-90% of the time, it took 3 years and hiring a lawyer to finally get approved for disability. My somewhat small payment is monthly. It’s entirely up to my common sense to budget wisely. If I make stupid decisions that’s no one else’s fault but mine.
Exactly.
Payment of rent given to the tenant "IS ASKING FOR TROUBLE" such a stupid idea!!!!!!?
Universal credit is doing exactly what the Tories designed it to do, punish people for being on benefits.
So they should! Maybe they'll get off their arses and get a job!
katakisLives why are Able to live like this no respect for people who
Work, bring back labour camps and these tramps will work
that's why it started in Manchester after the riots
They should be punished for being able-bodied while mooching off working people. This is pathetic.
@@DoyleHargraves A lot of those in the video didn't exactly look able to me, they looked pretty ill. Especially the guy, likely addiction, missing a lot of teeth, poor mental health.
Yeah, because all that help with financial management and budgeting is going to help spread £300 to cover the £600 minimum living costs as stated by the government.
The woman at 4:21 is ridiculous. She thinks a monthly payment means she has to buy all her groceries at once?! Do what all working people do with their monthly salary - Budget, and keep enough money for each weekly shop. Benefits culture has destroyed common sense and personal responsibility.
Pair of clowns.
thank u that's exactly what i was thinking like who says u need 2 spend it all in 1 go!!!!
I think what some of them are saying is as an alcoholic she can’t control her spending as her addiction means she spends it at once on drink
These people need weekly good and util vouchers.
However drug companies like tobacco, alcohol, etc would make it difficult for governments to do.
Neilly Exactly right , like the guy says he blows it all within a few days and spends all his rent too instead of paying it
10 years ago when I saw people addicted to drink and drugs I assumed that they had brought it upon themselves and could change if they wanted to. 10 years on I know this is most definitely not the case. For many struggling with addiction it’s often a complex set of interlinking factors often starting very young that lead a person to drink. In so many cases I’m aware of where there is a sibling struggling with addiction too. My housemate is 22 she’s already a recovering alcoholic. Her brother spent 3 weeks in intensive care due to alcohol abuse. It’s clear talking to her that they experienced abuse in the home and turned to alcohol to cope. Likewise I may not drink or so drugs but I struggle with food and exercise. I have episodes of binge eating and this is followed by excessive exercise. Until society understands the factors that lead to addiction and “mental illness” things will never improve
the article is about uc not neccessarily linked to drink and drugs but people who have worked hard all there lives and been made redundant , too old for companies to employ too young to retire,
Very sad but self inflicted
Cobblers! Of course they bring it upon themselves if they're alcoholics or drug users. They don't deserve help, others who find themselves on hard times due to no real fault of their own do deserve and need support.
love how a few people moaning about universal credit are Drug addicts, alcoholics and people who smoke. Can afford all that stuff but cannot afford food?? LOL, okay. maybe give it up?
Put a Yellow vest on!
Very Dickensian, are the Government also going to open Work Houses again? They're leaving their own people, who voted for them, near destitute. This is one of the many reasons why I've never voted.
The 'Conservative party and the DWP' Just want the Poor dead sadly .....I myself personally has Volunteered for various Charities regarding Foodbanks and the things I've seen and Heard is absolutely shocking, I believe all this suffering is intentional.
Wauw the Queen in England must be proud of her Fortune, while All these people are starving
Everyone they’ve interviewed looks like they have an addiction of some sort
ffi1001 drugs and alcohol they spend whole money on this
i was thinking of the same thing
The man who said he has alcohol addiction does look jittery
Get the torys "out" they can find the money to feed and house millions of Muslim immigrants. then pick on the most vulnerable people, British people!!!!!
Well said
This Government so good at paying but can't pay for our own people
Yes blame conservative voters
It forces people back into work,
Feel sorry for this people they cannot Budget for 1 month and save a bit of money probably never managed anything before need whole culture change... Also the other big problem in UK is people who make UK policies live completely in different planet.
