Debt justice and the 2017 general election
Ahead of the 2017 general election, Jubilee Debt Campaign have produced a short guide and suggested question for four vital issues: The UK’s role in Africa’s debt crisis The global debt…
Debt and economics workshops across the UK
Join Jubilee Debt Campaign in Newcastle, Manchester or London for an interactive, informative, educational day-long workshop looking at how debt and economics are impacting people around the world in 2017.…
Mozambican campaigners demand cancellation of secret debt before the IMF lends again
Update 26 April: The Managing Director of the IMF Christine Lagarde has responded to this statement here Campaigners in Mozambique have called for secret debts to be cancelled before the…
Global South debt payments increase almost 50% in two years
• Government external debt payments reach highest level in the last decade following commodity price falls and rising value of the US dollar • Figures released before US Federal Reserve…
The NHS march was just the first step
Up to 250,000 people joined the huge and beautiful #ourNHS march on Saturday. This march came just weeks after an Ipsos MORI poll found that the state of the health-service…
Ghana@60: The Debt Story – Building a collective response
There has been plenty in the news in recent months about Ghana’s struggles with debt. Having been hailed as a model economy by former US president Barack Obama, Ghana’s place…
Campaigners call for transparency from Gambia’s lenders
• Comment on revelation that Gambia’s debt is $1 billion The Gambian government have said that former President Yahya Jammeh stole at least $50 million, and left the government with a…
The UK’s PPPs Disaster: Lessons on private finance for the world
This briefing sets out the major problems and risks the UK has encountered through its extensive experiment with PPPs, including how they have cost the government more than if it…
We must recognise the role of PFI debts in the NHS funding crisis
The first weeks of 2017 in the UK have been filled with news that the NHS and social care are in crisis, due to a lack of government funding. It…
Campaigners press Credit Suisse on Mozambique
The Mozambique government has said it will not make a $60 million interest payment due on 18 January On 17 January, campaigners from the Jubilee Debt Campaign handed in a…