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October 8, 2020

Government agrees to take action on distressing debt letters

The government has announced changes to make the most intimidating debt letters more supportive and less threatening.
October 10, 2019

IMF spending $93 billion bailing out reckless lenders, says Jubilee Debt Campaign

Research by the Jubilee Debt Campaign indicates a major breach by the IMF of its own policies, with $93 billion of lending to highly indebted countries without any debt restructurings.
June 28, 2019

Debt charity responds to FCA consultation on 'mortgage prisoners'

StepChange says much more needs to be done to address the plight of those trapped in expensive mortgages with inactive or unregulated lenders.
October 12, 2018

Pakistan needs debt relief not another IMF bailout, say campaigners

Campaigners say the conditions of a new loan 'would crush poor people'.
October 9, 2018

African governments’ debt payments double in just two years

New analysis from the Jubilee Debt Campaign show that China accounts for one-fifth of external debt owed by African governments. Recent reports have claimed that China is responsible for causing new debt traps on the African continent. The new figures show that China’s role has indeed been growing, but its relative importance is less than often stated, especially in regard to countries currently in debt crisis.
July 31, 2018

Citizens Advice responds to latest consumer credit figures and FCA creditworthiness statement

The Financial Conduct Authority have published their ''Assessing creditworthiness in consumer credit' policy statement. It coincides with the Bank of England revealing the amount of credit held by UK households increased by £3.7 billion in June and the rate of credit card lending has risen by 11 per cent in the last three months.
February 8, 2018

Millions struggling to cope with credit card debt, says NEF

British consumers are increasingly struggling to cope under an ever-growing mountain of credit card debt, warns the New Economics Foundation.
October 12, 2016

How a new 'debt trap' has been set for Ghana

Ghana is in a debt crisis. Having had significant amounts of debt cancelled a decade ago, the country is losing around 30 per cent of government revenue in external debt payments each year according to a new report from Jubilee Debt Campaign (JDC)