'Poverty shouldn't silence people in politics' | The view from Gateshead

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In the run-up to the general election, the Guardian video team is touring the UK looking at issues that matter to communities.
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As Labour faces pressure to scrap the two-child benefit cap, we spoke to people in Gateshead, which has some of the highest levels of child poverty in the country. Voters and people running essential community services talk about the challenges of poverty and how disenfranchised people are being encouraged to engage in the election
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00:00 - Intro: the view from Gateshead
01:04 - England fans watch Euro 2024 at HWKRLAND
02:13 - The Salvation Army centre filling the gaps in Gateshead
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@carlosbrambila5950
@carlosbrambila5950 25 күн бұрын
Bless these community workers. They're making the real difference.
@lifegenius763
@lifegenius763 25 күн бұрын
Huge thank you to all those workers and volunteers offer incredible support to their local communities 👍
@RM-ti8nf
@RM-ti8nf 25 күн бұрын
Shame on the politicians who are not serving the people!
@necromancer2367
@necromancer2367 24 күн бұрын
Shame on the people who vote for these politicians, despite others telling them their decisions are stupid
@kanedNunable
@kanedNunable 24 күн бұрын
the tories you mean....
@lifesjustanillusion246
@lifesjustanillusion246 23 күн бұрын
Wakey wakey !! They're all the same cheeks of the same arsehole.voting is the illusion of choice.the central bankers control everything.starmer/ sunak and all the political leaders of Europe belong to the wef.all carefully selected.we have no political representatives and we don't have democracy as you believe.welcome to the pantomime
@AutismoGamer
@AutismoGamer 13 күн бұрын
United States politics has become nothing more than a competition to see how long can the politicians lobby and keep themselves wealthy while we suffer.
@KristineMaitland
@KristineMaitland 22 күн бұрын
What frightens me is that is you could have taped this in Canada or most countries in the world and you would have gotten the same responses: housing, medical care, etc.
@mohamedali2858
@mohamedali2858 25 күн бұрын
Poverty is not merely the consequence of the greed of the rich; it is a political tool to marginalize whole segments of the population. As more and more of the population is marginalized, obviously, decision-making is increasingly going to be in the hands of fewer and fewer people, and it will be in the hands of people whose interests and world view differ radically from the masses. Poverty is ultimately about political exclusion, not just financial deprivation.
@MrShikaga
@MrShikaga 25 күн бұрын
Could you explain more? Everyone gets a vote, no matter how much money you have.
@BenJ2020
@BenJ2020 25 күн бұрын
This is how labour gets its voter base to keep people down and poor just enough to live on and they will keep voting for you
@MrShikaga
@MrShikaga 25 күн бұрын
@@imine2024 ah yes, I see what you mean. Thanks!
@GustavoHeinlein
@GustavoHeinlein 25 күн бұрын
The rich are not greedy, they're innovative and industrious. You seem to think poverty is a modern phenomena and that in the 'past' nobody was ever poor, not for a single day. Poverty, in general terms is down to laziness, rare do you find 'poor' hard working people. Now, what we do have is a culture of 'benefit dependency' whereby generation after generation of 'lower class' citizens come to aspire nothing greater than their welfare payment every fortnight.
@RoofLight00
@RoofLight00 25 күн бұрын
@@GustavoHeinlein Your sweeping generalisations are straight out of the ayn rand playbook. Do you not think that Someone can be ill, disabled and unable to work or does your warped world view exclude different reasons for poverty. Central government decides what budgets go to regions, and the current government are on video explaining to constituents how they have redirected funding from poor areas to more wealthy ones. To think this is not politically motivated is wilful ignorance or propaganda.
@user-kf5mn5vn3t
@user-kf5mn5vn3t 25 күн бұрын
I'm a Brit living in Austria.... How many Food Banks in Austria? 79. How many Food Banks in the UK? 2000 plus.... '?'
@adamstockley3569
@adamstockley3569 25 күн бұрын
3000+ 😡, there were less than 40 in 2010!
@da90sReAlvloc
@da90sReAlvloc 25 күн бұрын
​@@adamstockley3569 same year the Tories came to power funny that isn't it
@alfonsohorcajada4399
@alfonsohorcajada4399 24 күн бұрын
Shamefull!! Ans you will still have working class people voting Tories....that is beyond me. Never got that. ​@@da90sReAlvloc
@babajaga158
@babajaga158 24 күн бұрын
​@@da90sReAlvlocwhats funny is that you guys were keep re-electing them for 14 years!!! That is a funny part for me
@agentopaque3776
@agentopaque3776 23 күн бұрын
9 million vs 65 million population bro...
@MrDanMeman
@MrDanMeman 25 күн бұрын
He wanted someone that could provide a proper direction for the country and he thought Nigel farage was that man 😂😂
@SkeletonDrums1
@SkeletonDrums1 24 күн бұрын
Head in hands at that moment!
