Is This England? British Poverty In The '90s

The 1990s. My school years. My mum used to work all day at a school, then cook us tea and go off to work at sainsburys until 10pm. She and my dad gave us a great childhood and helped us go to uni. She was a bloody hero and gave up so much to give us a better life. Love her

Only real difference is we have swapped Spice Girls for Spice Heads.

British television was better in the 90's.

Poverty in the UK is nothing new. Universal Credit will save you from starving but will not permit you to live with dignity. Unfortunately, this will only get worse until enough people stand up and force the wheels of power to make it change. UK wealth inequality is a national disgrace. We must become a more equal and fair society.

What people are not talking about is the fact that the richer have been buying up property and then leasing it to the poorer and getting rich off the working classes backs. The buy to let scam is disgusting but not even discussed openly.

"Newly developing countries like Taiwan or South Korea." Shows how old this documentary really is. 🤣

Imagine living in a world where the government stops you working and puts you into poverty in case you get ill

Unbelievable this is the UK. Nowadays a job is not guaranteed even if you have a degree. Something is terribly wrong.🙏

21st Century Britain:  Payday Loans, Food Banks, Buy to Let Landlords and Zero Hour Contracts.

Two lessons I got from this: 1) Education is key and keeps you employable. 2) Give the rich the choice on wages they will be greedy and squeeze people dry.

When I see people like this it really hits home how fortunate I am to be in my position. I was very nearly in this situation. Left school with no qualifications, thought I knew it all and wasn’t bothered about a good job. Soon realised shit jobs are soul destroying and managed to find an apprenticeship in my late twenties. I’m not financially well off, but I can afford to live a good life.

I was on the bones of my arse in the 90s and early 2000s but through hard work and sacrifice I climbed out of poverty, not that I have a lot of money now but I can pay my bills and feed my family

It’s worst now, no employee rights for 2 years, zero hours contracts, fixed term contracts, over employing then getting rid of people they don’t need. it’s shit for employees who are not seen as humans but as targets, figures on an excel sheet. 🤣😂🤣 it’s a nasty system we are in

It's often forgotten how grim so much of the 80s and 90s was. No minimum wage until the Blair government. I remember a friend of mine had a Saturday job at House of Fraser in 1994. They paid him £1 an hour. I was paid £2.37 an hour and felt I was rich by comparison.

My dad got out of England in 1987. He's been back a few times but he much prefers New Zealand. I didn't really understand why until now.

It's always amazed me that here in the UK forever have the poor been advised by the upper middle and higher class how to live on low money.. How to budget.. When these people don't even know what budgeting it.. Its alright being a toff and going into a poor house for a week to learn how it is. I could manage for one week on low money but u do that week after week after year after year and that money now has to buy clothes, pay for utility break downs when ur cooker packs up, microwave dies., washing mashine, hoover on and on.. Absolute joke.

Isn't it about time we collectively vote something other than conservative/labour?

My mom did a degree in the 1980s at the Uni of Birmingham, apparently back then there was evidence of New Town being the poorest area of Europe! Not much has changed around that area, I'm from north Birmingham so past it on the too town every time I'm there, New Town still has a horrible reputation ...

This is the Britain I grew up in. I never knew why my mother was upset that I was shaking in the morning, or why she was embarrassed at the condensation on the inside of the window. It was cold and we could not afford heating. It makes you harder

British people: I’m poor Also British people: I’m voting conservatives