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"we used to go to jack's because it was discounted food "or cheaper foods." so, i think a lot of the people that used to go there, come here now. from your chats with people here, how bad are things right now? i've never seen it this bad in my lifetime. mince or chicken? chicken? enjoy. i would say about 60% of people that come here are in work poverty. the wages aren't enough to keep them warm at home and feed them as well. we've had postmen here. we've had firemen here. we've had nurses. and we have loads of pensioners. people depend on us now. when we started this about 18 months ago, the o...

And we are already in some areas in this precise context. this is the question of the value of work, this is a question of work poverty. and this is also a question of inequality in our societies. so i think what we have to aim at is more quality of work, fair wages and fairness in our society because more unequal societies are not better societies. are gig economy workers unfairly treated at the moment, because some will argue that the flexibility is very important to many people? i would not say that all gig workers are treated unfairly, i would never say that. there are workers that are tre...

Because of the cost of living crisis that we are always during? this because of the cost of living crisis that we are always during? this is a very important _ that we are always during? this is a very important question _ that we are always during? this is a very important question about - that we are always during? this is a very important question about our. very important question about our society at large. because if people have to take differentjobs, several jobs to make ends meet then we are in a society with a lot of social problems. we are already in some areas in this precise contex...

Should not be in a situation where there comes along a crisis and people are already in such a fragile situation that that drags them deeper into poverty. research has also shown that before this cost of living crisis, 1.8 million children across the country were growing up in deep poverty, meaning they are in families whose incomes are completely inadequate to meet their living costs. in the long run we have to do something now, but we also have to think about how we get to a situation where our social security system provides people with the kind of security that they need in face of the ris...

Taken today around the paper and work allowance, and you combine that with the increase to minimum wage... that is an improvement to our social security system for people who are working and it will go some way, take some steps towards turning the tide of in work poverty that has been rising, going back to before the pandemic, a rising tide of in work poverty, so these steps are really welcome in that respect. but i think what we don't know yet is quite how far these changes are going to make up for that £20 that has been lost to households and we are currently crunching the numbers on that t...