Diary Monday 13th February 2017

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A dreadful day, and for once, not weather wise at it was actually quite pleasant out today. My problems really started when I queried my council tax bill which has been hiked up severely because of my temporary work over Xmas. The post office lists me as still an employee until January 12th even though my last day on the job was Xmas Eve, in December. I went in querying whether the £90 still owing by 1st of march was excessive only to be told that as they now arbitrarily need to see more documentation from the DWP they are not only not reducing my bill at present but increasing it and I now owe £210 (an increase of £110) by the 1st March, unless paperwork from the DWP (not issued to me until February 28th if then) changes the situation. I found myself talking to an unswerving robotic red tape lover who constantly told me she is not in a position to change things. I will be seeking advice as there is a serious chance this bill could cripple me or even land me in court. I was told they cannot give me any idea how future months council tax will be calculated or set at this time. This was too horrible for words. I had to really calm myself to avoid doing anything really stupid. I did a little shopping to calm my anger and visited a new and very pleasant reasonably priced barber before calling in the library to job seek via their computers. I have some voluntary work tomorrow so I spent the evening preparing for that. Arthur Chappell