Yeah, I've just "signed on" for the first time in years. I went to the wrong place at first. Signing on involves making a (actually 4) 'phone call to find that the systems crashed. when I finally made contact I gave my NI number and details and was told to expect a 'phone call the next day. LO ! at 8 the next morning I had a 50 minute chat with a very helpful young man who asked me all sorts of questions which I did my best to answer. Soon I recieved a 17 page document requiring all manner of proofs of mine and my wife's status,savings etcetc. They misprinted my final weeks wage (which had included redundancy pay) as about £406,000 !! I bloody wish. Churlishly I refused to fill it in, went along to my local Job Centre and was lucky to find "Mike" (It's all very pally nowadays) who told me to apply for contribution based JSA. Much simpler. A few not too arduous attempts to find work and what happens on my first signing on day. Bloody industrial action !! The call to tell me not to attend came after I'd left home to do just that.
I await my fist £57.45.
Sorry about going on a bit but what a fucking performance.