More than 130 MPs call for parliament pension fund to divest from fossil fuels

Letter to Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund trustees warns of full-blown climate catastrophe'

More than 130 MPs, including over half of the parliamentary Labour party, have signed a cross-party letter to their pension fund calling on it to divest from fossil fuel companies to ensure that our pensions are not funding climate disaster".

The letter, to be delivered on Monday to trustees of the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund (PCPF), applauds recent reductions in investments in fossil fuels, but adds: We believe you must go a step further, divesting from the fossil fuel industry in its entirety, as quickly as possible.