Debt threat returns in developing world
Call for ‘new jubilee’ as financial crisis and ballooning private debt create new vulnerability in impoverished countries
UK backed millions in loans for Zimbabwe fighter jets
The UK government backed multi-million pound loans used by Zimbabwe to purchase British military aircraft that were used in the Democratic Republic of Congo conflict, investigations have revealed for the…
Campaigners condemn UK hypocrisy on debt at UN negotiations
Several well-placed sources at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in Doha, Qatar, have revealed that the UK is blocking discussion of principles on how governments can lend…
UK Government goes back on debt relief pledge
The UK government has failed to cancel £19 million of debt owed by the Democratic Republic of Congo, even though it has pledged to do so.
Lib Dems urged to reveal ‘Skeletons in Cupboard’
Delegates to the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference on Tyneside on Saturday were surprised to be confronted with ‘Drop the Debt’ campaigners dressed as skeletons.
Debt zombies protest outside Irish embassy
Campaigners dressed as ‘zombie bankers’ outside the Irish embassy in London this morning to show their support for a newly formed Irish group Debt Justice Action.
Hundreds take on Dodgy Dealers at Glastonbury
Glastonbury regulars are used to seeing the Drop the Debt routemaster bus standing opposite Glastonbury’s Other Stage.
UK development fund implicated in money-laundering investigation
Campaigners slam Government's development approach as DfID-backed private equity fund comes under criminal investigation in Nigeria.
Argentina still ‘owes’ UK dictator debt for Falklands arms
New information from National Archives raises further questions on the odious nature of British loans.
‘Irish deal simply recycles zombie debts’
Social justice campaigners in the UK supported the Irish ‘Anglo: Not Our Debt Campaign' in criticising the Irish government's plans to restructure the country's ‘zombie bank' debt as ‘totally inadequate'…