Lydia Darby
@lydiadarby.bsky.social
Development financing policy & advocacy at Save the Children UK. My views
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Meet the world’s loan sharks 🦈👇🏾
💸 Fifty-four countries are in debt crisis - while private lenders make vast profits.
🚑 In Africa, 34 countries are spending more on debt than health or education.
It's time to #CancelDebtChooseHope for #DebtJustice
SIGN here >> debtjustice.org.uk/canceldebt
💸 Fifty-four countries are in debt crisis - while private lenders make vast profits.
🚑 In Africa, 34 countries are spending more on debt than health or education.
It's time to #CancelDebtChooseHope for #DebtJustice
SIGN here >> debtjustice.org.uk/canceldebt
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Meet the world’s loan sharks 🦈👇🏾
💸 Fifty-four countries are in debt crisis - while private lenders make vast profits.
🚑 In Africa, 34 countries are spending more on debt than health or education.
It's time to #CancelDebtChooseHope for #DebtJustice
SIGN here >> debtjustice.org.uk/canceldebt
💸 Fifty-four countries are in debt crisis - while private lenders make vast profits.
🚑 In Africa, 34 countries are spending more on debt than health or education.
It's time to #CancelDebtChooseHope for #DebtJustice
SIGN here >> debtjustice.org.uk/canceldebt
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👩⚕️👨🚒🤵 Doctors, firefighters, even the super-rich themselves can see it… so why can’t Rachel Reeves?
It’s time to tax the super‑rich & invest in our collective future.
Yesterday, we delivered over 700,000 signatures demanding that the govt delivers #TaxJustice at the budget.
It’s time to tax the super‑rich & invest in our collective future.
Yesterday, we delivered over 700,000 signatures demanding that the govt delivers #TaxJustice at the budget.
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
👩⚕️👨🚒🤵 Doctors, firefighters, even the super-rich themselves can see it… so why can’t Rachel Reeves?
It’s time to tax the super‑rich & invest in our collective future.
Yesterday, we delivered over 700,000 signatures demanding that the govt delivers #TaxJustice at the budget.
It’s time to tax the super‑rich & invest in our collective future.
Yesterday, we delivered over 700,000 signatures demanding that the govt delivers #TaxJustice at the budget.
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The UK can and must take action to fix the governance of global debt so the lowest-income countries have the money needed to invest in their own development priorities, particularly given the latest UK aid budget cuts to a historical low.
Read how here 👇
Read how here 👇
In the Interest of Children: How the UK Government Can Fulfil Their Manifesto Promise to “Tackle Unsustainable Debt” | Save the Children’s Resource Centre
“Tackling unsustainable debt” was rightly included as one of the focus areas for a modernised approach to international development in the 2024 Labour Manifesto
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March 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The UK can and must take action to fix the governance of global debt so the lowest-income countries have the money needed to invest in their own development priorities, particularly given the latest UK aid budget cuts to a historical low.
Read how here 👇
Read how here 👇
Pleased to share my new report, detailing how the UK Government can fulfil their manifesto promise to "tackle unsustainable #debt". This is now more urgent and critical in light of further reductions in the ODA budget. @savechildrenuk.bsky.social
resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/in-...
resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/in-...
In the Interest of Children: How the UK Government Can Fulfil Their Manifesto Promise to “Tackle Unsustainable Debt” | Save the Children’s Resource Centre
“Tackling unsustainable debt” was rightly included as one of the focus areas for a modernised approach to international development in the 2024 Labour Manifesto
resourcecentre.savethechildren.net
March 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Pleased to share my new report, detailing how the UK Government can fulfil their manifesto promise to "tackle unsustainable #debt". This is now more urgent and critical in light of further reductions in the ODA budget. @savechildrenuk.bsky.social
resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/in-...
resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/in-...
Coming together with European civil society ahead of #FFD year, with development finance, tax, and crucially, a huge opportunity to push for a UN Framework Convention on Debt amongst other key asks that will help secure debt justice for the Global South #developmentfinance #debtjustice #taxjustice
January 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Coming together with European civil society ahead of #FFD year, with development finance, tax, and crucially, a huge opportunity to push for a UN Framework Convention on Debt amongst other key asks that will help secure debt justice for the Global South #developmentfinance #debtjustice #taxjustice
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Malnutrition holds back millions of children from reaching their potential.
We’re calling on David Lammy and Anneliese Dodds to help build them a brighter future by partnering with governments in the global south to invest in #NutritionForAll at #N4GParis.
Read more: bit.ly/3WijO4v
We’re calling on David Lammy and Anneliese Dodds to help build them a brighter future by partnering with governments in the global south to invest in #NutritionForAll at #N4GParis.
Read more: bit.ly/3WijO4v
January 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Malnutrition holds back millions of children from reaching their potential.
We’re calling on David Lammy and Anneliese Dodds to help build them a brighter future by partnering with governments in the global south to invest in #NutritionForAll at #N4GParis.
Read more: bit.ly/3WijO4v
We’re calling on David Lammy and Anneliese Dodds to help build them a brighter future by partnering with governments in the global south to invest in #NutritionForAll at #N4GParis.
Read more: bit.ly/3WijO4v
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Breaking news - Debt payments by lower-income countries have reached their highest level in 30 years.
2025 needs to be the year when we #CancelDebtChooseHope
#Jubilee2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
2025 needs to be the year when we #CancelDebtChooseHope
#Jubilee2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Labour urged to lead global debt relief effort as cost of repayments soars
Campaigners call for action in 2025, as crippling repayments prevent spending to cut poverty and tackle climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Breaking news - Debt payments by lower-income countries have reached their highest level in 30 years.
2025 needs to be the year when we #CancelDebtChooseHope
#Jubilee2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
2025 needs to be the year when we #CancelDebtChooseHope
#Jubilee2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...