Struggling Families ?

[itchycopark]

i keep hearing on radio and other media about charities needing help money wise for struggling families ,well nothing has really gone up yet in price ,food marginal council tax marginal electric /gas yes but only just from April ,if they are struggling and i dont see this around me (ex mining town) god help them when power and gas go up in august
is it all blown out of proportion ?

[davebro]

the late great Marty Feldman - much missed.

[itchycopark]

then again ok if your an illegal immigrant
no rent or council tax to pay free tv licence free mobile plus what's on the web page below
https://www.gov.uk/asylum-support/what-youll-get

[rowanwitch]

Fixed income. (Company pension up by £23 per month)
Fuel up by £30 pm, food shop monthly big shop up by around £20 per month, council tax up by £10 per month, and rent up £25 pm. Can't afford ad hoc bus trips to local centre so if I need a loaf of bread local shop price up from £1.35 to £1.79. Just over a year until I get my state pension, no help til then as I am just over the benefit threshold.

[youngmafbog]

//Poverty is relative//

Relative to what?

I think you should all be happy, after all the underlying problem for most is fuel and that is taxed heavily including a big chunk for The Johnson's Net zero green rubbish which we are told everyone backs.

[naomi24]

YMB, I saw Emily Thornbury yesterday banging on about net zero. I think they're all at it. There's no escape.

[youngmafbog]

Yes, I know.

Who to vote for is a real problem for many now.

[naomi24]

If they all agree on net zero, you have to look at the other stuff and decide which of that you want.

[youngmafbog]

No I dont Naomi.

I am vehemently against net zero as are many others.

If Johnson doesnt get that then he wont have my vote. There are Tory MP's and Lords (Frost) that also dont agree.

[Cloverjo]

Itchycopark, where does it say illegal immigrants get free tv licence and mobile phone?

[youngmafbog]

It doesnt (except if in a hotel you will get the tv licence covered).

Are you ok with the rest of what they get Cloverjo?

[itchycopark]

they are ALL given a mobile phone on illegal arrival in the uk as they throw their mobiles in the sea so they cat be identified ,google it
its a well known fact
"Brand-new mobile phones handed out to illegal entrants seeking asylum would be in addition to a cornucopia of benefits – including all-expenses paid housing and cash cards – which cost taxpayers at least £400 million per year."

[naomi24]

YMB. 'you' was a figure of speech. I didn't mean you personally. Just saying they all think similarly on that subject - LibDems too - so other things have to be considered - that's if you want to vote. Sorry for the diversion, itchy.

[10ClarionSt]

As I've said before, there is no poverty in this country. That's what the govt thinks, anyway. The govt sees people with mobile phones, flatscreen tvs, family car, satellite/cable subscription, computer/laptop/tablet, gymn/sportsclub season ticket, foreign holidays, regular consumers of alcohol/cigarettes. Maybe not so much cigarettes, but definitely alcohol, which is more harmful than anything but is promoted and encouraged nationally. Not to mention all the recreational drugs too.

What poverty?