@justgeneric2876
@justgeneric2876 24 күн бұрын
It shows how little people care in the area, it reminds me of those who voted Boris for London Mayor. He then was a very similar candidate, peddling promises he had no intent to keep.
@ommk9650
@ommk9650 24 күн бұрын
Sneer
@bereal6590
@bereal6590 23 күн бұрын
That's how dumb and lazy minded they are. Until these idiots start learning history politics and economics they'll make the same stupid voting mistakes
@macsmiffy2197
@macsmiffy2197 24 күн бұрын
Governments could choose to reduce inequality in society. Other countries such as Norway have done it without the economy being compromised. Trickledown economics has well and truly failed. It makes me really angry. 😡
@bereal6590
@bereal6590 23 күн бұрын
Unfortunately as you here the numpties in this video, they think farage would be the solution. That's how dumb people have be ome and that's the problem and reason inequality continues. Hating foreigners, the eu, gays, trans is more important to them than fairness and equality. They don't care if someone is sick and cant work, they'll call them lazy. Every trope that's pushed out there, they believe it!
@ogilvienator
@ogilvienator 21 күн бұрын
Totally not true , there are places that has totally poverty in Norway.
@rickylocock9068
@rickylocock9068 25 күн бұрын
The only reason the cost of living crisis has gained so much traction, is because it's started to affect the middle classes. Once the majority middle classes start using food banks, then the government will be forced to do something about poverty.
@Marenqo
@Marenqo 24 күн бұрын
Gateahead here, we are proud of our city!
@RaggedRomeo
@RaggedRomeo 25 күн бұрын
'Poverty shouldn't silence people in this election' Except that it will, poverty leads to apathy and the apathetic don't vote.
@GustavoHeinlein
@GustavoHeinlein 25 күн бұрын
You make a bold assertion here, 'poverty leads to apathy and the apathetic don't vote'. Apart from in 2019 with the Tory majority and apart from 2016 with the Brexit referendum. I would say it is more the case that when the English working class vote in a way that displeases the Woke privileged middle classes, what we get is a flurry of pejorative aimed at the 'thick nationalistic gammon' for daring to have the temerity to vote how they wish and not how you demand!
@goonerboz6023
@goonerboz6023 25 күн бұрын
If you have a independents or new political parties vote for them the torys are not going to do anything the red ones blue and yellow
@sarahann530
@sarahann530 24 күн бұрын
​@@GustavoHeinlein The working class really helped themselves with their Brexit vote . Life is now the best it's ever been
@GustavoHeinlein
@GustavoHeinlein 24 күн бұрын
@@sarahann530 Political autonomy is the ability to make political decisions. What we have, is a rabid kind of Woke faux intellectualism that sneers at any political choice they personally disapprove of. So, we get affluent White (mostly) middle class men and women, celebrities and politicians who simply can't fathom how anybody else, can possibly think differently to them - these are the same Woke class you preach about tolerance, acceptance and political freedoms. Yet, as soon as the 'working class' vote how they wish and to how the privileged classes wish, we get very malicious and condescending rhetoric. 'You stupid gammon, how dare you not vote how I tell you!'
@babajaga158
@babajaga158 24 күн бұрын
Maybe it should be compulsory to vote like in Austrslia.
@TheSuperPsychoKiller
@TheSuperPsychoKiller 24 күн бұрын
Poverty is a political choice. Always money available for wars.
@tennesseejermyn7705
@tennesseejermyn7705 25 күн бұрын
Up the toon lads Newcastle n Tyne still kickin ass regardless
@aremedyfrosty
@aremedyfrosty 24 күн бұрын
All the men in this country have swapped their loyalty from their people to football now. The country is literally dying but they can still meet up at the weekend to support some stupid team.
@Destide
@Destide 25 күн бұрын
They've done a great job dividing and creating apathy, You might not be able to change the world but you can change your part of it. Go vote even if you draw Mr Blobby on the ballot
@MrShikaga
@MrShikaga 25 күн бұрын
Who is “they”? The conservatives for the last 14 years? Who should we vote for who will unify the nation again? I personally voted for the greens, but having spoken to people, that seems to be even more divisive!
@droolio
@droolio 25 күн бұрын
@@MrShikaga Any party who advocates for proportional representation. FPTP is THE reason why our democracy is so fucked, why so many are apathetic, why we don't get the policies we deserve. Fuck party politics, but DO go out and put your vote ... for a fairer voting system. This election is void, but 5 years down the road everyone will be apathetic once again and wondering how we get into this mess where Labour didn't help improve their lives either, yet don't tackle the broken system. The cycle needs to end - vote greens vote lib dems, vote tactically if you have to, but demand PR above all else. Sure as shit this coming Friday you'll be hearing from Farage about how unfair the voting system is when they only get 1 seat with double digit popular vote - and they'll be right. Didn't need to come to this, but Starmer is to blame.