Don’t feel sorry for them. Feel sorry for their equivalents in countries with no welfare state.
Theres alot of food dumped in landfills, theres no shortage of food, it just needs to be manged wisely, also there needs to be a basic standard income given to every one, as theres no shortage of money either.
Yes! This! In reality £8 an hour is not a liveable wage. They need a real living wage, just because somebody works in a shop doesn't mean they don't deserve to comfortably survive!!
Communism not capitalism? You'd be in for an unpleasant surprise. People should not be paid for doing nothing. Enough to survive, nothing more. People need motivation to better themselves and their lot and therefore benefit the country rather than bankrupt it.
Basic standard income for everyone ?? .it's Benefit Culture that brought us to this point !!
But hey.....let's just give every waster a free house and pay all their bills and Sky subscription
for them ? Perfect solution.!
Rich gets richer and poor gets poorer.
Maybe provide people with some education on budget skills? It is difficult for people who get paid monthly by a job to budget as well if they're not used to it. In the states it has always been paid monthly, interesting that the UK just converted to this in the last few years.
In Holland. We're also getting paid monthly. Some people every four weeks. but here it's common to budget for a month. the people who are on benifits had to be trained before those morrons had rolled out the new system.
Enough money for tobacco... not enough for food...
I believe many people would be surprised just how many don't receive a penny.
Think addicts who put their addiction before essential bills are abusing the food banks from real people in dire situations. Should not be allowed to use it because in long term surely it will encourage them to just spend the benefit on their addiction items??
And alcoholics and smokers!
2:18 That was very telling. 'I just want to come off it, I want a job now'. That's the idea of the system, to get people back into work and not adapting to the benefits lifestyle.
“I wanna work”
Aye right. I’ve heard it all before.
The devils system.. Evil ppl in power
Bollock*
The biggest joke this universal credit. I cook same for three , fours days. Budget some my self, payment cards for bills, set to pay them as soon I get payed..
All the great people that work for nothing every day helping those who have absolutely nothing. Universal Credit clearly,does not work, who dreamed that one up. They look so tired and done in, he had no money for nine weeks, madness, I feel so bad watching this xx
The best one I got was missing a telephone appointment that I was not notified of getting then threatened with loss of claim for not answering the call no appointment was even made by them or me I work agency just getti g temporary positions which means every so often I have to rely on benefits I do see a lot of people that are suffering from universal credit
Can't get help our government look after others who don't pay into the system
Yes I've paid in for 40 years had nothing when I got made redundant they took my notice pay off me
Anyone who thinks this is a good idea should have everything they value destroyed. SIMPLE. ..
@RoadKillzine yeah but the disabled and vulnerable are suffering so your point is invalid
Most of these people rather get their fix than pay their rent,electric,gas or food they should work for their money instead of given a hand out. Universal credit is paid monthly so is everyone that usually works gets a monthly pay 🤦♂️
My British friend having a grocery store as a family business in southern UK complains how difficult is to find a reliable employee, yet these people cry for not having a job.
Exactly. still most of farms are looking for workers. Why those people need to be big city with benefits ?
But has he thought what their pay looks like in comparison with the rent that the worker is paying
😂😂😂😂 bs
Trust me I been looking for suitable position in south for over a year..
Exactly .Unfortunately most of them are unemployable . They don't actually want a job. They just want more Benefits / Free Stuff paid for by tax payers.!!
Drugs, alcohol!... what the hell...I work a full time job and struggle every week to pay rent and council tax, gas, electric....I don't drink or smoke never took drugs and I'm not entitled to a penny help....Jesus there folk are complaining that the money they get for doing nothing isn't enough...try working a full time job and still struggle my weeks shopping is £15....my friggin heart bleeds...stop smoking, drinking and taking drugs get up off your arse and find a job!.....
If a person is bad with money, why do they blame the government?
