Regulating the credit card market: why we need a cap on costs
Briefing: Regulating the credit card market: why we need a cap on costs The UK is in the grip of a consumer debt crisis. As at April 2019, households owed…
Welcome for Labour Party policy on loan transparency
The Labour Party has announced that if it were in government it would bring in an Act of Parliament to require loans to governments to be publicly disclosed. Reacting to…
Over fifty UK MPs write to the Chancellor calling for greater loan transparency
MPs from every party in the UK parliament have signed a letter to the Chancellor calling for regulations to ensure loans to governments are publicly disclosed when they are given…
Mozambique campaigners visit London to hold banks to account for odious loans
Three campaigners from the Mozambique Budget Monitoring Forum (FMO) will visit London from 20-23 May to seek to hold to account the banks behind the $2 billion odious loans scandal.…
Crisis deepens as global South debt payments increase by 85%
External debt payments by developing country governments grew by 85%, as a proportion of government revenue, between 2010 and 2018 For the countries with the highest payments, in two-thirds public…
Transparency of loans to governments: The public’s right to know about their debts
This briefing is also available in Spanish, French and Portuguese. Jubilee Debt Campaign is today launching a briefing with 43 regional organisations and networks on the need for new mandatory rules…
Mozambique needs urgent action on debt crisis following Cyclone Idai
Cyclone Idai has caused huge destruction and loss of life in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. The true extent of the disaster is not yet known. Below are reactions from partner…
Mozambique files case against Credit Suisse in the UK
Jubilee Debt Campaign has learnt that the government of Mozambique, represented by the Attorney General, has filed a case in the UK High Court against Credit Suisse International. Commenting on…
Guide to meeting your MP on secret debts
This four-page guide gives you the information and skills you need to meet your MP to discuss our campaign to stop loans to governments being given in secret.
Newcastle University takes a strong stand against secret loans
The Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University, along with the President of the Student Union, the branches of the trade unions UCU, UNITE and UNISON, and the Chaplaincy Group have written to…