@ChartreuseDan
@ChartreuseDan 25 күн бұрын
​@@droolio What the Tory coalitioning lib Dems who turned abolishing of university fees and proportional representation into 9k p.a. and fifteen years of conservative austerity? They were Ed Davey's party then, regardless of the fresh young faces he tried to plaster over it, and it still is now. It cannot be trusted anymore than it could be in 2010. "Vote tactically if you have to." YOU HAVE TO. LOOK AROUND. Think I wouldn't like to vote green? It's not an option because I've looked up my green party candidate and, like a lot of green party candidates actually, THEY BARELY EXIST. For most people in the UK a vote for green is a vote in the rubbish because, while I'm sure there's lots of nice and principled people in the party with agreeable policies, there just aren't enough green candidates willing to do the campaigning and marketing necessary to really be in the running. I'm happy for people who can tactically vote green and have it probably be worth doing, but they're a pretty stark minority
@charlesdean3089
@charlesdean3089 25 күн бұрын
These very same sentiments I heard back in the 80’s during Thatcher. Nothing’s changed.
@janecarney3492
@janecarney3492 24 күн бұрын
well nothing has changed because people have voted for the same party over and over and then are in shock when they do the same thing its insane
@A190xx
@A190xx 17 күн бұрын
And during Blair's years. He tripled the national debt and never solved poverty.
@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419
@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419 24 күн бұрын
Gateshead has been on its backside for decades but I moved back a few years ago after a decade away and it’s just grim now. Good people tho, great communities in the area.
@Maliceless100
@Maliceless100 25 күн бұрын
Poverty begets more poverty. The answer lies with the HMRC. As titans of industry continue centralizing power, will-of-the-people democracies are turning into minority-rule governments. And the widening gap between haves and have nots is swallowing up the middle class.
@MrShikaga
@MrShikaga 25 күн бұрын
But the HMRC has no policy making power. Surely the answer lies with the Treasury?
@RoofLight00
@RoofLight00 25 күн бұрын
@@MrShikaga The answer has already been given by Sunak who is on video explaining how they have diverted funding from poorer areas to more wealthy ones.
@MrShikaga
@MrShikaga 25 күн бұрын
@@RoofLight00 Sure, but what does that have to do with the HMRC? You realise Sunak does not work at the HMRC right? He was Chancellor and now PM.
@RoofLight00
@RoofLight00 25 күн бұрын
@@MrShikaga What has HMRC got to do with poverty? I’ve demonstrated how funding is taken away from poorer areas to more wealthy ones which causes poverty. The very reason for this video clip. That is the reason for the nations inequality and social deprivation. Why dismiss that overwhelming evidence with ‘sure but….’?
@MrShikaga
@MrShikaga 25 күн бұрын
​@@RoofLight00 The HMRC does not set policy! The Treasury does! It's like blaming the army for the invasion of Iraq. They aren't the decision makers, they simply follow the orders of the government. The HMRC's functions are to administer and collect taxes, enforce tax laws, and ensure compliance. What those laws are are set by ministers in Parliment, the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Are you suggesting that all the civil servants in the HMRC should break the law and just unilaterally decide to collect whatever taxes they want to themselves and funnel the money wherever they decide it should go?
@SkintLivingUK
@SkintLivingUK 25 күн бұрын
Too many people struggling in the UK. I just hope things change after the election. It makes me sick that millions of kids, families and pensioners are starving. I hope the government gives out free school meals to the kiddies and increases Universal Credit as people in work have no money to live. Before people moan about UC but 41% of people on UC are in work - this is because wages are so low. They were kept low on purpose by the Tories as they only look after big businesses - who have had record breaking profits while their workers are literally starving. The vast majority of anyone else on UC are ill or long term sick/disabled. Many of which are on an NHS waiting list, like myself. So to all those horrible people slagging of people on UC you need some compassion.
@juliet7703
@juliet7703 25 күн бұрын
Thankyou from a UC claimant
@GustavoHeinlein
@GustavoHeinlein 25 күн бұрын
"...too many people struggling in the UK..." So let's import 1million asylum seekers - the best way to solve a housing/living standards crisis is to bring in more people who demand homes.
@goonerboz6023
@goonerboz6023 25 күн бұрын
Labour have said they need to cut the benefits its costs to much
@thankstocalebchung1556
@thankstocalebchung1556 24 күн бұрын
The problem is landlords leeching best part of people’s salaries. It’s pointless increasing benefit levels & salaries without bringing regulation to cap ever increasing rents.
@kevinsyd2012
@kevinsyd2012 24 күн бұрын
There's no money for food but plenty for piercings and tattoos...
@bobjames6622
@bobjames6622 25 күн бұрын
What I never understand is why huge numbers of people want somebody to lead them, and be in charge of them. Are they still toddlers, needing mummy and daddy to hold their hands?
@hungo7720
@hungo7720 23 күн бұрын
The immense wealth of London has been fostered at the expense of scant comfort of other regions. People feel jaded and are disgruntled with the Tories' mismanagement and lingering austerity measures.
