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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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