I'm not sure this is the right place to ask this question, but I'm looking for genuine answers. Why has no priminister or government been able to genuinely strengthen the economy for the masses so we have more money/ economic power? Despite constant cuts to services & welfare and such. Why are we being asked go pay more and more for less and less all the time?

I turned 16 in 2010 and got my first part time job, since then it seems like the economy has just gotten slightly worse year on year and now I'm in what I'd refer to as an "educated job" and living in my own house with a family, and I'm starting to really see the effects of the cost of living. ALL my bills this month have gone up again as some did in october(despite shopping around for new deals) except my mortgage which is still locked in for 3 years.

Surely the UK can't carry on like this?

Edit: Thank you all for answering and not belittling or insulting my knowledge on the matter. It seems I have ALOT of research to do on the subject and the many factors effecting it!

Basically my question is why hasn't the UK post-brexit pivoted towards the commonwealth. Most talk seem to revolve around the major former Dominions or as some cynics refer to it as the White Settler Colonies (i.e. Cananda, Australia & New Zeeland) but seem to not take into account the UK's many other former Colonies.

Such as the Caribbean, if we look at CARICOM ( Caribbean Community), it is a body that was created by and in some cased dominted by the former British West Indies i.e. English Speaking Caribbean. The Caribbean has a strange but unique relationship with the UK as by all intense and purposes they hold a special relationship (similar to how the UK-US claim to have a special relationship) with the UK. Things such as the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council still being the final court of appeal for most of then, many still keep the monrach as head of state and rely on UK resources like the Commonwealth officer for disater assistance. Many caribbean people do travel to study, live and work in the UK. So it can be said that the UK maintians a Special Relationship with the Commonwealth countries and especially strong ones with it non-CANZUKs counter parts as the majority of UK immigration in 2023 came from Non-CANZUKs countries such as Indian, Pakistan, Ireland (yes I know its EU but it was a Former territory of the British Empire), Nigeria, Bangladash & South Africa (all with in the top 10 immigrant groups in order of Largest immigration group to smallest)

I'm talking about the caribbean becuase I've lived in the caribbean. I've personally heard mamy people comment (granted anecdotal evidence) assumed that Brexit would be a good thing for the Commonwealth as they assumed Britian would pivot to the Commonwealth.

Thus while the CANZUKs countires might be busy right now the UK could focuse on the low to middle income Commonwealth countries who would be much more willing to make a deal with the UK. Thus build up moment for a possible Commonwealth wide trading block.

I personally think the UK and commonwealth would benfit from a UK privot as all these regions have young under invested areas so UK companies get new grounds to invest in and grow and the UK gets a pool of resources (Labour, Land and Enterprise) to access to. Even if the UK doesn't go down the path of creating its own EU it could Create and forge a trading block that would be benifical