@Oharadanny123abcdefg
@Oharadanny123abcdefg 25 күн бұрын
Bless the community workers. Genuinely, why are asylum seekers placed in places like Gateshead with zero work?
@IbnShahid
@IbnShahid 24 күн бұрын
That’s a VERY good question.
@ChristianeWinzenburg-uo4xb
@ChristianeWinzenburg-uo4xb 24 күн бұрын
People and citizens deserve soooo much better. They appear to be in no doubt as to what is needed and sadly neglected. I hope that sense prevails and that communities will rise to the challenges. A sense of belonging and identity matters. Vote for change and not demagoguery💯👌🤞🤞🤞
@roddychristodoulou9111
@roddychristodoulou9111 24 күн бұрын
I've been saying this for years , we could have any political party in power for 100 years . We will still have poverty , homelessness , and unlivable benefits pensions and minimum wages . The problem we have is this form of capitalism known as disaster capitalism . It really is there only to serve the richest in society , this is why we see the richer getting richer and the poorer getting poorer .
@Rac-fpv
@Rac-fpv 22 күн бұрын
Imagine thinking Nigel Farage is actually going to help somebody in England. 🤦‍♂️
@goonerboz6023
@goonerboz6023 25 күн бұрын
The biggest problem is liz kendall has said we need to punish the people on benefits because it costs to much
@user-ck3uu8rj3x
@user-ck3uu8rj3x 24 күн бұрын
Yet the multinational companies who avoid paying tax in the uk underpaid £5,6 billion in the year 2022-2023 But why go after that when you can demonise folk on benefits instead.
@shauncameron8390
@shauncameron8390 24 күн бұрын
@@user-ck3uu8rj3x MNC's still provide jobs and are the biggest private employers in the country.
@AbigailBrown-wk7xl
@AbigailBrown-wk7xl 23 күн бұрын
God bless the angels that help people in are community ❤
@AngelaVlahos
@AngelaVlahos 17 күн бұрын
my great grandmother was from germany. witnessed all the wars.
@wba6787
@wba6787 23 күн бұрын
Starts and ends with housing. Build houses on the scale of the Baldwin government and provide cheap places for people to live and do business and the rest will follow. Instead we've incentivized a hierarchy of petty land barons and shit, unaffordable hovels. Labour's proposals on this just aren't good enough.
@1Strawbz1
@1Strawbz1 19 күн бұрын
its not just benefits.. i work full time on mininum wage in retail. Mentally exhausting.. and basically part of the working poor. Cant go on any flash holidays its alton towers this year
@drkarenbukharibukhari9931
@drkarenbukharibukhari9931 25 күн бұрын
In Lauret ward food was good as I was unable to purchase food for my survivors as orphan lady Dr unemployed for 4 years after UK relocation
@sorenm.lairdsorries7547
@sorenm.lairdsorries7547 25 күн бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤
@quwipyui6519
@quwipyui6519 22 күн бұрын
Migrants on the boats are on the way 13500 only on this year
@AaronOkeanos
@AaronOkeanos 25 күн бұрын
Why do people think "they are equally bad"? Tories controlled government and House of Commons now for 14 years even if your local MP was not a Tory. The other parties were nowhere near having a chance to impact your life. Give Labour power so they can show they are different.
@ChartreuseDan
@ChartreuseDan 25 күн бұрын
They could have shown us they're different with their policies and voting records but instead those things have shown them to be more alike than they are different. That's why people think the two main parties are equally bad; they're not equally bad but they're too close to it for their and our good. Both seem to plan to keep the two-child benefit cap for crying out loud. Most conservative governments wouldn't have gone that far. Can you blame people for not being impressed?
@A190xx
@A190xx 17 күн бұрын
Labour had 13 years and tripled the national debt, but still had poverty. Indeed, they left the economy in such a bad state, it did not matter who took over.
@da90sReAlvloc
@da90sReAlvloc 25 күн бұрын
The north-south divide, this just ain't happening in Gateshead but also Newcastle upon Tyne
@SkeletonDrums1
@SkeletonDrums1 24 күн бұрын
The Tories of the 70's and 80's killed off the industries in the north of the country, leaving communities without jobs and purpose. Despicable, self serving toffs that care not a hoot for the people. We need government that wants to encourage industry, investments, training and jobs! Not line their own pockets or sow division between average people.
@scotuslaurentius2763
@scotuslaurentius2763 25 күн бұрын
Jeremy Corbyn really would have helped the UK - but they wanted Boris ... good move.
@BenJ2020
@BenJ2020 25 күн бұрын
His own party didn't want him, he got stabbed in the back by Rayner and Keir. How long before she stabs him in the back?
@notjustforhackers4252
@notjustforhackers4252 25 күн бұрын
No "they" wanted democracy. Corbyn wanted a re-vote. He also sat in parliament when the Tories passed "The investigatory powers act" , which breaks Article 8 of the ECHR and did nothing to prevent it.
