Tag: Debt Relief
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Vultures Bill is now law!
UK becomes first country to ban ‘Third World Debt’ profiteering in final hours of Parliamentary session A landmark bill to protect the poorest countries in the world from profiteering by so-called vulture funds became law today after passing in the House of Lords during the ‘wash-up’ at the end of the Parliamentary session. The successful
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Labour commits to Vultures Debt Relief Bill in manifesto
The Labour Party has announced that the election manifesto will include a clear commitment to introduce tough new legislation on vulture funds early in the next Parliament. A few weeks ago, Labour MPs Andrew Gwynne & Sally Keeble introduced his Private Members Bill to tackle Vulture Funds once and for all. With the support of
Labour Campaign for International Development 