Campaign Win – removal of Debt Relief Order fees in the Budget
Amidst all the news and commentary around the Budget you may have missed an important win for household debt campaigners. The changes center around Debt Relief Orders (DROs), a way…
Amidst all the news and commentary around the Budget you may have missed an important win for household debt campaigners. The changes center around Debt Relief Orders (DROs), a way…
Press release – for immediate release New polling has indicated that a record 6.7 million people in Britain are now in financial difficulty. [1] Polling conducted for Debt Awareness Week…
Abolishing Debt Relief Order fees is an important first step in tackling the household debt crisis. Charging fees to people in debt crisis counterproductive.
It's an election year and we've a chance to put debt cancellation on the political agenda – just as we face the biggest global debt crisis in over 20 years.
This is a speech given by Cllr John Cotton, Leader of Birmingham City Council, at the tree planting ceremony in City Centre Gardens, Birmingham on 24 January 2024. Good morning…
The following reflections are from John Nightingale, long-time chair of our Birmingham local group. We’re incredibly grateful for all the work our local campaigners in Birmingham have done to raise…
For more information and interviews contact Jerome Phelps on +44 7307 620372 The Ghanaian government has reported that Ghana’s official creditor committee has reached a deal to restructure the country’s…
Immediate release BIRMINGHAM ACTIVISTS TO PLANT TREE TO REMEMBER THE CITY’S CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL DEBT JUSTICE PHOTOS OF THE HUMAN CHAIN CAN BE FOUND HERE LINK Contact Heidi Chow for…
After a long running campaign by Debt Justice and Acorn the Union, Manchester City Council has stopped using bailiffs to collect debt from people on council tax support. In the…
Low-income families in Manchester are to be protected from being chased by bailiffs over Council Tax debt, following a ground-breaking decision by Manchester City Council. Today Manchester City Council’s Resources…