unemployment and job scarcity

His films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' unflinchingly expose the human costs of unemployment and systemic job insecurity.

Works such as 'Naked' and 'Another Year' deeply examine working-class struggles, economic anxiety, and the psychological toll of joblessness.

'Shoplifters' and 'Broker' compassionately depict families surviving economic precarity and the desperation born from chronic unemployment.