Am I missing something here?
That's exactly what I was wondering. Literally can't figure out how adults are blaming the government and community for their unwillingness to manage funds. I can't figure it out . Like they don't want us to treat them like adults or something.
Because they're used to being taken care of their entire lives.
None of these people are true adults.
They look to everyone else for their livelihoods, but never themselves.
Obviously the concept of personal responsibility, self sufficiency nor tenacity exists in the UK:
Did this guy say I want to get off it NOW? As in, I could survive fine so I didn't have to work before? I don't think the cuts are the problem...
Cyrene the Cat I don't think it's right to judge the man's entire life and motivation from a minute long interview.
Fine I'm being judgy, but perhaps the people that really need it and who it was intended for (the disabled etc.) wouldn't be starving if guys like this had gotten off it BEFORE. Just saying.
@@cyrene7784 the system is wrong not the people there will always be fakers trying to get more than they deserve but universal credit was always intended to help people back into work. That means long term sick or disabled people should not be on it because they cant work and therefore it would be pointless switching them to a system that aids them into work. See my point? Income support and ESA claimants should be allowed to claim housing benefit on the old system if theyre not fit enough to ever work such as those with brain damage etc.
A lot of these people look "rough" like they have been through it a long time.
They are addicts.
I have just adopted 3 feral cats ( Tabby, s ) who get better fed than me !!!!
Cat food is yummy.
Lol that's funny. Cats live lovely
GDP growth is preservation and not feeding uncertainties of poverty and making many poverty stricken.
The uks favourite word benefits
Universal credit also affects working family's, my partner works 38 hours a week at 17 a hour and our fuel bill is 350 a month just to get him to work, can't move because as soon as they see we get universal credit top up they aren't interested
Karlita Bieronski nothing about UC but with fuel I was £150 but I looked up ways to drive and slower on the roads and coasting loads I’m down to £100 which was crazy I used to do 70mph just had to leave a bit earlier, it’s time consuming but 55-60mph saves don’t know if that will help at all just I always tell people that when fuel costs is brought up
Families...
£17 an hour ?? And that's not enough ?!
Monthly payments on a set date.What about when there's 5 weeks in a month, ? Like now. (March 2019)
A set date is say the first of every month, so payments are adjusted accordingly, it's paid in arrears, people need to budget their money. Use your brain!!
Yeah, I am having a hard time having sympathy. Why r these ppl not working? T
Nurses at food banks come on they get 22 to 36 k
colin and what are their rents?
Nurses who are still training do not get 22 to 36 k. They used to get a bursary but now it's a loan that has to be paid back. I used to know a student nurse who had to work at Morrisons stacking shelves as well as studying to be a nurse.
Does no one care that UC is only paying people for 48 weeks of the year and takes interest on any advances
Poor ideas for all this so called Universal Credit system it’s punishment for unemployed people to find work. Shame for whoever put this poor system in place.
So that guy only wants to get a job now cos universal credit is a hassle, so he’s been able to work all along but has been choosing not to..
#UK living is survival of the fittest, Jungle system of the UK, #Brexit will bring untold hardships and sufferings that has never been seen or experienced before in the UK,... #hunger #deprivation #lack #scarcity #squalor #poverty end mass etc etc,
Oh yeah and all that is down to Brexit of course.
English need to learn that money come from work not someone's pocket
We know this, we pay National Insurance on our wages to cover ourselves for unemployment, but our government is screwing us over.
its a fact of life we will always have poor people, a very inportant man said this and his name was jesus.
employment has risen since universal credit was introduced
Tell that to the disabled and pensioners
@@NeilCWCampbell pension being paid out from money that's been already stolen from them as younger age. With power taxed nation we would have private foundations to suport people not only disabled.
So sad that this is happening in the uk... I hope norway never ever do this.. that being said there are way to many give up people out there
It do, and have been doing it for decades .
I belive its called "social assistance" there
Duncan " arbeit macht frei " Smith.