@MrShikaga
@MrShikaga 25 күн бұрын
True, but given his comments on Ukraine, Europe has been extremely lucky he wasn’t leader in 2022
@Da1Dez
@Da1Dez 25 күн бұрын
How would he have responded to Covid though?
@user-bw5pn4qv9i
@user-bw5pn4qv9i 25 күн бұрын
They voted Boris to get Brexit done.
@underarmbowlingincidentof1981
@underarmbowlingincidentof1981 24 күн бұрын
as you can hear the people want conscription !
@Pierrick2009
@Pierrick2009 24 күн бұрын
Luckily the people of Gateshead have the option of relocating to another part of Europe in order to escape poverty….except….wait … they voted 57% Leave .
@user-wq6sz7vt3w
@user-wq6sz7vt3w 14 күн бұрын
Life under Labour. Nothing changes!’
@BookOfVampires
@BookOfVampires 24 күн бұрын
Why do they keep having a king? And have this happening?
@martinobrien7110
@martinobrien7110 24 күн бұрын
Labour ' s largest challenge . Poverty . Question is , Do they even know it .
@rodgerhargoon3402
@rodgerhargoon3402 20 күн бұрын
Hiw can the greatest empire in the world experience hunger .... where the sun never sets ...😂😂😂😂
@houseoffry3204
@houseoffry3204 22 күн бұрын
Full disclosure, Gateshead & Newcastle are not some run down deprived areas like this report will have you believe. Yes there are people struggling but the narrative that the north east is poor and rundown is a bit offensive for the people up here.
@MrMmnngghh
@MrMmnngghh 20 күн бұрын
A little bit further afield in, say, Jarrow would have served the narrative better. Or, just go to Middlesbrough.
@susanjaques6601
@susanjaques6601 22 күн бұрын
Labour wont do it .starmer same as rishi .wishy washy
@SharonaPJ
@SharonaPJ 21 күн бұрын
Imo....drugs & alcohol are a CHOICE.
@A190xx
@A190xx 17 күн бұрын
Labour thinks they are victims.
@A190xx
@A190xx 17 күн бұрын
The cost of living crisis was fuelled by the response to the pandemic with lockdowns stopping the economy, printing over £500bn and dropping rates. This was never going to be free. What scares me is Starmer was calling for more lockdowns, which would have resulted in more misery.
@realnoahsimpson
@realnoahsimpson 24 күн бұрын
Tories out but LABOUR OUT too
@pip1723
@pip1723 24 күн бұрын
Labour aren't in they haven't been for 15 year's.....this is the result of Tory austerity.
@cureforintroversion1262
@cureforintroversion1262 24 күн бұрын
I wager it’ll make no difference to them anyway
@jsmoothie7001
@jsmoothie7001 23 күн бұрын
Don’t Trust the tories!! Again * 😅
@Golkfyerick
@Golkfyerick 22 күн бұрын
At least they didnt vote Leave
@nick8002
@nick8002 25 күн бұрын
Did they say how they go to fund this tax allowance? I thought we have 350 millions per week since Brexit, mentioned by Farage and Johnson, and people like to be deluded by them twice, so we deserve having little Britain like this tbh.
@MrShikaga
@MrShikaga 25 күн бұрын
£350M pounds a week is very little money. That is only £18B a year. Our annual budget is £1.1 Trillion, with a T. £350M a week is such a small number it gets lost down the back of the sofa in Westminster. That reallocated money will not be felt by anyone.
@john-fr5yd
@john-fr5yd 19 күн бұрын
Did sunak created poverty in the UK
@A190xx
@A190xx 17 күн бұрын
How?
@MalcolmXpat
@MalcolmXpat 24 күн бұрын
regardless of which way the economy goes it's simply not fair that full time working tax payers should have to subsidize parents with multiple kids. simply not sustainable for a country who's economy has been in a 20 year decline.
@HappyinJapan358
@HappyinJapan358 18 күн бұрын
The north is especially sedated with football and beer. Take those away and there would be revolution. That’s real change
@tombartram7384
@tombartram7384 23 күн бұрын
In the gardy world ppl on council estates ppl can barely eat. In the real world that i see every day ppl on council estates go to Spain every year. Duh.
@dhmonkey50
@dhmonkey50 25 күн бұрын
Proud 🎉🎉🎉 for election 😮😮😮😮
@Resologist
@Resologist 21 күн бұрын
The Times cannot find anyone to analyze the vote results? Just dumb music and hope to see the results in one riding at a time? Ridiculous!
@TravelTeleport
@TravelTeleport 25 күн бұрын
Nice unbiased journalism right here.
