Like most other people in this area I have just received my council tax bill for the forthcoming year.

Words can not express how cheated of my hard earned money I feel.

I have had enough of being ripped off by councils running on their own agenda without a thought for the people who have to pay these obscene amounts in council tax.

Last year was bad enough, in fact I even had to part with all the money given to myself and my husband for our wedding just to stop them taking us to court.

The 9.9 per cent rise this year has meant I have had to take on a second job purely in order to meet their demands.

I am fairly confident that the majority of adults who are currently paying council tax to North Wiltshire District Council are equally disgruntled.

I would like to ask the council, would you like me to sell my home and put my name on the register for local authority accommodation?

The way they are going I will not be the only one.

Where is it all going to stop?

And how long will it be before I am hunted down by them and treated like a criminal for not paying my council tax up to date because I chose to by food with my money instead of paying them?

Claire Mason

Churchill Way

Corsham