Lammy and Khan commit to divestment if elected as London mayor

Labour MPs say they will ditch Boris Johnson's policy and pull out City Hall's 4.8bn pension fund from oil, coal and gas companies

Boris Johnson has come under increased pressure to move the capital's finances of out fossil fuels, as Labour party's Sadiq Khan and David Lammy both committed to do so if they are elected as London mayor next May.

"We've got hundreds of millions of pounds invested in all sorts of things. I'm going to lead by example and say we're not going to invest anymore in fossil fuels," Khan said in an interview with Guardian columnist Owen Jones on Monday.