Tackling the debt tightrope

Council tax debt is the last remaining form of debt for which you can still – in England at least – get sent to prison. Thankfully, this is largely a notional position. Even so, new figures from the Ministry of Justice reveal that in 2024 19 people did receive suspended sentences for their non-payment. At…

What the IMF gets wrong – and how to fix it

11 December 2025 • Guest commentFinance External voice: Karina Patricio Ferreira Lima, University of Leeds, Celine Tan and Stephen Connelly, University of Warwick IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva attends the Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable during the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings in Washington DC on 15 October 2025. Photo: IMF Photo/Joshua Roberts Article summary…