Church leaders have sent an open letter to the UK Chancellor, asking the Chancellor to ‘work with communities, churches, charities and creditors to create a comprehensive and just solution to the unique problem of lockdown debt’.
The letter has been signed by senior leaders from over 10 denominations, the general secretaries of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) and Churches Together in England (CTE), as well as nearly 500 local church leaders.
Please read the letter on the Reset the Debt website.
About the campaign
Reset the Debt is a campaign to help people swept into debt by Covid-19.
The campaign proposes that the UK Chancellor creates a Jubilee Fund that would provide grants to pay off and cancel unavoidable debt accrued by households during the lockdown period, giving them a more stable platform from which to face the future.
Reset the Debt report
This report explains the impending household debt crisis and how a Jubilee Fund would help to solve it.
Download report
(from the Reset the Debt website)
Take action
The campaign is also asking you to email your MP and ask them to write to the UK Chancellor to:
- Raise concerns about Covid-19 household debt and its impact on the poorest families.
- Find out how the government intends to address this urgent problem.
Organisations
The campaign was launched by the Baptist Union, the Church of Scotland, Church Action on Poverty, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church, and is also supported by the Free Churches Group and other organisations.
Website
For more details, please see the Reset the Debt website.
