stupid idea to pay housing benefit to the claimant, that's where a lot of the problem lays

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.

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 should be paid weekly, BUT rent should be paid direct to the Landlord.

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.

Universal credit is doing exactly what the Tories designed it to do, punish people for being on benefits.

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

I am thankful I am 71 and retired with guaranteed retirement pensions each month.

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.

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.

Payment of rent given to the tenant "IS ASKING FOR TROUBLE" such a stupid idea!!!!!!?

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.

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.

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 devils system.. Evil ppl in power

Everyone they’ve interviewed looks like they have an addiction of some sort

Put a Yellow vest on!

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

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!!!!!

This Government so good at paying but can't pay for our own people

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?

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.

Wauw the Queen in England must be proud of her Fortune, while All these people are starving

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.

Enough money for tobacco... not enough for food...

I believe many people would be surprised just how many don't receive a penny.

English need to learn that money come from work not someone's pocket

Rich gets richer and poor gets poorer.

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..

If our government stopped sending money to Europe and letting migrants in and refugees they could help these people in need

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!.....

I have just adopted 3 feral cats ( Tabby, s ) who get better fed than me !!!!

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?

Anyone who thinks this is a good idea should have everything they value destroyed. SIMPLE. ..

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.

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??

Can't get help our government look after others who don't pay into the system

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.

Universal credit is working perfectly because it encourages people to get jobs?

A lot of these people look "rough" like they have been through it a long time.

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

If a person is bad with money, why do they blame the government? Am I missing something here?

#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,

“I wanna work” Aye right. I’ve heard it all before.

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..

GDP growth is preservation and not feeding uncertainties of poverty and making many poverty stricken.

Change the payments to every 2 weeks and pay rent to landlords direct %80 of problems solved

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!

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.

Yeah, I am having a hard time having sympathy. Why r these ppl not working? T

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 🤦‍♂️

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?

Is benefits in the UK the same as welfare in the US??? Single men can't get no help in the US ..

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...

Time for the goverment to be over turned

Does no one care that UC is only paying people for 48 weeks of the year and takes interest on any advances

Nurses at food banks come on they get 22 to 36 k

Pay landlord first and half of your problems are off

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.

The uks favourite word benefits

A job is the last thing these people want no shame

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.

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.

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

Duncan " arbeit macht frei " Smith.

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.

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 🌸

This Tory government is insane, as are the bulk of the electorate.

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

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

They make it hard on universal credit so that people that can go out to work

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

These people spend their money on drugs and drinks. Why should I be paying for these people with my taxes??? They should be in REHAB

Northern Ireland costs the UK 11 billion every year

OUR LOCAL FOOD BANK OFFICE USED TO BE TORY MP 'S OFFICE . MORE USE NOW .

It was said that in the end times that this would happen and we can see what jesus has said is all coming true . All these wars and faming and poverty and many many more.

Monthly payments on a set date.What about when there's 5 weeks in a month, ? Like now. (March 2019)

A country ready to go bang

I work 12 hour shifts including nights, I am taxed to the hilt to pay for a country of entitlement

This week thank u jesus I had a school food voucher 4 food waiting 4 my money 2 feed my 7 year old son I'm so great full now I'm worried about my ele meter bless all the people on here I help in a cancer Research charity shop every says Ur so happy even with problems I'm thinking about the people on here god bless u my son is such a good little boy

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?

Its crippling afto pay part of rent electric council tax bills

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

She can afford to smoke thou This government is evil The only wY to get people back to work is in low paid work. through starvation.

I just want this part of my life to be over and I want to cry.

Watching from Guwahati city (India)

Universal credit isn’t the problem, it’s the fact that people cannot manage their money correctly that is putting them into this situation in the first place

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.

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!

Because of "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME/Fibromyalgia I often need a P/Time 'domestic assistant' here in Hull.... :)

Greedy housing want what bit i get for rent to be made up and nothing left for any bill or electric

I don't like the term Britain on the breadline

1984

Poll tax part 2 coming up :O

I'm on universal credit, I have a brain tumour and I forget quite a lot, leaving meals forgetting I left them in the microwave, I have been waiting nearly a year now for my appeal for esa,,, I ran out of money and called universal credit to see if they could help with a payment, they said what do I need the money for, I said food, they said they don't issue payments for food only white goods and I would have to visit a food bank, they know I'm not well, they don't give a toss, so on this occasion I told them I needed a fridge and they give me the money this system is stupid

This is really not fair 😭😭

Plenty on uc are getting more than working people taxed to the hilt to pay them their benefits