debtjustice.bsky.social
We’re campaigning to end unjust debt and the poverty and inequality it perpetuates. #CancelTheDebt #DebtJustice Formerly Jubilee Debt Campaign
👤 Joined on 17 August 2023
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@debtjustice.bsky.socialNew modelling for the Invest in Britain campaign finds that funding more UK defence spending by cutting the government budgets of housing and the energy transition risks costing jobs. observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Show PostExciting 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...
Show PostSurely this is a wake-up call. If nothing changes, arrears will soar past £10bn — into 11 figures (11!!!!). The government's recent reforms are welcome, but whoever's in No. 10 has to go further.
Show PostOr is council tax simply too regressive, too expensive? The average Band D property in England now pays £2,392 — up 56% since 2016-17, against inflation of just 42%. People are paying hundreds of pounds more than if bills had risen with inflation. On top of higher energy bills, food costs, rents.
Show PostCollection rates are down across the board. Still above 95%, but only just. Scotland's has dropped 2.5 percentage points in a decade. Have we all suddenly decided we hate funding social care and public services?
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