Don’t let the Coronavirus crisis push people into debt
Over the past few weeks, thousands of us have been feeling less secure. Our incomes and wages have been cut, jobs have been lost, and many of us are unsure…
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New job vacancy – Senior Community Organiser
This exciting new role involves organising and supporting people affected by problem debt in the UK.
Head of the IMF responds to your messages
Thousands of us wrote to Kristalina Georgieva, the head of the IMF, with the message that it's time to bail out people not banks. Her response falls short and the…
Debt payments have devastating effects on public spending
In Chad, pregnant women are putting off going to important but expensive health check-ups, and their families are paying over a third of a month’s income upfront to get through…
New year challenge: join our team for the Great North Run 2020
Take part in one of the world's most iconic half marathons for a good cause
Response to the IMF response on bailing out reckless lenders
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has publicly responded to our research, launched yesterday with 34 other civil society organisations, that $93 billion of IMF loans are being used to bail…
We support the climate strike: climate justice means debt justice too
It is horrendously unjust that people who have done the least to cause the climate crisis are suffering from the greenhouse gas emissions of rich people and countries.
Speculators make 13% despite Ebola crisis in DR Congo
No money paid out from pandemic insurance scheme because Ebola has not crossed into a second country Scheme is the latest to use public money to fund private sector profits…
Tanzania refuses release of IMF debt risk analysis
Failure to publish means lenders still being guided by old ‘low risk’ rating Lesotho moves from low risk to moderate, while Timor-Leste moves from moderate to low risk The government…
IMF agrees loan to Congo after China pushes debt payments into the future
$449 million of loans agreed but no reduction in debt principal owed Debt negotiations with private commodity traders are still ongoing The IMF has agreed $449 million of loans to…