Gordon Bradley WAS! Arbeit for the professional Arbeitslosen Britain. Aber ich bitte Sie.!
The thing the goverment seam to forgett is its nere impossible to finde a job in this day and age so more and more people are suffering!
There are at least 500000 job vacancies, get some glasses.
@@JfK--OBJECTivE remember a vacancy also needs to be suitable for applicants..
I've been looking for work for over a year. Nothing out there sadly
They make it hard on universal credit so that people that can go out to work
This is maddness as on one side weaker individuals need a dose of help but parasitical leaches need a kick. The system is not helping anyone so how would this work.
Change the payments to every 2 weeks and pay rent to landlords direct %80 of problems solved
Time for the goverment to be over turned
The biggest canard ever presented to the public - sovereignty - is overturned in a moment by reference to this program, and countless others. Hundreds of thousands of people, fully entitled to state support, have been reduced to starvation and in many cases, death, by the very deliberate actions of the UK government. And what did the EU do?
Absolutely nothing. They respected the authority of the UK policy makers entirely; they in no way came to the rescue of the multitudes of destitute suffering individuals or families. If they had - which largely was within the scope of the post war legislative environment - they would have been condemned for interference. But no such thing ever happened. And that - for those pushed into horrible and prolonged deaths - was a tragedy.
Pay landlord first and half of your problems are off
Is benefits in the UK the same as welfare in the US??? Single men can't get no help in the US ..
Yes
Jesus Hernandez yes single men come off the worse in the uk
110% true, Single men will/Do not get no help in the US
Jesus Hernandez single men in UK can claim benefits and rent!
Irene Davo I wish someone will help pay my rent ... I have to work 60 hrs a week 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤧🤧🤧🤣🤣🤣🤣
OUR LOCAL FOOD BANK OFFICE USED TO BE TORY MP 'S OFFICE . MORE USE NOW .
This is really not fair 😭😭
Surely a lot of the people here could buy food if they didn't have an expensive habit to support. It can't be a great life, why not get treatment for your addiction?
Cameron and his cronies ave alot to answer for the state of this country is a disgrace our own people having to go to foodbanks shame on all u tories
An interesting vid. However, as expected with Sky news it picks and chooses who it interviews to try to push the narrative that UC will put people into work. What when there are not enough jobs?
Northern Ireland costs the UK 11 billion every year
Northern Ireland is part of Britain I feel it's unfair to single out one part of the uk
Wow
Because of "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME/Fibromyalgia I often need a P/Time 'domestic assistant' here in Hull.... :)
If our government stopped sending money to Europe and letting migrants in and refugees they could help these people in need
thats so true the govenment take money of us to give to other counties they need to wake up see whats goin on in our country
And 13 billion a year in foreign aid. I don't understand it. It is beyond my comprehension.
Krissy Turner British have to stop before to get diamond,coltan,gold from Africa and after no immigration
ian bennett British government have to stop to get diamond,gold,coltan from Africa and after that no immigration
ian bennett that aid is owed to those countries because Britain stole from them
A job is the last thing these people want no shame
Universal credit is working perfectly because it encourages people to get jobs?
It works perfectly if it does what its designed to do: Bringing the cost of the benefit system down and making it so unattractive that it "encourage" the clients to leave it.
@@OleLeik exactly Mr No Name
The benefits system is a huge drain on the tax payers purse,it’s not the claimants of benefits who are to blame for the drag on our economy it’s the government for handling out free money.
Why has switching the benefit lessened the amount of money ppl are getting?
It’s disgusting as people should have human basic needs I’m sure we all pay enough tax to support this basic needs rule
Our tax pays into everything this should be included 🌸
A country ready to go bang
How many people on UC though, are buying huge TVs, smoking and drinking these things are expensive. Then complain they have nothing. It’s a similar situation with younger house buyers, who are out clubbing and not saving up for a deposit!
