Vulture Funds Bill enters Parliament
Andrew Gwynne MP has introduced a bill into Parliament which would restrict the activities of Vulture Funds.
18 December 2009

UN expert urges action against vultures
UN expert on foreign debt regrets British court order that Liberia must pay 1978 debt to 'vulture funds'
17 December 2009

Copenhagen: The sound of silence
Denmark's reputation is being destroyed by police action outside the summit and the gagging of NGOs and poor nations inside.
16 December 2009

JDC and WDM tell Gordon to pay the climate debt
Our climate debt bus took a tour of London embassies showing support for G77 countries at Copenhagen, demanding that our PM pays the climate debt.
4 December 2009

Andrew Gwynne MP to sponsor vultures bill
Good news: Labour MP Andrew Gwynne, number three on the Private Members' Ballot, has agreed to sponsor a bill targeting Vulture Funds.
1 December 2009

Vultures Swoop on Liberia in London Court
Two vulture funds have been awarded $20 million from Liberia in the High Court in London today, for a debt dating back to the 1970s.
26 November 2009

Zimbabwe: A HIPC?
Zimbabwe is in economic freefall and social turmoil. Is becoming a HIPC the answer Zimbabweans need?
19 November 2009

Vulture funds: 203 MPs sign Early Day Motion
Jubilee Debt Campaign would like to thank all of our supporters for the thousands of actions taken in support of the End the Vulture Culture campaign so far.
19 November 2009

Global south unites in Barcelona
The decision of African nations to walk out of the Barcelona climate talks this week proves that climate change is transforming global politics.
7 November 2009

Recovery towards what?
The conference brought together experts, practioners and civil society to dicuss how to reshape finance so that it contrivutes to a just a sustainable economy.
6 November 2009

Standing Up Against Poverty – and Vulture Funds
From 16th-18th October members of the Jubilee Debt Campaign “stood up” with people from across the globe demanding that politicians tackle global poverty.
23 October 2009

IMF sell-off - good as gold?
The IMF has agreed to use a small fraction of its gold sales for lending to the poorest countries. This will create even more debt for countries already in trouble.
23 September 2009

Videos from Put People First walking tour
On Friday 4 September, as G20 Finance Ministers met in London, Put People First campaigners took to the streets of London for a walking tour of the financial crisis.
16 September 2009

Jubilee Debt Campaign supports Brazil audit
The decision of the Brazilian parliament to audit Brazil's debts is a great first step to understanding their legitimacy.
15 September 2009

Time to Ditch the Dollar
The world is looking to reduce its reliance on the US. A global reserve bank with a truly international currency is the solution.
2 September 2009

Iceland proves debtor has rights too
Recent events in Iceland may have completed that country's transformation from free market, credit-fuelled billionaire playground to champion underdog.
24 August 2009

Campaign breakthrough: Vultures law proposed
The UK Government has today announced a consultation on a new law that would prevent lenders from profiting from the debts of developing countries.
21 July 2009

Zimbabweans call for debt audit
The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt & Development - ZIMCODD - has launched a call for an official audit of Zimbabwe’s external debt.
14 July 2009

Vulture Culture Updates
There has been an incredible response to our End the Vulture Culture campaign. From Glastonbury to US Congress see how the word has spread.
6 July 2009

At long last - Haiti gets $1.2 bn debt cancellation
Haiti this week got debt cancellation under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative. Debt stock worth $1.2 billion has been written off.
2 July 2009

New Film and Vulture Antics at Glastonbury
The End the Vulture Culture Campaign swooped into Glastonbury 2009 and turned a few heads!
3 July 2009

Disappointment as rich block progress at UN
The UN summit on the financial crisis has gone further than the G20 in raising critical issues, but rich countries blocked the radical solutions needed.
26 June 2009

The G8 is dead, long live the UN
The next fortnight will witness two summits of world leaders which will give radically different directions for recovery and reform of the global economy.
22 June 2009

Put People First - Beyond the London Summit
The Put People First platform has today released a new report assessing the UK government’s response to the financial crisis, and charting a way forward.
13 June 2009

Climate debt - Bolivia calls for justice
Rich countries owe an enormous ‘climate debt’ to the global South, which must be the starting point for any new international climate deal, Bolivia has said.
4 June 2009

IMF's Golden Opportunity
The International Monetary Fund has a golden opportunity to help poor countries cope with the financial crisis. But will it take it?
20 May 2009

MPs demand an end to debt 'vultures'
Sally Keeble MP has today led a group of 12 cross-party MPs proposing legislation in Parliament to stop vulture funds profiteering from poor country debt.
6 May 2009

Liberia secures vulture victory
Liberia secures a victory as its reaches agreement with its commercial creditors to eliminate $1.2 billion of its debt burden.
18 April 2009

US pledges $20 million to Haiti debt relief
Good news for Haiti as the US government pledges $20 million to cover its remaining debt payments to the World Bank and Inter American Development Bank.
16 April 2009

Brown's New World Order
Gordon Brown has been heralded as the champion of a New World Order. But do the G20’s promises really contain a vision to transform the global economy?
8 April 2009

G20 fails to deliver real change - JDC response
Jubilee Debt Campaign has today expressed its disappointment at the G20 summit's failure to agree radical changes to address the economic crisis.
2 April 2009

Put People First - 35,000 march on the G20
35,000 marched through London on Saturday as part of a global campaign to challenge the G20, ahead of their summit on the global financial crisis.
30 March 2009

Campaigners warn of new ‘Global Debt Crisis’
A new Jubilee Debt Campaign report has warned that a debt crisis approaching that of the 1980s could engulf many countries as a result of global financial turbulence.
14 March 2009

6 Billion Ways - 1,500 discuss global meltdown
The 6 Billion Ways conference on Saturday saw 1,500 people discuss the multiple crises engulfing the globe and how to make a fairer and more just global system.
4 March 2009

UK must follow US lead on vulture funds
Outlawing the activities of vulture funds is both necessary and achievable, lawyers from the US told a packed public meeting in Parliament last night.
30 January 2009

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