The problem we have is that it's much harder for us to visualise something like buying a home, let alone building one, in Britain on the average salary.

Foreign workers benefit from the motivation that they can actually spend the wage on affording a home and/or business back home.

As much as it "seems cheaper" to hire foreign nationals because the companies don't have to pay towards national insurance but it costs the country as resources are siphoned off.

The UK is a brilliant investment for, let's say, rich people. People with connections. It's also good for those with cheap plans in their home countries where they can spend 5 years working here and go home to a comfy life.

I'd you don't have family to work together with, or you're not in the local circles for manual work then you either sell 75% of your life away to a low salaries position that expects constant overtime or you have to enjoy what's left.

To be honest, even those that seem a bit hard off in the UK generally live fairly well. I struggle for money each month but stretch to afford some luxuries like a ps5 which was on credit.

It's definitely becoming worth looking elsewhere, like Europe. But it's not a total rip off, easy to feel stuck though in my opinion.