Campaign success: Cancel Ukraine’s debt
Ukraine’s lenders have agreed to campaigners’ demands to suspend the country’s debt repayments for around two years. This will free up billions of dollars to enable the Ukrainian people to…
Ukraine to suspend foreign debt repayments
Press reaction 20 July 2022 For more information and interviews contact Jerome Phelps on +44 (0) 7906 813716 Ukraine is today expected to take the first step towards defaulting on…
Long Read: Sri Lanka’s Debt Crisis
Behind the food and fuel shortages causing Sri Lanka’s protests lie unmanageable debts to the West. The only answer to worsening humanitarian catastrophe is an immediate write-off. This article first…
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We are looking for a Community Organiser, based in Glasgow, to work with us on a short-term, freelance basis to support organising with people in debt. Dates / Hours /…
Countries in debt crisis cut public spending in face of soaring prices
New figures released today by anti-poverty campaigners Debt Justice show that countries in debt crisis are expected to spend less in 2023 than in 2019, despite the urgent need for…
Press Comment: Energy bill support welcome but not enough to tackle UK household debt crisis
Responding to the latest energy bill support package announced by the government today, Heidi Chow, Executive Director at Debt Justice (formerly Jubilee Debt Campaign) said: “The government has finally seen…
Our new name, Debt Justice
No one should be forced into debt just to put food on the table or to keep the lights on. Yet almost half of all adults in the UK are…
Latest IPCC report on climate change mitigation – what does it say about debt?
Earlier this month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published its latest report on progress towards mitigating the impacts of climate change. The report was written by nearly 300 expert…
Social media blast BlackRock to #CancelZambiasDebt
BlackRock is Zambia’s largest known bondholder but refused a previous request by Zambia to suspend debt payments during the pandemic – and has still not offered to restructure any of…
Cost of Living Crisis Will Pull More People in the UK into the Debt Trap – Time to Resist
Coming on top of fourteen years of stagnant incomes and a global pandemic, the latest cost of living crisis threatens to pull millions more people into debt. This is a…
