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For all media enquiries contact:

  • Nick Dearden, Director, 020 7324 4722 or 07932 335464
  • Jonathan Stevenson, Campaigns Officer, 020 7324 4722 or 07818 651124

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LATEST PRESS RELEASES

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 under new rules, warn campaigners
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

 

Parliament to vote on Vulture Funds bill tomorrow
Liberian President supports UK law on vultures; campaigners press parties for commitment to enact law within 12 months
25 February 2010

 

City law firm criticised for vulture fund cases
Global poverty campaigners staged a 'cake sale' this morning outside the London offices of Dechert LLP, the multinational law firm which represents many so-called ‘vulture funds’(1) in taking money from the poorest countries in the world.
24 February 2010

 

Unique conference on multifaith responses to global poverty
A unique conference focuses on multi-faith responses to global poverty and international debt
23 February 2010

 

Bangladesh resisting climate finance over World Bank involvment
Campaigners protest to tell DFID not to force World Bank on Bangladesh.
15 February 2010

 

European campaigners demand G7 cancel Haiti's debts
Campaigners condemn debt cancellation failure
4 February 2010

 

Venezuela cancels Haiti’s debt
Campaigners fear IMF may backslide on promises
27 January 2010

 

Haiti summit must wipe out $890m debt
Rich world told ‘nothing short of total cancellation acceptable… we owe the real debt to Haiti’
22 January 2010

 

Debt movement calls for total cancellation of Haiti's debt
Campaigners dismayed at the International Monetary Fund’s new lending. Grants and debt cancellation are needed.
15 January 2010

 

Taxpayers money could fund child labour overseas, warn campaigners
Pressure groups accuse the government of putting business interests above human rights and the environment.
14 January 2010

 

UK must take some responsibility for Iceland crisis
Anti-poverty campaigners call for independent arbitration in Icesave dispute.
6 January 2010

 

Vulture Funds awarded $20 million from Liberia in High Court
The Republic of Liberia has been ordered to pay $20 million in the High Court in London today to two Vulture Funds, for a debt dating back to the 1970s.
26 November 2009

 

Twelve months on, finance still rules the world
Campaigners call for an end to bonus culture, tough rules on the City and a radical shake-up of IMF from Pittsburgh G20.
24 September 2009

 

Jubilee Debt Campaign brings faiths together to launch new project in Inter faith week
On Wednesday 18 November, at the heart of the national Inter Faith Week, Jubilee Debt Campaign will launch GLOBAL POVERTY, SEEKING JUSTICE - PEOPLE OF FAITH IN ACTION.
4 November 2009

 

UK continues to exclude NGO's from G20 discussion
NGOs that are part of the Put People First platform, had their accreditation for the G20 finance ministers’ meeting revoked by HM Treasury.
4 September 2009

 

Government moves to take on vulture funds
Campaigners welcome move to protect debt relief and tackle ‘one of the most repellent aspects of the financial system
21 July 2009

 

Brown told: "Rich don't have answers to the crisis"
Criticism of Prime Minister’s commitment to a ‘new politics’ as he shuns the UN but attends the G8
22 June 2009

 

Mp's demand an end to vulture debt
MPs propose legislation to stop funds profiteering from Third World Debt
5 May 2009

 

IMF told: Sell gold to fight poverty
Radical IMF reform critical to Brown’s poverty pledges
24 April 2009

 

Governments plans to water down export standars "dangerous and short-sighted"
Bill rushed through parliment which could precipitate environmental and human rights damage by UK companies, the day before a "green" budget.
20 April 2009

 

G20 fails to deliver real change
Jubilee Debt Campaign is disappointed that world leaders have not understood the systemic nature of the economic crisis or the need for radical change to address it.
2 April 2009

 
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