Let me get this straight…someone actually criticized that young mother FOR GIVING HER CHILD FRESH FRUIT? Really?

I think the core root of the problems here in the UK is deprivation of uk workers. People working full time should be enjoying a comfortable life. They should be able to, as a single person, pay their rent, pay their bills, run a car, afford nutritious food and have enough left to save each month. But instead they have everything against them. Cost of housing, cost of living, cost of fuel are all beyond the incomes of most people, especially younger adults who tend to be on lower wages. People are working more than one job often while still struggling to buy food. They are losing the opportunity to save, to start a pension. We urgently need to sort this out. The cost of housing needs to come down. There should be rent cap laws in line with average incomes in localities for example. The cost of housing has become ridiculous too. The cost of a basic 3 bed semi or terrace should be realistic for the actual incomes people have. Trouble is extreme house values have put both buyers and owners in a trap. Where I live, average incomes for poor families are very low but a small, very basic, 2 bed terraced house is hundreds of thousands of pounds. This means the working poor cannot even get on a property ladder. And poverty negatively impacts health so the number of sick and infirm needing government assistance increases, and the system gets more punative to discourage what was never a choice to begin with. If the working poor had decent lives, decent homes, could pay their bills, sleep at night, feed their families, actually ENJOY life then we would be a happy, thriving nation. But right now - its just utter misery.

It's pathetic that there are so many comments here dissing the lass who had strawberries. It seems that - according to these commenters - not buying strawberries is the answer to this huge problem! It reminds me of a time in the 60s when we (as a family... I was about 8yo) had to go through a 'means test'... we were in desperate need of food and help (6 kids ... 'daddy' ran away with a new girlfriend)... the guy doing the test was similar to the short-sighted, ignorant commenters on this thread... he walked into our house, saw that we had a dog ('Patch' we had him since I was a toddler) and said... '... if you can afford to feed a dog you dont need help!' ... then he left. It was winter... we were burning the internal doors and kitchen cabinets for heat... electric and gas both cut off as 'father' hadnt paid the bills... there was ice on the inside of the windows... 3 youngest were crying with hunger (we had eaten some chips the day before... nothing since then), BUT ... if we had a dog then we must be ok...?! Exactly the same logic as you 'strawberry fools!'... 🙄😡

What people should be upset about is the wealth gap! So many of the super wealthy are able to hide their wealth. The government need to tax them and help the poor.

I'm sorry for the people in the UK. I'm in the USA. We have similar problems here with housing costs and rents rising to unaffordable levels. It has put many people on the streets. I don't know how the UK system is run but It really shocks me how much heating costs have risen in just the last few years.

Getting rather fed up of seeing greedy companies like Shell, BP, Esso etc making record profits while people freeze and starve to pay for those companies greed.

Back in 1984 when i went self employed i earnt £10 an hour, Today min wage is the same £10 per hour, but according to the BOE inflation calculator £10 then is nearly £30 today. In reality our money has devalued by two thirds.

With markets tumbling, inflation soaring, the Fed imposing large interest-rate hike, while treasury yields are rising rapidly which means more red ink for portfolios this quarter. How can I profit from the current volatile market, I'm still at a crossroads deciding if to liquidate my $125k bond/stocck portfolio

4:48 £60,000 is nothing to a community of several thousand souls, your local MP gets paid a minimum of £84,000 that’s ONE PERSON with their head in the public money trough doing a job that historically used to be done by passionate volunteers.

7:35 This women makes a significant point, the government should be helping the food industry reduce prices not handing out money that ultimately makes the rich richer. 😮😮😮

Bloody disgraceful shame on the government

Six years ago I left the UK because the cost of living there even back then was too much and I did feel it would only get worse. Although I didn't think it would be quite as bad as it has got. Good luck to everyone back there.

Feel sorry for everyone.It’s the same over here in New Zealand.Food costs go up weekly.Power price hikes before winter as well.And there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel.Very sad indeed.

In Poland, we have the same issue. Prices have gone through the roof. I feel so sad for the elderly and those on low incomes, single-parent households and those who are disadvantaged. The government is doing F all.

The #1 priority for everyone right now should be investing in non-government alternative income sources. specifically in light of the present global economic crisis. Nowadays, investments in stocks, oil, and virtual currencies are still appealing.

Thatcher and Reagan are laughing in their graves. Their vision has come to fruition!!!!!

Simple. They're not coping. While companies like Shell and BP etc rake in the cash by the truckload.

I’ve never had 3 meals a day , porridge for breakfast, sandwich for lunch and a cooked meal in evenings 4 times a week other 3 days poss toast . not steak , not salmon , just basic cooking .

