Research opportunity with Noah Law MP on the future of global debt reform for lower-income countries and the UK’s role noahlaw.co.uk/fellowship/

Noah Law MP’s Parliamentary Fellowship 2026: Global Debt Reform

Noah Law MP’s Parliamentary Fellowship 2026:global debt reform Register your interest here in my briefing for prospective applicants to the 2026 Fellowship, on Tuesday, 18th August at 5pm via…

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South Sudan, one of the poorest countries in the world, has lost another court case over its debts. Its lenders are demanding more than $1 billion - and can start seizing its property. www.eyeradio.org/s-sudan-face...

S. Sudan faces global enforcement risk over $1.02 billion QNB award - Eye Radio

South Sudan could face international enforcement proceedings after a United States court recognized a $1.02 billion arbitration award in favour of Qatar National Bank (QNB), according to a legal…

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Being a debt vulture is a full-time job: Constantly on the hunt for countries in crisis, buying their debt for cheap, and chasing eye watering profits. And still finding time for self-care! 🧖‍♀️🫧 While this video's a joke, debt vultures aren't. Help us give them the exposure they'd rather avoid.

The real impact of #SriLanka’s debt crisis is felt in the lives of women. One of @IMFNews' harshest austerity programmes has gutted the country’s social safety net, leaving women like Edna unable to pay for medical bills following a workplace accident. 📽️ www.eurodad.org/debt_story_g...

The Global South is being forced to choose creditors over children www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

The Global South is being forced to choose creditors over children

The education of millions of children is at risk because of the current global financial order. We need change

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🏛️📣 A new PM and a new cabinet means a new opportunity to put debt justice on the agenda. We need MPs across the country to champion a debt justice law — one that grounds debt vultures for good and helps countries in crisis finally get their debt cancelled. Email your MP today ➡️ tinyurl.com/45cscr6n

Escalating war in Iran could push countries already facing debt crisis to breaking point, says World Bank Chief Economist Indermit Gill www.reuters.com/world/china/...

UK PM Andy Burnham has announced a £2 cap on bus fares 🚌 a welcome step for people forced into debt to pay for essentials by the cost of living crisis But there's a catch: it's partly funded by switching international climate finance from grants to loans 🧵

Campaigner Jo told Andy Burnham what it means to live with unpayable debt. He listened and pledged to tackle rising council tax debt and bailiff use. Now he's PM, his commitment must go nationwide. Stand with Jo. Add your name to her letter demanding a ban on bailiffs: tinyurl.com/ms9dxyd8

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽🇦🇷 A place in the World Cup final is on the line as England face Argentina today. Argentina are titans on the pitch. But off it, they’ve faced decades of unjust penalties from powerful lenders, resulting in defaulting on their debt nine times. Give unjust debt the red card ➡️ tinyurl.com/3p9srd2k

Developing countries spend more repaying foreign debt than on education, UN reveals www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Developing countries spend more repaying foreign debt than on education, UN reveals

Unesco report shows children lost out to servicing debt in 113 countries, with 18 spending five times more on loans

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⚽️ Bring it home, England – with a new debt justice law! ⚽️ A HUGE 90% of debt contracts between lower-income countries and private lenders are overseen by UK law. The UK knows how to change the call. Tell the government to give unjust debt the red card debtjustice.org.uk/redcard #tackleunjustdebt

💥Debt vultures are no longer trying to sue Ethiopia through the UK courts!!💥 And it’s partly down to the pressure for a new debt justice law 🙌 Find out what happened in our new blog: debtjustice.org.uk/vulturesdropcase

Powerful call for debt cancellation in leading health journal @thelancet.com: "All global health practitioners should treat debt justice as a health financing issue, not as a separate macroeconomic debate." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Country ownership without fiscal justice is responsibility without resources

Recent debates in global health, including reproductive health, have embraced an attractive proposition: as donor assistance contracts, countries in the Global South might finally define their own…

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Healthcare has been forced to the sidelines in #Colombia, with unfair debt payments outranking the health budget 🏥 As Colombia takes to the pitch tonight, money that should be running hospitals & clinics is going to private lenders instead. RP to blow the whistle on unjust debt #tackleunfairdebt

Civil society groups warn Kenya’s Sh13 trillion debt hurting essential services eastleighvoice.co.ke/index.php/he...

