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Don't worry if you have received a text message to remind you to pay for a council tax instalment that you have already paid. The text messages we sent were unfortunately delayed - this means that in between us sending them and you receiving your text message, you may have already paid your instalment. If you have, and your instalments are up to date, don't worry and just pay your next instalment as normal.

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