What can be done to get the UK out of the housing crisis?

I can't understand the naivety and political ignorance of the voting public in this country.
First they vote in a Coalition made up of Tories who have only one end to their means to protect their lackeys with wealth and their masters the banks and the stock markets and the investors,,,half of them don't even reside in the UK...I bet!
They then blame the whole country for the banking crisis and attack the pay and pensions of public sector workers and cut services that most people rely on private and public sector.
They then decide to reform the welfare state and semi privatise the NHS whilst supporting wars in the Middle East and Northern Africa and to cap it all they can afford to throw money at the Euro and this country is not even in it.
Let's get it right.
The dream is over and we are all going to awaken to a nightmare and they only people who appear to realise this are these people who are willing to sit in a tent and protest.
Even the media can't report something without putting a spin on it to manipulate this thick British Public into swallowing the Coalitions lies.
This obsession with the housing markets in this country is the reason why we are all in this mess.
When people can no longer afford to buy mortgages the real value of the property is revealed.
The country has for years been playing with idiotic economics.
People decrease in value as they get older because they will expire.
It should be the same with everything else.
The value of things are kept high or falsely increased to enrich a minority.
There is enough for everyone and now we've just threw away money that could have been spent on getting jobs for young people and the construction industry and what will the Public do...accept because change and taking control is too frightening and uncomfortable....well we're all in for a shock.

why are recruitment agencies and employers being so dam ruthless?

I have been looking for a job now for almost a year!! I have lived abroad for many years and have gained a lot of work experience from being self employed in the UK and abroad i have exceptional management experience and have employed many people and have contributed to the growth of four different companies. Now my problem is i have all this experience and transferable skills at senior management level and could be placed into most management positions as i have the skills and experience, but yet when i apply for various positions i can match the job title perfectly and perhaps 90% of the job description in most cases, i just get rejection after rejection. The problem i have is, i have been self employed since i left school at 16, i am now 37 with bags of experience in business, been out the country for over 5 years, i have never needed to do a CV, but due to the crisis over the past couple of years i find myself looking for a job for the first time! My Cv has been checked by various agencies and they say its fantastic some great achievements, all very well, but i am gutted i'm not getting a chance for an interview.

So back to my question "why are recruitment agencies and employers being so dam ruthless." I understand agencies work on commission etc, but to meet a 100% of the criteria stated in the job description is almost impossible, not only for me, but for most people i'm sure. I feel if you want to try out a new job in a different industry forget it because every position states you have to have proven experience in that field of work. To me as a former boss it doesn't matter if you feel you can do the job, unless you have been selling cars and you want to be a brain surgeon, then yes, you study for that and then become qualified etc, but, what if you have not studied, perhaps you don't have the money to study, but yet, you have the talent and experience you've gained from working up the ranks from a young age and you can transfer those skills to many different industries. Lets look at sales - sales is basically common sense, it doesn't matter what the product it is, its how you sell it, there is no difference in selling a car as to selling a house just different paper work and procedures, but, "how long does it take to learn those procedures?", not long, a week or so!! So you can see my frustration in these recruitment agencies and employers, they should be more flexible, there is so much talent out there that just doesn't get recognized, millions of people are unemployed, my way of thinking is different as i used to give people a chance to prove there worth even if they didn't quite fit all the job description, they were enthusiastic and determined and well motivated and could demonstrate the will to work, how could i say no!!

My conclusion is the recruitment agencies and perhaps the many company's out there seeking new recruits, i say this; don't throw away talent, 3...

i personally choose not to vote so usually i would keep quiet but tonight was the final straw.

health and safety:
is this really needed to such an extent? why is that it has to take me longer to fill out risk assessments and all that crap than it would to do the job in the first place. is it really necessary for a sticker outlining how to use a ladder correctly and advising the user to complete the necessary training to use it.. health and safety really needs to be sorted out before they ban the population from leaving a house when not wrapped in bubble wrap. recently there was a story about some coast guards that got fined for breaching health and safety when saving a girl drowning in the sea! wtf?!

