Is the UK Government breaking international law?

#shorts

[chernobyl]

The fun thing about international law is that there's no international police or international court to enforce it

[magnusbruce]

In normal times, this would be a national disgrace.

These days it's just "oh yeah, that figures"

[myhandlewastakenandIgaveup]

And as one the rich, the elite and the shareholders said "yeah. We'll get right on that problem".

[elgringo]

The most British thing ever is visualising "acceptable standards of living" with a picture of curry

[jackforshaw]

This is definitely true. Having to choose between heating and eating is now so bad that food banks are giving out electric blankets, and libraries are giving out hot water for drinks and HW bottles. Even wetherspoons are helping mothers by warming baby bottles for free.

[johnbeckham]

Did anyone else click because they saw food?

[werbnaroc]

Meanwhile, here in the US, we had to spend $60, 000 on medical bills last year to keep my wife alive. And that's WITH insurance.

[TailsClock]

I live in the UK. I have all my life. I'm homeless right now and learning that there are NO services at all to help me. I've been homeless for 3 months because my old house was destroyed in a storm, due to safety measures being removed to save on money. And now services to help me get a home again are also gone, removed, to save on money. My life was taken away as a direct result of government greed, and they will not spend a penny to fix that. These are the things that make un-aliving seem nicer. Especially in this cold. There is no hope. And the best I can hope for is that either I meet Rishi and get to tell him how i feel about this before I go. Or I can find a rich person and beg them to let me live with them and do anything for them. And the thing about that choice is that's somehow the good one. That's how low the bar is that I have to look forward to not being here anymore in 2015, or being an indentured servant. Can someone please remove the tories from this planet? For the sake of all of us who just want to live a normal life. Heating in the winter is not supposed to be a luxury in 2024.

[janetmalcolm]

This was said by the UN a few years ago that it is a political choice and could be sorted out asap. The Govt just denied it though they had well looked into everything. Nothing alters with denial.

[therealnuggetball]

I'm from Czechia and every time i was sad that our country is going to hell economically i looked at Slovakia... Nowadays every time i get depressed about my countries situation I look at the UK to show myself that even some western European countries can do something worse

[HAZYPANCAKES]

UK try not to revert to a class system that favors the elite challenge

[abonynge]

The US draws the poverty line at $13, 590, poverty rate is 11.5%

For reference I will use the state I live in Florida.
Florida's FMR (Fair Market Rent) is $1110 for a Studio apartment. This means that the maximum housing assistance in Section 8 government assistance is $1110 per month. The cheapest studio apartment in my county is in an abandoned strip mall turned housing complex, $1739 a month. Meaning that even with government assistance, living in the cheapest house available to you, you have to pay $629 a month. The US government determined anyone paying over 30% of their income in housing costs is "cost-burdened" meaning that with government assistance, to avoid being "cost-burdened" in the cheapest house available to you, you would have to earn $25, 160 per year. Minimum wage is $12/h. Assuming you have a full time job giving exactly 40 hours a week that is $24, 960 per year. You can scrape by on that, but lets say you get a raise and you start making $14.25/h. Your income is now $29, 640. The income limit for Section 8 housing assistance is $29, 200. You lost your housing assistance, your rent is now $1739 a month or $20, 868 a year. After taxes and withholding your net income would be $25, 575. After rent you have $4, 707 to survive the year on. Maybe the poverty line isn't $13, 590.

[Veklim]

Honestly it's not just welfare which is woefully inadequate, I spent years working in social healthcare on minimum wage and barely broke even month to month. Since I stopped working to become a fulltime carer for my ailing wife I've found that I'm no better or worse off than I was when I was working every hour god sent. In a system where you are literally damned if you do, damned if you don't, it's no surprise we're in such a dire situation.

[antonycharnock]

It was little reported in the mainstream news in the UK but the UNHCF had to become involved for the first time in child poverty in the UK recently. Not bad going for one of the worlds "richest" countries.

[smilertoo]

This is what happens when you put millionaires in charge of the government, they help themselves.

[kezl]

Ive never seen so many young families asking for help to feed there kids on local fb pages. That or people looking for homes that they can afford. Ive been helping where i can but now even my funds are becoming limited.

[BanterRanterr]

And because of lack of housing people cannot afford to move away from deprived areas to find Jobs outside of their towns 🙃🤦‍♂️ plus the rail situation forces everyone to use car

[thesamsquatch]

I swear it’s been violating international law for about 13 years.

[RonaldTrumpOfficial]

Fun fact: While people keep going into poverty, the government and companies pockets keep filling

[renarich]

They are making cuts to children’s services and adult social care whilst pocketing bonuses. The children are truly at risk. 😢