The truth came to her glimmeringly.

The chemistry department hired me to write batches of questions for a testbank.

HMRC said that one reason they had not actioned her appeal was because she had said in her appeal form ‘I am appealing against the overpayment for childcare for 2003-04, 2004-05’, thus implying she was disputing her ‘overpayment’.

I kept buying hoping the price would go up, but I eventually decided I was fighting the tape.