Is britain really as poor as it depicted?

Like every country, there is a spectrum from the very rich to the very poor in every town and city. Britain is actually quite a socialist leaning country compared to, say, the US.

Loach is a very socialist film-maker and concentrates on many issues affecting the working class and in the case of 'I, Daniel Blake' - the benefit system - the depiction was very accurate.

The situation (IMHO) is worse when there is a conservative government and the demonisation of those on benefits is the greatest and more and more obstacles are forced onto those least fortunate.

I'm a mental health nurse in manchester , it's every bit as bleak as it's depicted unfortunately

in the US, we have ZERO benefits.. No job, no money, no life.

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Yes, Britain is extremely poor, everyone apart from 0.01% of the population go to food banks so refugees/asylum seekers do not come here!

No it is not poor. The reasons the benefit system is so complicated (and unforgiving) is so that people go and look for jobs. If you have a job then you might struggle but you aren't poor.

Most British people don't realise how much fraud there is and how hard it is to catch the fraudsters. The Conservative Party knows that every penny belongs to taxpayers, so they make sure that every claimant is genuine. The Labour Party wants to buy votes, so they ignore most things that working class people do.

Sadly it is actually the Labour Party which has let down the people who vote for it. That is why they won't win the next election.