They work 50hrs a week sometimes and often avoid pretty much all tax etc. Some of them live in areas like this where they just have a caravan parked on the street illegally and ride untaxed or uninsured petrol mopeds or ebikes often modified to have unrestricted speed. It really depends on area. I was in the post office when it looked like someone who was a courier was making an international monetary payment and it was about £400. So I'm assuming many are working to send money home to poorer countries perhaps they have a family there to support so live in the UK as cheaply as possible. You can't blame them but you question the stupidity of governments that allow uncontrolled immigration either from Europe or the rest of the world.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at2__2zEmlY
yes - a lot of them just live as cheaply as possible
I used to work witha bloke who had a sideline fixing up old bikes
he got them from a scrap man at the local market - often rusty old things
he could get a car load and tak ethem to his house - which had several large sheds - and make a few bikes out of them
mostly single speed but a few 3 speed
He had several people coming up to his door every weekend asking if he had anything available becuase the local immigrant community knew bike from him were cheap but would work well and be safe (he alwaly but new cables on them and tested the brakes)
as his house was several miles from the nearest bus stop this means they had walked a few miles ot get to his house - and some would come back several times until he had a bike for them
You have to admire people who will live in a house with a load of other people, several to a bedroom, work all the house they possibly can, and ride several miles to work in ahilly part of the world (North Wales) on a single speed bike rather than pay for a bus
so they can send money home because they know their family needs it
totally rubbish for the UK Economy - but I admire the people