The rise in Council Tax is directly controlled by local authorities of which many (but admittedly not all) were controlled by a party which was destroyed in recent local elections.
The rise in utility bills is down to Moribund and his policies and our reliance upon foreign sources.
I cannot say that I was proud of the Tory record but the current government displays ineptitude and dishonesty at a worrying level.
We are as you say Brian in the hands of useless regulators but it is in the Government's hand to review quangos and their terms of reference. I hear words but no action.