Civil society groups warn Kenya’s Sh13 trillion debt hurting essential services | The Eastleigh Voice

Dr Samuel Kinyanjui of AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) criticised the government’s spending priorities, saying Kenya was putting lenders ahead of its own.

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China has called for "legal changes" to "curb malicious litigation by bond investors" - ie, it is asking the UK to stop vulture funds using UK Courts to bypass international debt relief agreements theedgemalaysia.com/node/808299

China wants ‘malicious’ bondholders curbed in poor-nation relief

China called for global measures to curb what it described as “malicious litigation” by bondholders in debt relief cases, saying such action is needed to protect a Group of 20 (G20) restructuring…

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Exciting opportunity to join @debtjustice.bsky.social as a community organiser - working in London and playing a key role in their household debt campaign. Find out more and apply here.👇 debtjustice.org.uk/news/vacancy...

Council tax arrears across Britain have hit £9.3 BILLION. Up nearly £1bn in just the last year - 12% year on year. Up 65% over five years. This is not sustainable. 🧵 debtjustice.org.uk/news/council...

The IMF says it has changed. But a new ActionAid report shows that its debt policies continue to reproduce colonial-era power dynamics - forcing countries in the Global South to prioritise debt payments over people. Find our more 👉️ authorityngr.com/2026/06/23/i...

IMF still acts as a colonial debt enforcer despite reform claims, new report alleges - THE AUTHORITY NEWS

By Stella Odueme The International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues to function as a colonial-era “debt enforcer” despite years of reform rhetoric, according to a new report released by ActionAid…

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🚨 BREAKING: Council tax debt in Britain has hit a record £9.3 billion. Since 2021, council tax has surged by 65%. People aren't falling into debt because they refuse to pay — it's because they simply can’t. 🧵 1/3

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇭 On the pitch, England and Ghana play by the same rules. Off it, Ghana is stuck in a system that favours lenders. While some debt has been cancelled, private lenders keep moving the goalposts. The UK can change the rules. Tell them to take the shot ⚽ 🥅 tinyurl.com/3p9srd2k #TackleUnfairDebt

Debt-for-nature swaps aren’t the win-win solution they’re made out to be! This excellent @newlinesmag.bsky.social article explores the problems behind the hype and why these deals deserve a more critical look 🔗 newlinesmag.com/reportage/in...

Inside the Rise of Debt-For-Nature Swaps

The deals promise a win-win of climate action and financial help for lower-income countries, but critics point to their complexity, secrecy and ineffectiveness

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🇦🇷⚽ As Argentina gets ready to line up today, unjust debt is stealing extra time from its future. Since 2019, public spending has been slashed by 40% and education spending cut by 30%. That means fewer teachers, fewer classrooms, and less invested in the next generation. #TackleUnfairDebt

African and Caribbean nations have called for a formal apology for transatlantic slavery. They say this should include comprehensive debt relief, the restitution of looted cultural property, and the establishment of a global reparations fund www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

African and Caribbean nations call for formal apology for transatlantic slavery

The leaders have asked for apologies from the countries that benefited from the slave trade, as well as debt relief and financial compensation.

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🇨🇮⚽ As Côte d'Ivoire takes to the field tonight, there's one goal worth more than any on the scoresheet: 100,000 children back in school. That’s what cancelling their debt could do. It's an open goal. Tell the UK government not to miss it ➡️ tinyurl.com/3p9srd2k #TackleUnfairDebt

Our energy bills are about to go through the roof again. While millions are trapped in a record £5.5 billion of energy debt, the energy industry reportedly made £3 billion in profits in the first 3 months of the year. Sign the petition ➡️ tinyurl.com/mw46xe84 #EndEnergyDebt

🇸🇳⚽ Senegal is on the world stage tonight, but back home it's facing a far harder match. More than 40% of their government spending goes to unjust debt. Money that should reach hospitals and schools goes to lenders, under rules written in their favour. act.debtjustice.org.uk/tackle-unjus...

🇪🇬⚽ As Egypt takes to the pitch tonight, 250,000 of its children are locked out of the classroom by unjust debt. When classrooms come second to creditors, an entire generation pays the price. Join us to give debt the red card 🟥 #TackleUnfairDebt

Give unjust debt the red card

Every country deserves a level playing field. Instead governments in lower-income countries are forced to choose between paying unjust debts and keeping hospitals open. The world is living through…

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Private lenders just squeezed an extra $65 million out of Zambia. A country where almost half of the population doesn't have electricity. www.reuters.com/world/africa...