Private debt, public pain: lessons for Ireland
Barely twenty four hours after Ireland's parliament voted through the multibillion euro EU and IMF "rescue" package last week, Ireland's credit rating was slashed.
20 December 2010

Togo and Guinea-Bissau set for $3 billion of debt cancellation
IMF and World Bank decide West African countries have met conditions to receive debt relief.
17 December 2010

Cancun: World Bank role 'still uncertain'
The deal agreed at the Cancun conference last week shows how far there is to go to achieve a genuinely just agreement on climate change.
13 December 2010

Global call for World Bank Out of Climate Finance
Jubilee Debt Campaign has joined over 200 organisations from around the world in signing an open letter to governments at the Cancun climate summit.
9 December 2010

Irish Campaigners say IMF Has Failed All Around the World
Debt and Development Coalition Ireland statement on the prospect of IMF intervention in Ireland's economy.
18 November 2010

UPDATE: Refusing public money
The Department for International Development is refusing to accept our £1 coins for the UN Adaptation Fund, which gives climate grants not loans.
9 November 2010

Debt flashmob outside Pakistan summit
Campaigners held a Drop Pakistan's Debt flashmob outside the Friends of Pakistan meeting in central Brussels yesterday.
16 October 2010

Campaign success: Mitchell to overhaul CDC
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has announced an overhaul of the controversial CDC Group.
14 October 2010

Birmingham campaigners quiz Poverty Minister
Rainbow scarfs and high passion filled Birmingham’s Nishkam Centre on Thursday, as John Cooper from Birmingham JDC reports.
2 October 2010

Great North Runners raise thousands for JDC
Congratulations to everyone from Make Poverty History North East who took part in the Great North Run on Sunday.
24 September 2010

Campaigners call for debt cancellation for Pakistan
Debt activists fear that aid will be dwarfed by debt repayments and issue warning over new loans.
23 August 2010

Dodgy Dealers protest outside Cable's office
Jubilee Debt Campaigners took our Dodgy Deals campaign to the heart of Westminster on Friday with a demonstration outside Vince Cable’s office.
17 August 2010

CDC: Fighting Poverty or Supporting Finance?
The UK Government's development bank, the CDC Group, claims to combat poverty by supporting private business. But does it work?
4 August 2010

IMF debt write-off for Haiti at last (and new loan)
Last week, the International Monetary Fund finally announced the cancellation of all the debts Haiti owes to the Fund.
27 July 2010

Fuelling Injustice: Debt and Muslim countries
A report released today claims that debt generated by Western governments and institutions has created more than three decades of injustice, impoverishment, instability and poor governance across the Muslim world.
19 July 2010

Drop the Debt @ Glastonbury 2010
It was Glastonbury's 40th Anniversary and Jubilee Debt Campaign took the Drop The Debt bus to help celebrate and campaign in the glorious sunshine.
5 July 2010

Liberia receives debt cancellation
Campaigners welcome debt cancellation to world's most indebted country and call on international community to repay their debt to Liberia.
30 June 2010

Drop The Debt – In A Field Of Its Own At Glastonbury 2010
Jubilee Debt Campaign is returning to Glastonbury this year with our infamous ‘Drop The Debt’ bus.
22 June 2010

IMF admits more debt relief might be necessary
An IMF report has found that poor countries have been permanently affected by financial crisis.
28 April 2010

Election 2010: Vote Global
The general election is almost upon us and with a huge amount of new MPs likely to be elected it is crucial that we show them that global poverty is an election issue.
12 April 2010

Nick Dearden: International Money Fiends
The International Monetary Fund devastated the developing world – and now it’s targeting eastern Europe.
10 April 2010

Landmark Law Passed to Tackle Vulture Funds
UK becomes first country to ban ‘Third World Debt’ profiteering in final hours of Parliamentary session
8 April 2010

Canada holds up Congo's fight against poverty
The World Bank announced yesterday that it was postponing the Democratic Republic of Congo’s long-awaited debt cancellation, even though the country has qualified.
1 July 2010

Labour commits to a Vultures Law
The Labour Party has become the first of the three main parties to commit to passing a vulture funds law after the general election.
28 March 2010

Labour and Conservatives exchange letters on Vulture Funds
Following last week's shock block of the Vulture Funds Bill , the Labour Party and the Conservative Party have exchanged letters.
18 March 2010

Who should pay for Iceland's debt?
Campaigners are calling for the development of a fair and transparent debt work-out mechanism to deal with the Iceland case.
17 March 2010

George Osborne replies on death of Vultures Bill
The Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne, has today sent a response to our request for clarification on the Vulture Funds Bill.
16 March 2010

Who Killed the Vultures Bill?
The Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill failed to pass its third reading in Parliament on Friday when a single Conservative MP objected.
13 March 2010

Vultures Protest in Shipley
Debt activists from across Yorkshire gathered in Shipley today to protest the fact that Philip Davies MP tabled a amendment to the Vulture Funds Bill which would have had the effect of killing the bill.
12 March 2010

Committee stage for vultures bill
Nick Dearden reports from Parliament on the progress of the vultures bill
10 March 2010

Multifaith global poverty conference held in Birmingham
Jubilee Debt Campaign’s first-ever national multifaith conference on 7 March brought people from eight different faiths together. 
9 March 2010

Iceland voters should demand new debt system
Campaign group calls for arbitration over Icesave debts; new international system would help fight poverty
5 March 2010

Taxpayers’ money could fund child labour or slavery overseas
Taxpayers’ money could be used to fund child labour or slavery under new government proposals, campaign groups warned today.
3 March 2010

Vultures Bill passes second reading, but Tories slow progress
Call for Conservatives to commit to future legislation on vulture funds if time runs out before election
26 February 2010

'Cake Sale' outside Vulture Fund law firm
A cake sale to raise money for Dechert, a law firm so hard-up it has to take money from some of the world's most disreputable companies. Or so it appeared.
24 February 2010

Financial Sector Lobbies Against Vultures Law
The financial sector has voiced its opposition to government proposals for legislation to tackle 'vulture funds'
23 February 2010

MPs show support for vulture bill
MPs from across the parties turned out yesterday to affirm their support for the Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill.
11 February 2010

G7 supports debt cancellation for Haiti
Thanks to action taken by thousands of people in the UK and across the world, the G7 announced on 6 February that it would work to cancel all of Haiti’s debts.
9 February 2010

Civil society sends message to donor summit
To the governments and organisations gathered in montreal on the situation in Haiti

25 January 2010

Progress on Haiti’s Debt – Keep up the Pressure
The last few days have seen significant progress towards the cancellation of Haiti's debt, but the pressure needs to be kept on.
22 January 2010

Bolivian MPs call for debt audit
On the 30th of December the Bolivian parliaments lower house voted in favour of an external audit of its country’s debt.
21 January 2010

Call for total cancellation of Haiti's debt
In the light of the humanitarian disaster Haiti faces after the earthquake, emergency relief plans must include writing off Haiti’s debt.
18 January 2010

Bangladesh rejects DFIDs World Bank proposal
Campaigners protested outside DIFD against plans that climate debt relief would be channelled through the World Bank, ultimately creating more loan.
15 January 2010

Vultures gather over Argentina
US courts have ruled in favour of vulture funds in a dispute over defaulted debts dating back to 2002
15 January 2010

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