The lack of sun must be depressing

The times I have visited the UK (I am from Norway) - the thought has struck me: The standard of housing is quite low. I am thinking particularly about insulation and building materials. Homes that have good insulation need less heating. Am I wrong, maybe?

I live in London, and it’s hard, I am hoping to soon move out to up north, in quiet and cheap area, surrounded by nature.

it's going to get worst. The cost of living will go up again and again.

This stuff is heartbreaking, the Tories have decimated this country in the last decade and it is a foul shame. We have so much to fix...

So many deprived areas have expensive shops, and no discount stores or independent businesses, so cruel.

We are a failed state 💔

Cost of food doubled, cost of energy doubled. Those in power do not care.

Now's a good time to start thinking about planting a garden for this year. Got mine up to producing around 40% of the food we eat, and been filling up the freezer and shelves in the fall with preserved stuff.

ok we see many reports like this everywhere and we see reports of corporations reporting record profits, and CEOs getting greater bonuses and salaries, politicians doing little to help -- so what's wrong with this picture?

Questions from Australia - Why do you put up with a class system that keeps people 'in their place' in positions of advantage and disadvantage? Why do you have a House of Lords whose members are not voted in and it is due to their title only that they are in parliament making the laws of the land and conditions favourable to them? Why do poorer people vote for the Tory party with which they have nothing in common? Why do you have a monarchy that has huge costs supported by tax payers money? You need to develop a more fair society for the greater good of the many.

At least you guys still have a roof over your head. In Australia the housing shortage is so bad, and the rents are so high, we’re evicting 79 year olds from their homes of 30 years, just to make a quick buck! Families are living in cars and tents because they can’t afford the rent. Oh, and yes, cost of living has shot up here too. While the wages have been stagnant for over a decade… and going on strike to demand higher wages is nigh impossible, because you won’t get permission to strike… I wonder how bad things must get…

People struggling that are on minimum wage we don't get no help at all

It's horrifying that we are in 2023 and our country has come to this.

Any mention of stopping billionaires offshoring their socal responsibility?

we eat a lot of potatoes and rice w/ veggies and only once a week chicken - I can get hungry but when you have kids they don't understand

96% of people report experiencing increased food prices…. And the other 4% don’t do their own shopping? Lol

Shouldn't be like this in this day and age.

That's got to be the stupidest stat 96 % say there shopping has gone up like who's the 4% that haven't either they don't shop or their dead

That's the whole point of “Great” Britain,- millions on food and billions for tanks.

I’m on a strict budget. I eat rice, beans, veggies, and noodles nearly ever day. It’s cheap and healthy 😊

I never thought I’d see this but I work two jobs, over 60 hours a week. My heating is on for 1 hour a day and I occasionally have breakfast and maybe one hot meal every other day. I can’t do this anymore. Stress and exhaustion are now impacting on my health 😥😥

Get the street to pool their funds and buy wholesale if enough people do it and the supermarkets see their bottom line fading away they'll soon lower prices.

Ashamed of our government!

4:20 £500 million 😮 where has it gone??? My community has not seen any of it 😡 I live in an ex mining community, one of the hardest hit areas of society since the 1980’s and the conservatives here are doing everything they can to thwart our proposed new health and fitness centre. 😮😮😮

2:16 The other 4% are the rich and powerful who don’t do their own shopping and don’t care one jot about those less well off than themselves 😮

17% food inflation? It is more like 50 to 100% or more depending on what you buy. Margarine and butter has increased 100% over the last 12 months. Cereal has doubled in price. I like the Morrisons granola, it is now £2.49 per kg bag, used to be £2.

Canada is sadly even worse. I compared it and food prices are 20-30% higher here. You're looking at spending $400 CAD each month just on food for ONE PERSON. It's ridiculous. Housing is unaffordable too.

Waiting to see some action like in France well done French people 🎉🎉🎉

Cost of living crisis but the young mum has money to do her lips

There are 5 bus routes being cut in Dundee at the end of March, so Im doing my bit offering lifts to people to help them get out and about.

Has anyone thought of community gardens? Grow your own vegetables.

Govt needs to do more

God bless you Gary....you are doing a sterling service to your community!

This is happening in the US as well. I'm a senior, age 72 (my husband is age 78) and our heat has gone up $35.00 a month, my water and sewer has gone up another $40.00 a month, our electricity as well. . Our vehicle gas has risen as well. My food bill has gone up more than $50.00+ a month and is now over $1,000 due to our health conditions and our required special diets we must eat.. My ONE break is that I can get a free lunch at our senior center. This is a small salad, a small bag of potato chips and a fresh apple. I bring my own carrots, broccoli and a boiled eggs in order to fill up, get more vegetables and eat enough protein. This does help and I am grateful for this lunch and my friends there. I go to the center twice weekly for the conversation and to get out of the house .This is my twice weekly mental health boost.

