We still need a debt jubilee: 20 years on from the Birmingham human chain
Twenty years ago today, as a wide-eyed 16 year old, I went on my first ever protest. Travelling to Birmingham with a group from my church, we joined 70,000 others…
Twenty years ago today, as a wide-eyed 16 year old, I went on my first ever protest. Travelling to Birmingham with a group from my church, we joined 70,000 others…
Jubilee Debt Campaign analysis shows 31 countries now in debt crisis, up from 27 in 2017 and 22 in 2015 A further 82 are at risk of a debt crisis…
Hints that if creditors do not agree, legality of the debt may become an issue Bondholders reject proposal, but no creditor has taken legal action on defaulted debts In a…
• Urgent call for debt relief after one of most devastating hurricane seasons in history • Damage in Dominica from Hurricane Maria estimated at 330% of GDP Representatives of Churches…
Anti-poverty campaigners will today (Tuesday 6th March) call on the Government, the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to instigate a Household Debt Jubilee in order to…
This briefing makes the case for writing off around £40 billion of ‘unjust’ household debt in the UK. A decade since the onset of the global financial crisis, outstanding household debt…
The IMF has completed the fourth review of its programme in Ghana, agreeing to disburse a further $95 million of loans, taking total loans to $565 million. The IMF has…
A condition of Credit Suisse to get the loans signed off by the Bank of Mozambique was dropped in order for the loans to be given Credit Suisse and VTB…
Commenting ahead of the meeting of the Eurogroup, Greece and IMF on Thursday 15 June, Sarah-Jayne Clifton, Director of the Jubilee Debt Campaign, said: “If it signs up to the…
Twenty-seven countries across the world are in debt crisis, with a further 80 at risk of being so, according to new figures released for World Debt Day on 16 May.…