Press Releases

24 Jun 2025 Debt Justice

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…

18 Jun 2025 Debt Justice

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…

12 Jun 2025 Toby Murray

Government’s proposed bailiff fee uplift will deepen financial hardship for low-income households, say campaigners 

For more information and interviews contact Toby Murray on +44 7716 200346 The Ministry of Justice has announced a 5% uplift to bailiff fees following the taking control of goods…

2 Jun 2025 Tess Woolfenden

Debt and austerity driving authoritarianism across Global South countries, new report warns

For more information and interviews contact Jerome Phelps on +44 (0)7716 200346 Global debt and austerity policies are fuelling the rise of authoritarianism across the Global South, according to a…

29 May 2025 Tess Woolfenden

Debt-for-nature swaps reduce debt seven times less than debt restructurings 

For more information and interviews contact Jerome Phelps on +44 7817 628196 New research released today by Debt Justice finds that debt-for-nature swaps have on average reduced debt levels by…

28 May 2025 Debt Justice

Hedge funds cash in while Ukraine is at war

Ukrainian and European civil society organisations are warning that hedge funds could make billions out of Ukraine, financed indirectly by Western aid. In a statement released today the campaigners call…

27 May 2025 Toby Murray

Cost of living crisis pushes 1.2 million more people into council tax arrears  

For more information and interviews contact Toby Murray on toby@debtjustice.org.uk or +44 7716 200346.  New research from Debt Justice released today finds that 4.4 million people in the UK have…

15 May 2025 Jerome Phelps

South Sudan ordered to pay Afreximbank $657m by UK High Court  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information and interviews contact Jerome Phelps on +44 7817 628196  15 May 2025 – South Sudan has been ordered by the High Court in London…

20 Apr 2025 Debt Justice

Debt payments lead to falling public spending as austerity bites

Countries with high debt burdens are suffering from years of austerity, with public spending lower in 2023 than 2015. The new research, released today by Debt Justice, finds that lower-income…

10 Apr 2025 Toby Murray

“A Living Nightmare”: Tower Hamlets in Top 20 in England and Wales for Bailiff Use, Say Debt Campaigners 

For more information and interviews contact Toby Murray on +44 7307 620372 New analysis from campaign group Debt Justice has found that Tower Hamlets council are among the top users…