There has always been poverty in Britain. My great uncle used to go to a food bank in the 1970's, when Labour were in charge, it's not a sudden thing that's just 'mushroomed from no where', in the past few years....

I've got a note of some prices (from a thing I didn't get round to doing) from September last year, and for example the 500g of pearl barley in Tesco is up from 70p to £1.15, the latest increase was just last week so it's still going up. Most things have gone up by a huge chunk like that.

Just visited uk Last week. The overall conditions of the houses were terrible with crazy energy price. Everything is expensive. Though I loved go there again and again but can’t imagine living there. Can’t believe once the mighty British fall so hard😢

I remember growing up in the same condition, after the bills were paid there was hardly anything left for food. Food banks didn’t exist. I remember going hungry, no heating or new clothes even having holes in the bottom of my shoes. That was 60 years ago! Sad that we seem to be going back to those conditions.

The fast food outlets are still full Where is the poverty?

Even us middle income earners are making cuts, for us who are comfortable. one less take out, planning car trips to use less fuel, taking more lunches to work. It all adds up and some small tweaks will certainly help.

Sadly I remember penny pinching as a full time worker with children. Buying a fixer up home is the only thing that saved me financially. Seems impossible these days 😔

This past winter I moved to the spare room upstairs and had my breakfast, lunch and dinner in that room. I heated the room with a fan heater as the government money of £67 was paid into my electricity account. I don't watch much TV and live on my own. I also kept warm using candles and to light the room. I only had my main heating on for 10 hours from the start of October till the end of March.

Praying for the UK people. We are going through horrific times here in the USA as well.

This winter has been really bad, I can't turn on my heating or the electric heater. We don't have double glazing and the cracks in the wood around the windows that don't close properly let's the cold air in. I now have to eat one meal a day, the future doesn't look good.

Yet the oil companies are making record profits! Oil prices impact everything else, something needs to be done about the profits made by these companies. Surely it is profiteering? If so it is illegal. My son is a manager in a large chain supermarket and their overall profits are up over 10% on previous years. Obviously they are raising prices through greed not to just pay for increased costs of transport and actual food items. It's disgusting, none of these huge companies should be increasing profits during these times.

"I don't think that there's help, is there?" That broke my heart.

There is unfortunately no help out there. Its sad but thats how it is.

I wonder how many politicians are going hungry?

This is what I’ve been doing, I have went the winter without heat, and now the stove has stopped working too. No washing machine either. This winter is the first time I’ve experienced hungry, im too ashamed to tell anyone.

I wouldnt fight for my own country, with the way its going.

Tbh I’m fed up… they think they are smart cutting the nhs let alone our money.. they want us all dead 😔 just think about it all COVID,no money ppl on the streets n children the children going without. But they can put money towards new buildings.😢😅🥴

I lived in the UK for years before moving back to America. I used to think that this country is the richest of all in the world. We too have the same problem here in the USA.

❤So sad to that everyone struggling in the world 🌎 to be able to have a better life not easy to meet your needs it’s time of surviving ❤️love to all ❤️

I have two jobs, living with the family and it's still not enough to pay the bills. Polish Prime Minister has said ones (unofficially), that every member of Polish working class will work for a bowl of rise - just like in China. That's why I know exactly how people in the UK feel.

We left England in the late eighties . Expensive housing , gas prices that left us unable to use the central heating . Nothing left after bills to pay for entertainment , holidays or clothes . This just cycles around and now it's here again . Queensland was like a dream , but it's tough to start again here too .

Fat is an indication of excess calorie intake. So, there's something to think about. Single mom is really not the right term, unwed mother is the right term. There are single women, married women, and divorced women. Other than that there are men in skirts pretending to be women, but, are not. We need to make people BE responsible for their children. Step one marriage first.

Food prices have risen by over 50% . Clearly a BBC production

My heart goes out to the people of the UK. I admire their resilience but wish their lives were less of a struggle. My best thoughts and hopes for these good people. I particularly feel for the single moms with children. They must worry constantly.

