In the end HMRC turned up trumps, after an hour waiting on the phone! A lovely woman worked out I’d been over-charged, and is sending me a large refund – just in time for Xmas.
I suspect the issuing of the booklet is mainly designed to prepare public opinion – see the comments by Pepa Bueno in the El País article below. There certainly seems to be something in the air, judging by evidence from Spain, Germany, France and Britain:
Hope that you’re OK, Bernard, and that HMRC aren’t getting you down.
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In the end HMRC turned up trumps, after an hour waiting on the phone! A lovely woman worked out I’d been over-charged, and is sending me a large refund – just in time for Xmas.
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I suspect the issuing of the booklet is mainly designed to prepare public opinion – see the comments by Pepa Bueno in the El País article below. There certainly seems to be something in the air, judging by evidence from Spain, Germany, France and Britain:
https://elpais.com/internacional/2024-11-25/el-retorno-de-trump-a-la-casa-blanca-marca-el-primer-foro-de-seguridad-de-el-pais.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/25/germany-draws-up-list-of-bunkers-amid-russia-tensions
https://kyivindependent.com/uk-france-talks-on-troop-in-ukraine/
https://kyivindependent.com/uk-not-sending-its-soldiers-to-ukraine-lammy/
Note: the El País article is in Spanish, but your browser or Google Translate should be adequate for translation to English.
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