Reaction to Hurricane Melissa
For more information and interviews, contact Jerome Phelps on +44 (0)300 040 0011 In response to the destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean, Richard Jones, Executive Director of…
Reaction to UK Ofgem announcement of £500 million energy debt cancellation
For more information and interviews contact Toby Murray on +44 (0)300 040 0011 Ofgem has announced the first phase of its scheme to address the record £4.4bn energy debt that…
Bailiff referrals for council tax soar by 30% in two years
For more information and interviews contact Toby Murray on +44 (0)300 040 0011 Use of bailiffs by local authorities in England and Wales has increased by 30% in just two…
IMF denials of debt relief triggering drastic health and education spending cuts in lower-income countries
Lower-income countries that have been refused the opportunity to seek debt relief by the IMF have instead cut health and education spending by a sixth, according to new research by…
Debt payments to private lenders three times higher than to China
Lower-income countries are spending three times more on debt payments to private lenders than to China. Research by Debt Justice, using World Bank and IMF data, finds that between 2020…
Reaction to UK announcements at Seville development conference
At the UN Financing for Development Conference in Seville, the UK government has announced it is launching a coalition to develop “pre-arranged finance” for when countries are hit by disasters.…
Campaigners stage giant Jenga game in central London to demand debt cancellation ahead of UN conference
Press release for immediate releaseDate 28 June 2025 For more information and interviews contact Eva Watkinson on +44 7870187861 Campaigners from over twenty organisations staged a giant game of Jenga…
Council tax arrears in Britain hits record £8.3bn
For more information and interviews contact Toby Murray on +44 7716 200346 New analysis from Debt Justice reveals that total council tax arrears across Britain have reached a record of…
Reaction to launch of ‘London Coalition’ creditors group
Yesterday the UK government launched the ‘London Coalition on Sustainable Sovereign Debt’ with private creditors.[1] Reacting to the launch, Heidi Chow, Executive Director of Debt Justice, said:“Banks, oil traders and…
After blocking international debt changes, UK must now pass legislation
Yesterday UN Member States reached a Financing for Development agreement. The text, agreed ahead of the UN Financing for Development Conference in Seville from 30 June to 3 July initiates…