@janecarney3492
@janecarney3492 24 күн бұрын
it is crazy to me that labour have only been in power for 10 years out of the last 40, yet they are still considered by a lot of working class people as one of two "evils", if it wasnt for blairs government which isnt as left wing as i would have liked, we would have no public infrastructure left and no constitutional reform (irish and welsh assembleys, scottish parliament, human rights act, separation of powers with the introduction of a supreme court outside the legislature and an end to hereditary peers setting a precedent to democratise our second legislative chamber) yet people are still let by the nose by proven charlatans like farage and boris, who have massively spiked child poverty and made everyone poorer, it truly bends the mind
@justgeneric2876
@justgeneric2876 24 күн бұрын
Its not so hard to believe, Thatcher was the beginning, they not cared since Heath and the old tories departed. Breaking up the union because they opposed her, smashing coal industries because they strengthen unions, breaking the welsh industries that have taken decades to slowly recover and the north still has yet to recover, creating the greatest property shortage by moving away from the state owned builders to private contractors. The list is quite endless, we need to rip up 50 years of policy suggestions and Americanisation to undo the mess.
@rahuldahoob
@rahuldahoob 22 күн бұрын
Jeremy corbyn would have saved the UK❤
@A190xx
@A190xx 17 күн бұрын
How?
@KorruptDZN
@KorruptDZN 25 күн бұрын
Why is Gateshead particularly afflicted by child poverty? Genuine question
@ay2257
@ay2257 25 күн бұрын
Lack of levelling up funding, cost of living crisis, not enough jobs, expensive childcare costs
@warrickhelme3973
@warrickhelme3973 25 күн бұрын
Mainly due to de-industrialisation, many of the heavy industries were lost in the latter half of the 20th century, lots of families and communities across the north east were affected, with no replacement or investment in those areas afterwards a process of managed decline began were local authorities tried to manage the loss of well paid jobs and industry as best they could but couldn't stop the process. Add onto that 14 years of Tory rule and austerity, places like Gateshead were particularly affected due to their heavy reliance on public sector spending to make up for the shortfall in private sector investment, as government departments were cut this disproportionately affected the area compared to somewhere like London where public sector spending doesn't make up nearly as much of the local economy. Hope that answers your question.
@jt-hi3ti
@jt-hi3ti 24 күн бұрын
Deindustrialisation, deindustrialisation and deindustrialisation. From a resident of neighbouring Newcastle, shipbuilders, miners, manufacturers and steel workers were the lifeblood of the working class, not only just in Gateshead but all across the North East. This is why much of the North East is particularly acutely poverty stricken.
@SkeletonDrums1
@SkeletonDrums1 24 күн бұрын
@@jt-hi3ti You're absolutely right, the clobbering the north took under thatcher was criminal! Robbed you all of your livelihoods and squandered the talents of generations, the tories are a despicable bunch! The incoming government needs to look at the long game, promote the north as a serious place for investment, which may pave the way for a brighter future! The likes of sunk Sunak would'nt be able to look down his nose far enough to see the real issues!
@jackflapjackflap
@jackflapjackflap 24 күн бұрын
Full of lazy people. Plenty of work in Team Valley and automotive factories supplying Nissan.
@drkarenbukharibukhari9931
@drkarenbukharibukhari9931 25 күн бұрын
Thanks govt of rishi sunak I have suffered externally domestic abuse and hatred by my ex neighbour and hate crime and starved in the past Eid and Christmas 🎄🎁 I survived on trusel and find my city charity in UK extreme poor I was made homeless infection unable to wash my clothes and unable to purchase food and clothes
@sarahann530
@sarahann530 24 күн бұрын
Have you sought help from the Mental Health charities ?
@RayBit1979
@RayBit1979 11 күн бұрын
Nope. Politics should not silence poor people.
@mavinashraju5682
@mavinashraju5682 25 күн бұрын
Usually bills , household care are paid when u r employed ..strange that they expect the govt to pay !!!!!
@JousungKim-ji6hz
@JousungKim-ji6hz 24 күн бұрын
“GDP continues to grow by 8%”... Indian economy racing✨[Hello India]
@rodgerhargoon3402
@rodgerhargoon3402 20 күн бұрын
That's because great Britain no more rules it
@richardscullion9381
@richardscullion9381 25 күн бұрын
labour are not perfect - who is but they will try far harder than the tories to help people out of poverty
@goonerboz6023
@goonerboz6023 25 күн бұрын
No they wont they said benefits are costing way to much
@janecarney3492
@janecarney3492 24 күн бұрын
@@goonerboz6023 they definitely will and whilst i think benefits have been restricted far too much compared to what this country can afford, labours policies go way further than just increasing benefits, they had the bright starts programme which was proven to improve the GCSE results of children in poverty by 2 grades, they had a massive increase in apprenticeships, they want to get rid of 0 hour contracts that exploit people in hospitality, sounds like you just read daily mail headlines and take it as gospel mate
@thankstocalebchung1556
@thankstocalebchung1556 24 күн бұрын
@@goonerboz6023 We need rent controls.
@shauncameron8390
@shauncameron8390 24 күн бұрын
@@thankstocalebchung1556 And future housing shortages.
