The Clean Up Britain's Exports (CUBE) coalition has brought out its second (summer) update for MPs, to keep representatives informed and championing the issue in the House of Commons.
The issue covers the scandal of UK arms exports to Argentina before the Falklands War, and the export of five Hawk Aircraft to the Mugabe administration between 1989 and 1992.
Get involved with Jubilee Scotland's campaign and help to put the spotlight on the UK Government's Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD).
The UK government is beginning to respond to our campaign to Lift the Lid on bad loans.
A new website has been launched to keep you up to date with all the latest news about Britain's department for dodgy deals. Clean Up Britain's Exports (or CUBE, for short) is the best place to find out all you need to know about UK Export Finance (formerly the ECGD) and the campaign to stop its dodgy dealings.
Britain's Department for Dodgy Deals has been facing huge pressure from Jubilee campaigners to stop fuelling conflict, climate change and global debt through their dodgy dealings. In response to these charges, the Export Credits Guarantee Department has made the bold move of....changing their name to UK Export Finance.
Jubilee Debt Campaign's new report reveals the shady dealings of the Export Credit Guarantees Department who have backed projects which have led to human rights abuses, environmental destruction and corruptio n in the developing world.
The Report, The Department for Dodgy Deals: Ending the UK's support for toxic debt, finds that:
UK’s ECGD backed $1bn of loans for deep-sea oil drilling as climate talks took place in Durban.
Vince Cable’s department has broken a key coalition deal on the environment for a second time.
Campaigners from around the UK joined Jubilee Debt Campaign for a Hallowe'en-themed protest to demand Vince Cable comes clean on dictator debts.
A 10 Minute Bill calling for the overhaul of government agency, Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD), [1] was presented today by Lisa Nandy, MP. The bill was backed by a number of cross-party MPs, including Zac Goldsmith and Caroline Lucas, who called for reform and greater accountability within the department. [2]