To mark the Jubilee Year declared by Pope Francis, Jesuit Missions calls on the UK Government to:
- Stop the debt crisis now by cancelling unjust and unsustainable debts, so that indebted low-income countries can spend money on health, education, youth opportunities and adapting to and mitigating climate change.
- Support a Debt Justice Law to make private lenders take part in debt relief. UK government support for such a law would have a real impact, since 90% of private debt contracts are governed by English law
- Prevent future debt crises by establishing a new, binding, comprehensive debt framework within the United Nations.
We want to begin Lent by making sure the Prime Minister gets the message that we believe in debt cancellation.
We invite you to join us in sending an email to him on Ash Wednesday, 5 March. We think that it will make more of an impression if we all write in on the same day.
Use the form below to send your email:
Dear Prime Minister,
To mark the Jubilee Year called by Pope Francis, I call on the UK Government to:
- Stop the debt crisis now by cancelling unjust and unsustainable debts, so that indebted low-income countries can spend money on health, education, youth opportunities and adapting to and mitigating climate change.
- Support a Debt Justice Law to make private lenders take part in debt relief. UK government support for such a law would have a real impact, since 90% of private debt contracts are governed by English law.
- Prevent future debt crises by establishing a new, binding, comprehensive debt framework within the United Nations.
Please let me know what you will do about this.