Watching from Guwahati city (India)
I think universal credit is a good idea, most workers get paid monthly but the problem is, once people are switched from one benefit they should be helped faster than the time its taking now...... Think the targets for sanctions is awful and I'm tired we keep allowing other nations in for work meant for British people and by British I don't mean Mohammad who managed to get a passport after 6 months
Uncontrolled immigration of unskilled and usually fake asylum
seekers .? How about fixing that
problem . It's the root of all the others!
Oh look!
Poll tax part 2 coming up :O
Its crippling afto pay part of rent electric council tax bills
I just want this part of my life to be over and I want to cry.
Try working, just an idea.
@@resnonverba137 Try dying...just en even better idea.
@@DrWho-vc2go Try writing in English properly.
@@resnonverba137 Try treating people with more respect.....there. We both have a goal in our lives now, don't we.
The UK is going bankrupt. Just like a business that cannot pay its creditors and has to change its payment terms, it is clear that changing from fortnightly to monthly payments is a sure sign that the government is cash-poor. And budgeting advice does not fill empty stomachs.
Or empty beer bottles and empty crack pipes
Record number of job vacancies !!
Don't suppose that would be of any interest though ? Means getting out of bed in the morning..?
1984
So much division but one thing is sure people need a hand up not out only work can help but does it exist for these type of people.
Ignorant uneducated narrow minded person please refer to my other numerous comments explaining the fundamental issues with the system and the views people like yourself hold.
UK today so good for some.
it's about time government stop thinking about brexit,and feed poor instead,..my opinion how can we be born independent,millionaires,got 5 mansion,s ...when homeless got one or none ,it doesn't mek any sence
I don't like the term Britain on the breadline
Because it IS! And the reason it is is because of the TORIES!!!
The last time I was on UC, I felt very... unwelcome.
The staff are constantly on the defensive, expecting the worst from people.
I think people deserve to live comfortably with UC.
Here's where things tip in the vein of an opinion that will probably ruffle some feathers... I also saw claimants with the latest Phones, expensive kind, iPhones and the like... as well as bags of clothes from River Island.
Brand New Clothes.
During my period of unemployment, I made it my mission to shop as cheaply as I could.
I almost turned to food banks but thankfully I have very good friends.
My experience with the people from universal credit has been positive the have been very friendly and supportive
I work 12 hour shifts including nights, I am taxed to the hilt to pay for a country of entitlement
Totally agree ..they think they are fck untouchable.. welcome to the real fck world
my support workers used to tell me im entitled to benefits but i realize it doesnt make it right.
It sucks that people need benefits to begin with because it is not the government paying them, it is the taxpayer. However, it is a reality, like it or not. If some help is not offered society falls apart and it will be crappy for everyone. Pay the benefits biweekly, pay the rent portion directly to the landlord. Something has to change because if all that money is being paid out for universal credit but people are still needing food banks and becoming homeless, then what was the point of that money in the first place? It is obvious a wee bit of government babysitting is needed to ensure that benefits go where it is suppose to, and that is largely housing. Why can’t the government just acknowledge this?
Welcome to Benefits Britain.
Be a good slimming plan for some ?
Plenty on uc are getting more than working people taxed to the hilt to pay them their benefits
If people are getting over the first few months of hardship until sorted And then getting whatever they entitled too fully.
Once it’s all correct I cannot see any reason why even getting paid in full, they can survive. Alcoholism or addicts it’s gonna be harder but still can help to at least pay rent, bugget for food.
Some of these cases are down to order factors.
Definitely the first few months sounds to me is getting others in dept, and homelessness is on the rise as land lords are always chasing money.
THERE IS GOT TO BE BIG CHANGES IF NORMAL PEOPLE ARE STUGGLIN TO KEEP A ROOF?
Just saying that I was on u.c and I was able to survive. Most people here seem to have some sort of addiction with drugs and or alcohol or they need to learn how to budget their money