Scottish government makes debt relief top priority
The Scottish government have signalled that they would take action to deal with unjust debts inherited from the UK, if there is a yes vote in 2014’s independence referendum. The…
The Scottish government have signalled that they would take action to deal with unjust debts inherited from the UK, if there is a yes vote in 2014’s independence referendum. The…
The tiny Caribbean island of Grenada, population 100,000, has stopped paying its £560 million debt. On Saturday, as the IMF and World Bank annual meetings got underway in Washington DC,…
Leaked minutes of IMF meetings in 2010 show that Argentina, Brazil, India, Russia and Switzerland all argued that some Greek debt owed to private banks should be cancelled before any…
Several developing countries, including Jamaica, El Salvador and Pakistan, are failing to meet international development goals after rich countries reneged on a pledge to deal with their debts. Moreover, unjust…
Report investigating the impact of debt and austerity, and campaigns for justice, in Egypt, El Salvador, Greece, Jamaica, Latvia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Portugal and Tunisia. Download Life and debt: Global…
Business Minister Vince Cable has refused to respond to concerns raised by the Kenyan Debt Relief Network (KENDREN) about the legitimacy of Kenya’s debt to the UK. Kiama Kaara, Senior…
Over 10,000 people have signed our petition for a Jubilee for Justice calling for: Cancellation of the unjust debts of the most indebted nations Promotion of just and progressive taxation…
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…
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…
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…