Email your MP to demand debt cancellation
Right now, there’s a bill going through parliament that could lead to millions of pounds worth of debts being cancelled in lower-income countries.
MPs will be debating this bill on 6th February, and it’s crucial that as many of them as possible speak up in support of debt cancellation.
This new law couldn’t be more urgent, right now 32 countries in Africa are spending more on debt repayments than on healthcare.
But here in the UK we can have a real impact by tightening the rules that let private lenders like banks, hedge funds and oil traders off the hook for their role in the crisis.
90% of lower-income country debts owed to private lenders are overseen by UK law. This new law, if passed, could make the debt relief process faster and fairer.