Grenada takes brave stand for debt justice
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,…
Outrage as Vince Cable refuses to respond to Kenyan campaigners
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…
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…
A chance meeting with Vince Cable to argue over unjust debts
I bumped into the Business Minister whilst cycling through South London. Cycling to my Econowhat? reading group through Stockwell in South London last week, my eyes were drawn to the…
Whose Development Is It?
A highly profitable aluminium factory in Mozambique is paying just 1 per cent tax, despite half of the smelter being funded by foreign government’s to help ‘develop’ the country. A…
MPs inquiry calls for end to Dodgy Deals
A cross-party group of MPs has released a report into UK Export Finance – or what we call the Department for Dodgy Deals. The report, covered on the front page…
Scale of UK arms loans to dictators revealed for first time
Ed Davey may have misled parliament over Egypt's dictator debts
Uncovering Zimbabwe’s Debt
Zimbabwe’s recent history has been characterised by political oppression, economic chaos and social division. That story is well known in the UK. However it is rarely the case that a…
The Department for Dodgy Deals
Jubilee Debt Campaign’s new report on the Export Credits Guarantee Department exposes a history of backing projects by large corporations in a handful of controversial sectors, that has created £2…
