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@debtjustice.bsky.social
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We’re campaigning to end unjust debt and the poverty and inequality it perpetuates. #CancelTheDebt #DebtJustice Formerly Jubilee Debt Campaign

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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Come along on Friday at 2.30pm to hear our @heidichow.bsky.social discuss the rigged global debt system at @greenparty.org.uk conference with @waronwant.bsky.social @meadwaj.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-eco...
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Climate finance should be a form of compensation for the damage caused to lower income countries that have not caused the climate crisis. Instead, the vast majority of climate finance is in the form of loans, adding to debt levels." www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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Climate aid driving up public debt of poorest nations by billions of pounds each year
New Independent analysis reveals how many of the poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries are being priced out of the climate aid system, while countries able to access aid are seeing billions…
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“We don’t lack solutions, we lack justice.” The IMF & the World Bank say Madagascar’s debt is sustainable, but young activist Dina exposes a reality in which #debt, extractivism & the #climate crisis reinforce one another. Watch the #RealCostOfDebt, link in comments 👇️
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Vital reading from @the-independent.com on how flooding in Nepal could pile billions onto its national debt if rich countries don't pay what they owe. As our policy adviser Tess says in the piece 👇
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The devastating floods have caused billions of dollars of damage in #Nepal, and cost thousands of lives. The countries that caused the climate emergency must provide grants to pay for the damage - not profit from high-interest loans that force Nepal into debt. kathmandupost.com/national/202...
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Nepal looks for grants for flood recovery, but loans may be unavoidable
Officials expect the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment to put flood losses at around 30 percent above the initial estimate. Experts say Nepal may have to turn to soft loans to fill the funding gap.
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The government has announced that all private bailiffs will now have to answer to an independent regulator. This is a big win for people in debt, but people struggling with bills need support, not a bailiff at the door. Read more on the blog: debtjustice.org.uk/blog/mandato...
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Tim Jones @tim-jones6.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
New from @savechildrenuk.bsky.social and @debtjustice.bsky.social the changes needed to G20 debt relief: 1 More debt relief 2 Suspension of payments during negotiations 3 Legislation to stop holdouts 4 Equal treatment of creditors 5 Faster process resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/now...
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Now is The Time to Act: Six Reforms for the G20 Common Framework for Debt Treatments - Save the Children’s Resource Centre
The most comprehensive source of information on Child Rights
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Senegal is seeking debt relief through an "enhanced" G20 process. But the G20 has done nothing to enhance the process. First key step is for the UK to pass a debt justice law. www.cnbcafrica.com/2026/senegal...
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Senegal agrees to restore ‘debt sustainability’ in return for IMF programme | CNBC Africa
DAKAR (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund and Senegal have reached a staff-level agreement for a $2.2 billion three-year loan package, the IMF said on Tuesday. In a separate statement,…
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We welcome new rules requiring bailiffs to be accredited by the sector regulator. But regulation alone won’t solve the bailiff crisis. With council tax arrears at a record £9.3bn, we need action to help people out of debt – not more harmful bailiff action.
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Government steps in to protect families from cowboy builders and aggressive bailiffs
New measures to clampdown on cowboy builders and rogue bailiffs to help ease cost of living
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
In 2024, thousands of #Kenyans took to the streets to protest an @IMFNews-imposed bill that would have introduced new taxes to pay external creditors Okoth was among them For him #TheRealCostOfDebt touches every aspect of Kenyan life Link to full video in comment👇️
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European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad @eurodadnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
In Nairobi, an empty highway towers above the city - a visual reminder of how foreign creditors impose their will on government spending leaving everyday Kenyans to foot the bill. Okoth says that enough is enough! This is #TheRealCostOfDebt 📽️ www.eurodad.org/debt_story_d...
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
❗Last chance to apply! We’re looking for a freelance Community Organiser to join our amazing team. 📍 Manchester ⏰ 3 days per week for 4 months 💰£200/day 📅 Apply by 9am, Tuesday 1 September Apply here: debtjustice.org.uk/news/freelan...