All the essentials are so hard to afford - cars unaffordable- holidays unaffordable- weddings unaffordable- homes unaffordable- bills unaffordable- whose handling all this people have less than £100 in their bank

the real crime here is stephanie wearing those leggings

My heart goes out to each and every person here, particularly those with children, or dependents. This crisis has hit the entire world. People in third world countries, who don't have resources anyway, are dying. In Australia, there is hope. Local economists describe high interest rates on everything, due to a) the ways we spent during the Covid Crisis and b) food shortages, rate rises, etc. The market will crash out, and our government will put caps on rate rises, and neither of these things will ease matters for those who suffer. But, it is predicted that, by year's end, things will even out as we adjust. Here in Australia, Supermarkets are capping prices on essentials, so you won't be buying your bread and milk at fluctuating prices. Co-Ops, Food Banks and Social Supermarkets as shown here are doing a wonderful service. We also have soup kitchens, and local charities will support those in dire need. After travelling, I'd say that the UK provides excellent social support for those who need help. There are far greater services available in the UK than people realise, I think. My prayers go to those in developing nations, who simply don't have the resources. I pray for ideas to gather resources for those where countries simply don't have arable land or money to spend

she puts on an electric heater rather than a jumper? im not saying that there isnt a cost of living crisis, but there is also a common sense crisis that should be addressed

As a family business we just paid a 12k income tax bill, where is it going? Bo Jo’s party fund, the government do not care about people simple as that.

It's not the cost of living crisis, it's the cost of lockdown crisis.

I'm living in the UK, in the NE, but I think a lot of ppl are exaggerating! Yes, the prices raised extremely, but UK is still much cheaper than other European countries. The majority of the Brits, eat 2-3x / week in a takeaway. I can confirm this, when I watch my neighbours. Sorry, but when money is going tight, I cook at home, don't go in a pub, don't drink alcohol. Food as potatoes , rice, minced beef is still affordable,...... so nobody must be hungry, but not everyone can have fish&chip twice /week. The inflation beats everybody and everbody has to cancel habits,....... sorry, but when I read that ppl can't afford food, but got tattoos all over their body, I can just question theitr way how to deal with their income.

I feel for my brothers in the UK.

If you cannot afford kids, stop having them!

One of the things one can do as far as food goes, many big supermarkets will reduce fresh produce incl. vegetables, fruit, some meats and bread substantially, usually around early afternoon and again in the evening. Your local Co-Op is a good source. Find out the times .

I'm Scottish, but I'm really very concerned for people on UC and low wages. I live comfortably but my family too are now feeling the pinch. We are squeezed so how the hell are people with less money coping , I just don't know. Even shops that catered for a budget market are out pricing the poorer economic classes. People must be going to bed cold and hungry it is actually frightening. It makes me sad and it needs to be addressed.

Why are people making ridiculous comments about the mum providing her children with 🍓 for god's sake. At least she was providing them with a healthy and nutritional snack. Honestly I think we live in a sad society when people are critical of a young mum slicing fruit for her children. I wonder if the comments would of been the same had she been giving them 🍌 or other fruits? I guess none of us are calling the food preppers crazy now. I began stocking my cupboards with canned, & dried goods as well as other everyday household items such as toiletries & kitchen c Items. In late 2018. My budget didn't stretch very far then. It was one or two additional items each week, that would be on offer in Aldi or lidle or buy one get one free in other retailers. Now I can barely afford to keep them topped up. I am glad I did it now because these items soon build up over time. Prices are crazy and I would actually go as far to say that food costs have risen way past the 17.6% that was stated in the🎥. More like 52% when you compare the price increases on some of the basics such as milk, bread, eggs etc.

Yet the country could afford 150 million on his coronation. It makes my blood boil

We're not coping!! We're all here just trying to literally survive the cold, the lack of food and the strain of dealing with it all every day, there's no end to it at all, if it wasn't so bad, it'd be a frigging sick joke!!!

Budgeting is the issue for a lot of people. Can afford nail polish and hair dye but not food … that’s a budgeting issue

It's interesting as when Jamie Oliver tried to get people to cook healthy and cheap at home so many of them gave up. Here in New Zealand many schools now have vegetable gardens and the kids are learning to grow and cook. I'm not downing anyone it's just processed food has taken over and it's not the cheapest, tummy filling option.

Spent 3 years collecting my tins. I tried warning people but got laughed at. This squirrel was busy.

Körülnézni az egész világon ez van.Nagyon szét nyílt az a bizonyos olló a fizetések közt. Mostmár dolgozói szegénység van😢

It's not just inflation...there is a lot of price gouging going on because marketers are well aware that this is a golden opportunity to overcharge and nobody will stop them. Competition favours the Lidls and Aldis...until they jump on the oligarchy bandwagon.

A single working mum with 2 kids who can afford to get lip fillers!

I know what will help! Let 100,000+ illegal immigrants in and use tax payer money to pay for them while deflecting criticism with accusations of bigotry 👍 works in every western country!

I’m disabled and on benefits. Have turned my heating off and I’m eating one meal a day. It’s negatively affecting my health, but what can I do?

Disgusting that people should suffer like this when energy companies make record profits and pay CEOs millions in bonuses!