@shauncameron8390
@shauncameron8390 24 күн бұрын
You mean help people stay in poverty as the people take the benefits over a job.
@annfoster6116
@annfoster6116 23 күн бұрын
Reform !! Get out and vote reform !
@flaauws
@flaauws 25 күн бұрын
The Guardian: let's do a video asking people in a deprived area about their feelings towards politicians Also The Guardian: let's make sure someone who could improve things for people in deprived areas can't get into power.
@bryanotieno7106
@bryanotieno7106 24 күн бұрын
The UK should borrow a leaf from Portugal economy on how they managed to get out of the debt trap. Reduce taxation, reduce borrowing and spending because it perfectly illustrates inflation
@harbster2
@harbster2 23 күн бұрын
Tories out! But unfortunately things will get worse under Labour because inflation will rise again.
@jackkruese4258
@jackkruese4258 22 күн бұрын
If a lot of these people got a worthwhile trade and maybe moved they’d be fine. Don’t expect the govt to carry you because they won’t. I learned that 30 years ago.
@NeverStopRolling
@NeverStopRolling 24 күн бұрын
Am putting my faith in Reform like 🔷 at least Nigel seems he will give it everything he's got to fix the UK. And he can't be any worse than present.
@njujuznem6554
@njujuznem6554 24 күн бұрын
Privately educated multi-millionaire former stockbroker Farage. """Man of the people""" my foot. He's not a change, he's Tory-plus.
@karenrobinson129
@karenrobinson129 23 күн бұрын
It certainly proves people who work in charity and foodbanks could be working full-time.
@FraserBailey-jm5yz
@FraserBailey-jm5yz 25 күн бұрын
Well it looks quite nice to me. Lots of people spending a lot of money on beer and watching football. Happy days!
@ChartreuseDan
@ChartreuseDan 25 күн бұрын
If you want an economy to recover you *need* people to spend money, otherwise employment just keeps going down and access to credit gets even worse
@garyh5541
@garyh5541 24 күн бұрын
Vote Reform
@AppleAirsoft
@AppleAirsoft 24 күн бұрын
The guardian helped this happen by attacking Corbyn to preserve the Oligarchy.
@DatFwad
@DatFwad 24 күн бұрын
Nigel Farage 😂. That man is selling snake oil. Don’t fall for it. He would be like the Tories jakked up on steroids.
@chris-ub8in
@chris-ub8in 24 күн бұрын
Child poverty is rife in UK but people continue to breed.
@IbnShahid
@IbnShahid 24 күн бұрын
Really? Have you seen the latest fertility rate figure for the UK? We’re well below replacement rate. Mind you, people like Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg are happy to have six kids each. Maybe THEY should be tying a knot in it….
@pip1723
@pip1723 23 күн бұрын
Are you suggesting the rich should only be allowed to have children?
@AbigailBrown-wk7xl
@AbigailBrown-wk7xl 23 күн бұрын
Vote reform 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@hermitcrabinavan7244
@hermitcrabinavan7244 24 күн бұрын
It would be interesting to find out about locus of control of those who vote for Nigel Farage. I am not sorry to say that if you vote for Nigel Farage again, you have it coming.
@user-nc1rf5if1u
@user-nc1rf5if1u 24 күн бұрын
Labour will be even worse, more high taxes and no homes for young people, vote REFORM or do not complain when things get worse
@mrmeldrew693
@mrmeldrew693 25 күн бұрын
Reform's £20,000 personal allowance would do the most for the poorest/average worker in this country.
@EdwardOberon
@EdwardOberon 25 күн бұрын
Can't trust Farage
@GaryS-gi9fk
@GaryS-gi9fk 25 күн бұрын
Far right are racists by definition, Reform voters are on social media making it known that they enjoy hearing about refugees drowning and giving their opinion that we would like to see them all drown etc. There is nothing to act, it the way they are.
@nigelgarrett7970
@nigelgarrett7970 25 күн бұрын
Without saying how they will pay for it. I take it that you are also happy with raising the tax threshold for the higher band of income tax and providing tax relief on private school fees and healthcare too. Policies designed to help the poorer / average workers in this country.
@mrmeldrew693
@mrmeldrew693 25 күн бұрын
@@nigelgarrett7970 how much money has been magically found for Ukraine? How much gets spent on foreign aid/hotels for blokes without documents? Plenty of cash about, it's just the political will to improve things for our people that is missing.
@nigelgarrett7970
@nigelgarrett7970 25 күн бұрын
@@mrmeldrew693 So far, the UK had pledged to spend £12.5bn in aid to Ukraine. Reform's tax cuts would cost £90bn PER YEAR. Does that put it in perspective? And just a few questions that you dodged: Are you in favour of raising the threshold for higher rate tax payers? Are you in favour of tax relief on private education? Are you in favour of tax relief on private healthcare? These are all Reform policies. What does that say about Reform?
@notjustforhackers4252
@notjustforhackers4252 25 күн бұрын
Tories out, Labour out.