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Everyday debt takes on different forms in the UK and in rural India, but its purpose is often the same: filling the gap when income doesn’t cover everyday essentials like food, housing, energy and healthcare. Read more on the blog ➡️ debtjustice.org.uk/blog/one-thi...
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We’re looking for a passionate freelance Community Organiser to join our team! 📍 Manchester ⏰ 3 days per week for 4 months 💰£200/day 📅 Apply by 9am, Tuesday 1 September Sound like you? Find more details and apply here: debtjustice.org.uk/news/freelan...
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
We stand with our trans and non-binary staff, supporters, partners, allies, and the wider trans community in opposition to the EHRC’s discriminatory guidance 🏳️‍⚧️
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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/
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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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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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...
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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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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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.
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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...
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The Global South is being forced to choose creditors over children www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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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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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🏛️📣 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
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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/...
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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 🧵
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽🇦🇷 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
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Developing countries spend more repaying foreign debt than on education, UN reveals www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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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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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
⚽️ 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
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
💥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
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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...
thelancet.com
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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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Civil society groups warn Kenya’s Sh13 trillion debt hurting essential services eastleighvoice.co.ke/index.php/he...
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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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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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
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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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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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...
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Vacancy - Community Organiser - Debt Justice
Deadline for applications: Monday 6 July, 9amJob Title: Community Organiser. Permanent, either full-time (31.5 hours a week) or part-time (28 hours per week)  Location: South London & East LondonSalar...
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Toby Murray @tbymrry.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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...
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Council tax arrears across Britain hit record £9.3bn - Debt Justice
For more information and interviews contact Toby Murray, Policy and Campaigns Manager, on +44 3000 400011 New analysis from Debt Justice reveals that total council tax arrears across Britain have reac...
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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...
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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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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🚨 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
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇭 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
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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...
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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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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🇦🇷⚽ 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
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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...
bbc.co.uk
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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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
🇨🇮⚽ 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
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🇸🇳⚽ 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...
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🇪🇬⚽ 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
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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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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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...
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mcmh44.bsky.social @mcmh44.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Councils use legalised harassment to collect council tax debt. But pressuring people and seizing belongings does nothing to help pay bills. I'm joining the @debtjustice.bsky.social campaign #BanTheBailiffs. Will you join me? tinyurl.com/debtjust-bsk
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Ban the bailiffs!
Families are facing unpayable debts. The cost-of-living crisis has squeezed budgets to the limit – but council tax debt rates just keep going up. Almost 4 million people are now in council tax debt. P...
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Ryan Clark @ryanclark123.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Councils use legalised harassment to collect council tax debt. But pressuring people and seizing belongings does nothing to help pay bills. I'm joining the @debtjustice.bsky.social campaign #BanTheBailiffs. Will you join me? tinyurl.com/debtjust-bsk
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Ban the bailiffs!
Families are facing unpayable debts. The cost-of-living crisis has squeezed budgets to the limit – but council tax debt rates just keep going up. Almost 4 million people are now in council tax debt. P...
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Stephen R. Womack @srwomack.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Councils use legalised harassment to collect council tax debt. But pressuring people and seizing belongings does nothing to help pay bills. I'm joining the @debtjustice.bsky.social campaign #BanTheBailiffs. Will you join me? tinyurl.com/debtjust-bsk
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Ban the bailiffs!
Families are facing unpayable debts. The cost-of-living crisis has squeezed budgets to the limit – but council tax debt rates just keep going up. Almost 4 million people are now in council tax debt. P...
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Toby Murray @tbymrry.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Great research from @gmb.org.uk on council tax arrears in Greater Manchester, a deep dive that shows the scale of a problem embedded in the council tax system across the whole country. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
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'Horrifying': The Greater Manchester residents in court over unpaid council tax
The figures have been described as 'horrifying'
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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Ethiopia's bondholders say they are suing the East African country in the UK High Court. The move comes after they rejected a debt relief deal which would see them repaid more than other creditors, and still make 28% profit debtjustice.org.uk/press-releas...
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Ethiopia bondholders plan to sue in UK after rejecting debt relief deal - Debt Justice
Bondholders turned down deal that would see them paid more than government creditors, and make them 28% more profit than if they had lent to the US
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