Barclays Bank fossil fuel funding protests to spread worldwide

Labour group Momentum joins activists to target branches in Germany, US and Canada

A UK-based campaign to pressure Barclays to stop its multibillion pound funding of fossil fuel corporations is spreading to countries around the world.

In the civil disobedience protests, organised by the grassroots Labour group Momentum and activists from People and Planet, campaigners disrupted business at 40 Barclays branches across the UK in March.