@annalieff-saxby568
@annalieff-saxby568 25 күн бұрын
Thanks, Vlad.
@EdwardOberon
@EdwardOberon 25 күн бұрын
Labour in pls... Reform is UKIP part 2... No ta..
@GaryS-gi9fk
@GaryS-gi9fk 25 күн бұрын
Far right are racists by definition, Reform voters are on social media making it known that they enjoy hearing about refugees drowning and giving their opinion that we would like to see them all drown etc. There is nothing to act, it the way they are.
@da90sReAlvloc
@da90sReAlvloc 25 күн бұрын
Tories out labour out, @notjustforhackers4252. Labour aren't in to get out, Simple you have to be in somewhere to get out , and as labour ain't in power. Then they can't get out of power,
@AaronOkeanos
@AaronOkeanos 25 күн бұрын
Labour wasn't even in, in the last 14 years.
@sonyashas9347
@sonyashas9347 25 күн бұрын
Vote reform
@ChartreuseDan
@ChartreuseDan 25 күн бұрын
ltd
@vickis3589
@vickis3589 25 күн бұрын
You really think Farage can sort these issues out? Much of what he says has proven to be lies and inflated figures. Considering Brexit crashed the economy, I'm amazed that people still support him.
@grey3987
@grey3987 25 күн бұрын
cold outside and it is summer , Labour green tax will bankrupt everyone
@ChartreuseDan
@ChartreuseDan 25 күн бұрын
Think that ship already sailed
@realnoahsimpson
@realnoahsimpson 24 күн бұрын
vote Green for real hope and real CHANGE 💚
@PoliticalRegality
@PoliticalRegality 25 күн бұрын
Reform! FARAGE! REFORM!
@da90sReAlvloc
@da90sReAlvloc 25 күн бұрын
No.not. Reichform uk
@insertname2035
@insertname2035 25 күн бұрын
No
@AaronOkeanos
@AaronOkeanos 25 күн бұрын
Mr. Brexit himself? Are you sure about that?
@BenJ2020
@BenJ2020 25 күн бұрын
Vote Reform! A 20k tax allowence would be massive for those on the bottom end of the scale. Foodbanks provide an incredible service but they should not exist. Its a sad state when reform want to scrap the two child limit but labour wont!
@mikeydread62
@mikeydread62 25 күн бұрын
From the clowns that b(r)ought you Brexit, you’ve got to be kidding
@edwardbernthal160
@edwardbernthal160 25 күн бұрын
and the band played believe it if you like. Unfunded promises from the beast who never did a days work as an MEP, lied about the benefits of leaving the EU, Trump loving Putin arse kissing beer swilling fat mouth.
@EdwardOberon
@EdwardOberon 25 күн бұрын
Lying Clowns the Reform Lot...
@GaryS-gi9fk
@GaryS-gi9fk 25 күн бұрын
Far right are racists by definition, Reform voters are on social media making it known that they enjoy hearing about refugees drowning and giving their opinion that we would like to see them all drown etc. There is nothing to act, it the way they are.
@matt69nice
@matt69nice 25 күн бұрын
The money would come from gutting the public sector, which working people are more reliant on for basic services
@edwardlewis7468
@edwardlewis7468 25 күн бұрын
Vote for the guy that speaks his/her mind, truth matters. Acknowledge the problems so they can be resloved. Only Reform UK is offering us the Truth.
@nigelgarrett7970
@nigelgarrett7970 25 күн бұрын
Reform is offering something, but truth isn't it.
@europainvicta3907
@europainvicta3907 25 күн бұрын
The truth? LOL. Where are those brexthick benefits then?
@HistoryonYouTube
@HistoryonYouTube 25 күн бұрын
Only traitors support Reform.
@insertname2035
@insertname2035 25 күн бұрын
Delusion
@da90sReAlvloc
@da90sReAlvloc 25 күн бұрын
Reichform uk offers lies , conspiracy theories, division and hate
@BunionOverchuff
@BunionOverchuff 22 күн бұрын
Sick to the back teeth of hearing the same old people complain about poverty and how much they struggle yet go and vote for the same party their father did and grandfather did. Don’t vote for the same shit and expect a different outcome.
@Crmsnraider
@Crmsnraider 25 күн бұрын
👍
@drkarenbukharibukhari9931
@drkarenbukharibukhari9931 25 күн бұрын
Madam Amanda and sir Ian saved me from during COVID survivors in UK hotel 🛏️🏨
@IAmSoMuchBetterThanYou
@IAmSoMuchBetterThanYou 23 күн бұрын
I lived in Sunderland forty years ago, just down the road. It was a shithole. I couldn’t imagine it getting worse. Yet here we are.
@PaulStratford-vn8ed
@PaulStratford-vn8ed 25 күн бұрын
Vote reform
@AaronOkeanos
@AaronOkeanos 25 күн бұрын
You want even worse than Tories? Mr. Brexit himself? Have you learned nothing in the last 5 years?
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