political correctness:
since when has black bored been used as a racist comment? if it has been then surely white bored is just the same? how can someone seriously be offended by the term brain storm? how many people do you know that has thunder and lightening storms in their heads? and all these nursery rhymes that are being changed.. how many multi colored sheep have you seen in ur life if there were such sheep i can see why someone would want the wool. are children these days that insecure that they cant know the truth about humpty dumpty's death?
the 7 dwarfs made that story of snow white and should at least get a mention in the title.. was it really necessary to get rid of the drunken sailor and if so who came up with the lyrics about a grumpy pirate that will be changed soon i bet it might encourage children to join the pirates stealing all those boats O.O or maybe download films and sell the dvds. i read somewhere last year that someone complained about father Christmas saying ho ho ho? i mean come one.. don't be so soft... Asians complaining about an advert with a dog on lol riiiight i think you should find something better to do with your time.

crime and punishment:
there has been an increase in knife crime, murders and rapes surely that is enough evidence to bring in the death penalty.. i am 18 if i murdered someone maximum is like 20 years i think id get (correct me if im wrong) so i could kill someone and get out when im 38 and can somewhat restart my life that isn't very fair. just read in the paper then that someone who supplied a gun in a murder only got 3 years probably be out in 1 year through good behavior personally i think he should of gotten 10 years at least.

credit crisis:
if this wasn't talked about on every single page of every single paper then people wouldn't be that scared to spend cash and the economy wouldn't be that bad.. i walked past the job center today on my dinner break, people were queuing up outside waiting for space in there yet the country is still letting people in all the time paying millions in benefits every week majority of which is to people who are capable of getting a job.

benefits:
i worked for a few years, payed tax and national insurance.. went to college to get some qualifications so i could...

From what I can tell from all the other answered questions on here it really depends on who you are, what you do and if you like a particular climate. I thought if I put a bit of info about myself on here that someone might be able to advise me. I know its a long shot but really all I want is some direction as to where to begin my research.

Ok, so... I’m 27. I currently studying to be a counsellor (psychotherapist) so my first question would be are UK qualifications recognised in Canada or should I be expecting to do some sort of top up or equivalent qualification. I do intend to keep studying throughout my life as I love it but I would need to be able to use what I have at the moment to establish myself in a job. Second question would be is there much call for counsellors in Canada? In the UK they have always been fairly in demand, not so much as in the US but there’s work out there.
My preferences are as follows.
I need water... be it beach or a lake. I could not live anywhere that was landlocked.
I love winters to be cold and summers to warm... I hate baking hot weather but I do like a few nice weeks a year where the weather is nice enough to camp, go exploring or just to sit out in the garden. In the UK whenever the weather does anything more or less than grey skies/rain the whole transport system falls apart. We have had whole days of intercity rail disrupted because there have been leaves on the tracks not to mention the crisis the recent snow caused! I’d quite like to be know I can make it into work when it snows, so somewhere with a good transport system.
I love walking, horse riding so somewhere with a variety of terrain/environments would be ideal. I love hill walking... not mountain climbing... I am not fit enough. I’d keel over if some presented me with a mountain. I’d also love to learn how to snowboard (although in reality it might me less exciting than I imagine... I might also be more physically inept that I imagine too so it’s not of huge importance).
I do love to go out to bars and clubs until 6 a.m occasionally but I really do not want to be surrounded by it all the time. My normal haunts are somewhere you can settle in for the night with good music, friendly locals and maybe a pool table. So I’m thinking not a major city but somewhere with enough going on to keep me occupied.
I love live music and festivals so I’d need to be within distance of either an airport or somewhere that has a good music venue. At the moment I live in between Manchester and Liverpool so there are a few places that are within an hours’ drive but if theres not a lot going on London is only a 2 hour train journey.
I could not live in an isolated place... I need neighbours. Not to be best friends with but in case anything ever happened. I’d need to know in case of emergency that I could get out of my house and reach someone else or a phone. So vast sprawling sparsely populated places are a definite no. Having said that I would rather...

