Global debt crises and threats increase across the world
Twenty-seven countries across the world are in debt crisis, with a further 80 at risk of being so, according to new figures released for World Debt Day on 16 May.…
Debt and economics workshops across the UK
Join Jubilee Debt Campaign in Newcastle, Manchester or London for an interactive, informative, educational day-long workshop looking at how debt and economics are impacting people around the world in 2017.…
Mozambican campaigners demand cancellation of secret debt before the IMF lends again
Update 26 April: The Managing Director of the IMF Christine Lagarde has responded to this statement here Campaigners in Mozambique have called for secret debts to be cancelled before the…
France passes law to clip vulture funds’ wings
Companies prevented from seeking large profits on debts they bought when a government could not pay. France has passed a law to prevent vulture funds or other creditors from seeking…
Global South debt payments increase almost 50% in two years
• Government external debt payments reach highest level in the last decade following commodity price falls and rising value of the US dollar • Figures released before US Federal Reserve…
The NHS march was just the first step
Up to 250,000 people joined the huge and beautiful #ourNHS march on Saturday. This march came just weeks after an Ipsos MORI poll found that the state of the health-service…
Ghana@60: The Debt Story – Building a collective response
There has been plenty in the news in recent months about Ghana’s struggles with debt. Having been hailed as a model economy by former US president Barack Obama, Ghana’s place…
Campaigners call for transparency from Gambia’s lenders
• Comment on revelation that Gambia’s debt is $1 billion The Gambian government have said that former President Yahya Jammeh stole at least $50 million, and left the government with a…
IMF refuse to cancel Haiti debt as hurricane not ‘catastrophic’
The damage caused by Hurricane Matthew in October has led the IMF and World Bank to assess Haiti as being at high risk of not being able to pay its…
We must recognise the role of PFI debts in the NHS funding crisis
The first weeks of 2017 in the UK have been filled with news that the NHS and social care are in crisis, due to a lack of government funding. It…
