Of your increase in homeless how much is related to EU immigration?

Poverty what is your idea of poverty - not having a roof over your head, can't afford clothes or food - how many of your 14m does this apply to. There is a difference between actual poverty and not being able to afford what the average household can have which is my understanding of the government's definition.

In respect of rent isn't housing benefit there to offset excessive costs?

Not anymore.

Sorting this out would help: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/new ... axman.html

Sorting this out would help: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/new ... axman.html

Its wrapped up in universal credit or its disappeared altogether?

You know the answer.

Ah the good old chestnut. Under the Companies Act it is also a director's duty to act fairly between members, employees, suppliers, the environment, the general community. Let's not bother with that pinko stuff though when we can screw all of them & let the lower paid cover those costs.

Could change legislation so that interest and royalties paid offshore are non-deductible. Likewise management charges and rents in respect of UK situated property paid to outside UK. That may better reflect commercial reality.

These numbers are not my personal opinion on what poverty is they are official government statistics. Although without a permanent roof over your head is homeless, struggling to feed your family (hence using a food bank) and pay essential bills is living in poverty. I’m not sure what your point is, are you saying the 14M officially living in poverty are actually well off.

The increase in homelessness has nothing to do with immigration. We had immigration before the tories came to power in 2010 and we still have immigration now at similar levels.

Immigrants are scapegoated by our right wing press, which is owned by billionaire non domicile tax dodgers, despite the fact immigrants are less likely to be unemployed than British born people, less likely to claim benefits and contribute more than they take out of the system.

Big companies are far too clever - it needs a change internationally and there are countries with a vested interest in not letting that happen - some are even in the seas just of the UK mainland.

They’re not clever - it is just easy.

Do you have any suggestions?

Because it increasingly feels like your original question was:

How do we make our optimal economic system work better without changing it?

In any society there will those who earn less, have less etc. even in your Socialist utopia there are the haves and have nots. As I have pointed out the officials of Unite - the leftist of unions - have a final salary pension scheme paid for by the members - go figure?

We don't have 14m living in poverty as you well know yes they may earn less but they are entitled to benefits to top up their earnings the numbers using food banks is >2m that says c12m of you 14m can afford to buy food - is that true poverty? How many people in this country are really in poverty?

The Times has suggested 20% of all homeless in London are EU migrants - I suppose that is just Murdoch looking after himself?

There will always be people who earn less and have less than others, but we can choose to make things better and more equal rather than worse and less equal. We do have 14M living in poverty, that is a fact. Some of those people can feed themselves without using a food bank, but they are still living in poverty. It’s pointless debating how poor they are, everybody’s situation will be different, but the fact is they are officially living in poverty, and the number of people living in poverty has risen significantly. The only conclusion anyone can draw from that is the government has failed the people it’s supposed to represent on a massive scale. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc. ... k-42218682

There will always be people who earn less and have less than others, but we can choose to make things better and more equal rather than worse and less equal. We do have 14M living in poverty, that is a fact. Some of those people can feed themselves without using a food bank, but they are still living in poverty. It’s pointless debating how poor they are, everybody’s situation will be different, but the fact is they are officially living in poverty, and the number of people living in poverty has risen significantly. The only conclusion anyone can draw from that is the government has failed the people it’s supposed to represent on a massive scale. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc. ... k-42218682

Surely something needs to be done to provide a fairer society in terms of wealth distribution.
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