In this report Save the Children UK and Debt Justice UK outline the six reforms needed for the G20 Common Framework for Debt Treatments, the main international mechanism for restructuring…
As of 2025, according to the IMF, over half of lower income countries are in or at high risk of debt default. For those countries, being trapped in a debt…
On Thursday 7th May 2026 voters in 134 local authority areas will have the chance to elect nearly 5000 new councillors. The election is a huge opportunity to put our…
4.4 million people are currently behind on their council tax bills. Council tax debt has reached £8.3bn, up 300% since 2014. Around half of Citizens Advice clients have a council…
Earlier this month, as protesters again took to the streets in Kenya, President Ruto told police that they should “shoot their legs so they break”. His hardening rhetoric in response…
Each year, councils across the country send bailiffs to collect unpaid council tax from over a million households. As council tax debt rises sharply, councils’ reliance on bailiffs risks pushing…
This report exposes how current global south debt is both a colonial legacy, and a neo-colonial tool used by global north governments, institutions and corporations to plunder the wealth of,…
This guide sets out how to collect, analyse, and present data, to shed new light on how the global debt crisis impacts people’s rights. Co-published with The Centre of Economic and Social…
This joint briefing available in English and Spanish explores the links between debt and the climate emergency and demonstrates the importance of addressing unsustainable debt in the global South for…
We need urgent action to address Britain’s household debt crisis. Even before the Covid‑19 pandemic 7.2 million people (fourteen percent of the population) were heavily burdened by debt and research…
