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August 13, 2020

Report highlights concerns as high-cost credit firms allow repeat borrowing

Since the start of the pandemic nearly one million people have used high cost credit products as a safety net to meet everyday living costs.
June 11, 2020

Warning on 'post-Covid personal debt tsunami' unless radical relief is given

New report says a personal debt tsunami of £6 billion directly attributable to the pandemic is already being stored up among some 4.6 million households and, if left unchecked, is set to worsen.
May 28, 2020

New report reveals UK pension funds investing billions in nuclear weapons

A survey of UK pension funds and banks has revealed that billions of pounds are invested in companies that are producing nuclear weapons.
January 10, 2020

Russian state bank sues Mozambique over loans arranged in London

Campaigners say the people of Mozambique should not have to pay one cent in debt arising from secret loans.
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 7, 2019

Christian Aid calls on UK Government to adopt Labour's proposal on global debt crisis

The vast majority of international loans in Africa are made under English law because it allows a cloak of secrecy over lending, says Christian Aid, so the buck stops with the UK Parliament to bring real transparency or continue to allow unjust debt to cripple developing countries.
May 31, 2019

Over fifty MPs write to the Chancellor calling for greater loan transparency

Over fifty MPs from every party have written to the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, calling for action to strengthen transparency around loans to governments at this year’s G20 Finance Ministers meeting.
May 20, 2019

Mozambique campaigners visit London to hold banks to account for loans scandal

The loans have caused an economic crisis in Mozambique with rising prices for basic necessities and falling government spending.
May 16, 2019

UK must act to stop spiralling debt of world’s poorest countries, says new Christian Aid report

Almost half of international loans are owed under English law for which the UK parliament has responsibility.
May 4, 2019

National Audit Office report on Crossrail

The head of the National Audit Office says there have been a number of choices made in the course of the project that have clearly damaged public value.