Investing council pensions in local communities and building the Just Transition from fossil fuels Local government pension schemes invest £14bn in fossil fuels Fossil fuels are on their way out Trade Unions need to take Read more…
Last Saturday 4th March, we collaborated with the Waltham Forest Labour Group to host an event for councillors and party members titled “Labour Divests: Learning from Waltham Forest Council”. We were aiming to share the learning from Waltham Forest’s Read more…
Labour councillors in a London borough are leading the way in respond to the threat of stranded fossil fuel assets, and building a sustainable new economy and society. Waltham Forest Pension Fund became now the first in Read more…
Mika Minio-Paluello, Walthamstow CLP and Labour Energy Forum, explores how Labour councils can democratise pension wealth and build an economy beyond neoliberalism and fossil fuels. UK local council pensions hold £14 billion of shares in Read more…