On Saturday, 29 July 2023 at 05:30:47 UTC+1, Judith Latham wrote:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK68yyrKUOA
>
> 2,658,610 views Jul 20, 2023 #dwdocumentary #documentary #britain
> Britain has a historically low unemployment rate of 3.6%. Yet poverty
> levels are breaking all records. It’s a paradoxical situation: almost
> 15 million Britons are considered poor these days, although there’s
> almost full employment. The reason: inflation and high energy costs.
>
> Galloping inflation and a dramatic spike in energy costs in recent
> months are forcing millions of Britons into poverty. Wages fluctuate
> in an "uberized” working world of precarious employment conditions.
> Over the past 10 years, beginning with David Cameron, the government
> has scaled back its support to vulnerable members of society. The
> result: reduced life expectancy. Disadvantaged Britons are dying 10
> years sooner than their wealthier compatriots - victims of what’s
> become known as the "shit life syndrome” - a life marked by poor
> living conditions, disease and addiction.
>
> The documentary profiles people who have a job but can still afford
> nothing - from Blackpool in the west, to Ashton-under-Lyne and
> Cumbria, on the border with Scotland.
>
>
> #documentary #dwdocumentary #poverty #britain

You forgot to say why the cost of living is going up so much.

On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 15:01:35 -0700 (PDT)
Animal <tabbypurr@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Saturday, 29 July 2023 at 05:30:47 UTC+1, Judith Latham wrote:
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK68yyrKUOA
> >
> > 2,658,610 views Jul 20, 2023 #dwdocumentary #documentary #britain
> > Britain has a historically low unemployment rate of 3.6%. Yet
> > poverty levels are breaking all records. It’s a paradoxical
> > situation: almost 15 million Britons are considered poor these
> > days, although there’s almost full employment. The reason:
> > inflation and high energy costs.
> >
> > Galloping inflation and a dramatic spike in energy costs in recent
> > months are forcing millions of Britons into poverty. Wages
> > fluctuate in an "uberized” working world of precarious employment
> > conditions. Over the past 10 years, beginning with David Cameron,
> > the government has scaled back its support to vulnerable members of
> > society. The result: reduced life expectancy. Disadvantaged Britons
> > are dying 10 years sooner than their wealthier compatriots -
> > victims of what’s become known as the "shit life syndrome” - a life
> > marked by poor living conditions, disease and addiction.
> >
> > The documentary profiles people who have a job but can still afford
> > nothing - from Blackpool in the west, to Ashton-under-Lyne and
> > Cumbria, on the border with Scotland.
> >
> >
> > #documentary #dwdocumentary #poverty #britain
>
> You forgot to say why the cost of living is going up so much.

Most importantly, that what is being described is *relative* poverty,
which becomes more widespread as peoples' wages rise.

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Joe