Hi

Just need some of your views or if you weren in my situation what would you do?
OK, I'm 23 and I'm aslo married with a 10 month old son. My partner is 26 and we've been together for 3 years. Since we got married and had a baby our finances have really shot straight down, I'm not a person who likes being in dept (well I guess no one likes to be in debt) but from the past 2 years we've accumilated so much debt that It's starting to freak me out, I don't blame my wife or my son as we were spending it all together

We both come from different countries and living in the UK, the probem I've got is I'm getting tired of working and having just enough money to pay the bills and groceries and have nothing left after a week I get paid. We live in a nice flat but also expensive too.

So I came up with a suggestion to my wife that we move somewhere cheaper or share a house with mybe another couple so we can sort out our finances and atleast start saving as we have absolutey no savings but she crushed both the ideas, I ask her what are we going to do and she never answers as she doesn't know.

I would like to go back home next year to start a business that I've been thinking alot about, and I feel that I need to start sorting things out NOW, pay off all the debts, save up some money, get the things I'l need and head off, she kinda likes the idea but I can tell she not really 100% sure.
So a few weeks ago I asked if she could go back to her moms house back in Europe for atleast 4 months so I can rent a single room, sell my car as I can cycle to work (can't sell now due to having the baby), and just basically live hard for that time just to get rid of the debt and atleast have some money in the bank for both us, my son and the future. At the moment I can't even think clearly because I'm with my boy everyday after work as she works evenings at a restaurant plus I've got a few courses I'm doing and have no time to study aswell. But the wife insits that she doesn't want to separate, even if we send our boy to live with my wife's mom, she'll never share a house with anyone.
I have alot of things that I feel they need sorting out plus my dream of starting that business after I finish my studies, but I kinda feel that I'm being held back by my wife. If I was on my own I would have probaly achieved quite alot as I had before I met her. Now I'm just stuck because I'm always trying to make her and my son happy and It's so difficult as I feel I can't make these choices alone. My wife has no abitions no dreams and no goals and I'm also scared to leave her.
I've explained that I need the time alone and start planning ahead, I also need time to find mysef again and all I need is 4 to 6 months alone with occational visits ofcourse, then when they come back we'll have a fresh start.
But everytime I bring this issue up we end up in an argument and the mode just changes. She is comfortable at the moment but I've said she needs to think about the future, In this current...

why are recruitment agencies and employers being so dam ruthless?

I have been looking for a job now for almost a year!! I have lived abroad for many years and have gained a lot of work experience from being self employed in the UK and abroad i have exceptional management experience and have employed many people and have contributed to the growth of four different companies. Now my problem is i have all this experience and transferable skills at senior management level and could be placed into most management positions as i have the skills and experience, but yet when i apply for various positions i can match the job title perfectly and perhaps 90% of the job description in most cases, i just get rejection after rejection. The problem i have is, i have been self employed since i left school at 16, i am now 37 with bags of experience in business, been out the country for over 5 years, i have never needed to do a CV, but due to the crisis over the past couple of years i find myself looking for a job for the first time! My Cv has been checked by various agencies and they say its fantastic some great achievements, all very well, but i am gutted i'm not getting a chance for an interview.

So back to my question "why are recruitment agencies and employers being so dam ruthless." I understand agencies work on commission etc, but to meet a 100% of the criteria stated in the job description is almost impossible, not only for me, but for most people i'm sure. I feel if you want to try out a new job in a different industry forget it because every position states you have to have proven experience in that field of work. To me as a former boss it doesn't matter if you feel you can do the job, unless you have been selling cars and you want to be a brain surgeon, then yes, you study for that and then become qualified etc, but, what if you have not studied, perhaps you don't have the money to study, but yet, you have the talent and experience you've gained from working up the ranks from a young age and you can transfer those skills to many different industries. Lets look at sales - sales is basically common sense, it doesn't matter what the product it is, its how you sell it, there is no difference in selling a car as to selling a house just different paper work and procedures, but, "how long does it take to learn those procedures?", not long, a week or so!! So you can see my frustration in these recruitment agencies and employers, they should be more flexible, there is so much talent out there that just doesn't get recognized, millions of people are unemployed, my way of thinking is different as i used to give people a chance to prove there worth even if they didn't quite fit all the job description, they were enthusiastic and determined and well motivated and could demonstrate the will to work, how could i say no!!

My conclusion is the recruitment agencies and perhaps the many company's out there seeking new recruits, i say this; don't throw away...