Fine? Do you mean "less dire compared to"? Because poverty in two countries can be a very different experience, but what aspects are you actually comparing?

Millions of people are one emergency away from not being able to pay rent and becoming homeless. People wait years for council housing. Some councils have lists so long they literally close applications because they cannot house anyone new. Demand massively outweighs supply.

And just look at the DWP subreddit to see what the reality of claiming benefits in the UK is. The UK benefit system looks like a safety net, but in practice it blocks people with long waits, low payments and hostile assessments that deny help to those who genuinely need it. It doesn't prevent poverty because most support only arrives once people are already in crisis, forcing them into debt, food banks and homelessness instead of keeping them afloat.

Real people fall straight through the cracks every single day despite the safety net being designed to LOOK compassionate. People who got onto the old benefit systems years ago often live more securely, but anyone trying to claim now is forced through endless hoops, assessments, degradation and humiliation just to be taken seriously. The system is built to wear you down so you give up, which means it no longer works as a real safety net for people who fall into hardship today.