UK pushes Pakistan, Indonesia and the Gambia into more debt
The UK government has backed loans to Pakistan, Indonesia and the Gambia without conducting any assessment of their impact, or the ability of the countries to repay. The revelations come…
Campaigners reveal extent of British support to the Shah’s Iran
Liberal Democrats fail to follow Norway’s debt audit lead. Documents released under the freedom of information act to Jubilee Debt Campaign have revealed that all of the debt the UK…
The debt stories they don’t want you to know
I sometimes get asked, ‘If all countries are in debt, then who are they in debt to’? It’s a good question. Have we discovered life on another planet, who are…
Unlocking the chains of debt: A call for debt relief for Pakistan
New government faces crisis as debt payments increase rapidly. Pakistan’s economy has been paralysed by an unpayable and largely unjust debt burden that is preventing the country reaching its poverty…
Call for Jamaican debt cancellation as bailout loan agreed
The IMF is today (Wednesday 1 May) set to agree a $1 billion four-year bailout loan for Jamaica.
How Europe cancelled Germany’s debt
German debt cancellation shows equitable way to solve Europe’s crisis German, Irish, Spanish and British debt campaigners tell Troika: ‘learn from history’ Campaigners have marked the sixtieth anniversary of Germany’s…
German debt cancellation shows equitable way to solve Europe’s crisis
German, Irish, Spanish and British debt campaigners tell Troika: 'learn from history' [...]
Economic change is about justice, not charity, say faith leaders
MPs have heard calls from faith leaders to pursue radical policies that will lead to justice for the poorest people in both the UK and the world.
Faith leaders to tell MPs that world needs new financial system
Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh leaders will urge MPs to support a radical overhaul of the financial system in a meeting in Parliament on Tuesday 5 February.
Indonesians paying £20 million for weapons used in repression
By 1 December 2012, the Indonesian people are due to pay the UK government £27 million. Of this, £20 million is for arms sales to past dictator General Suharto. In…
