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2 Housing Officers lied about me behind my back to Social Services while sending me a letter saying “No further action to be taken!” They lied about me for 5 months while ignoring my complaints about noise nuisance and harassment. When I found out they refused to give me a reasonable explanation. A manager then backed them up he also lied. He lied to the LGO and said it wasn’t them who referred me to an NHS mental health trust but it was infact the Social Services. Totally ignoring the fact that if they wouldn’t have lied about me in the first place, then Social Services would not have even been contacted.
Eventually after about 1 year after complaining to the LGO, I was awarded £500:00 and a meaningless insincere default apology. Which stated that the housing officers were not responsible for what happened! Err I BEG YOUR PARDON?