What a mess🙄🙄

now here is a thought.

On the 1st of April we have 2 new councils that will be billing us for council tax.

The current councils will be dissolved from midnight on the 31st of March.

Our Current council tax direct debits are with the current district councils Eden, Allerdale, Carlisle, Copeland, Barrow and South Lakeland as the billing authorities.

Most pay council tax in the 10 monthly instalments via direct debit to these councils and direct debit mandates will have been signed by the individuals to allow the councils to collect the monthly payments.

The first payment normally goes out in early April as the start of the new council tax year.

We have not even had the council tax bills yet with only 32 days left  until the 1st of April.

Have you signed any new direct Debit mandate for either Westmorland and Furness or Cumberland Council to allow them to take payments from your bank account for council tax?

The current council will as is worded in the change order be dissolved so they cant bill us or collect the money from us.

It could mean some face paying 2 or 3 months in lump sums because the new council has failed to sort its act out and ensure it can take the monthly payments from our banks via direct debit.

Banks could face challenge if they allowed the current direct debit agreements we have all signed with the dissolved councils to take money from our accounts.