@AdamDandy@ShitChester@Go_CheshireWest It's also in possibly the most dangerous location. That roundabout is hard enough to navigate as it is. Having the crossing immediately after the exit is just poor planning.
My everyday personal story of the modern UK and its third world bureaucracy:
I became eligible for my Old Age Pension in October - the lowest in the developed world at £220 per week.
I had to make my claim online, through the Government Gateway. After going through this complicated procedure, the system told me there was a problem with my application and I had to phone.
On about my tenth phone call in three days I finally got through to a helpful lady. After going through numerous details, she told me that the problem was that I was giving the wrong date of birth.
I told her I knew my birthday and had for a great many decades. It is on my passport and on my birth certificate. She said it is not the date of birth she had on my record.
A couple of weeks later I received a letter saying I must send my birth certificate. Unfortunately, having looked after it for 66 years, last year it vanished in the Passport Office when I had to renew my passport after it was stolen at Zurich railway station.
So I had to apply for a duplicate birth certificate. This eventually arrived, and I sent it to the address specified in the pensions letter.
Three weeks later I received a response saying that my birth certificate had arrived too late and my application has been closed. I must make a new online application through the Government Gateway.
That new application has now been rejected for an inaccurate date of birth...
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Well we are absolutely thrilled to tell you that J has this week been given his own place to call home in a room away from the streets thanks to @Go_CheshireWest and @forfutures_ 🥳 J said that by allowing him to get off the streets and into a hotel room even just temporarily, gave him the chance to focus on moving forward, applying for housing and focus on his fitness at a local gym.
This is what can be achieved by us all pulling together and with your support we can change people’s paths to a safer and much longer life away from the streets.
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@JulieannNally@BelfastTrust@healthdpt@RQIANews This happened to us in England. We stood our ground and insisted Dad live close to his family. Discharge Team at the hospital told us they would place Dad 40 miles away. You have to really fight the system, sadly.