Council bankruptcies and debt

DrDeejUK

I'm trying to find out some information about what happens when a council is dissolved and a new authority is created and what happens to the debt. So, for example, when a member of the public has a debt with the old council i.e council tax, parking fine, care package - whatever really, what happens to that debt? How much of the debt is written off and what can be chased up by the new authority? Thanks. 

marcia_

DrDeejUK said:

I'm trying to find out some information about what happens when a council is dissolved and a new authority is created and what happens to the debt. So, for example, when a member of the public has a debt with the old council i.e council tax, parking fine, care package - whatever really, what happens to that debt? How much of the debt is written off and what can be chased up by the new authority? Thanks. 

  Why would it be written off? It will be passed to the new authority and still repayable especially as seeing the council only went bankrupt from poor spending and not collecting debts 

sourcrates

All debts will remain valid and collectable, they do not just "go away" .

The new authority retains all rights and privileges of the old one.