National Trust resists pressure to ditch Barclays over environmental concerns

Attempt to cut ties with bank, which directly invests in new fossil fuel projects, fails at AGM

One of Britain's most powerful charities, the National Trust, has hit back at pressure to cut ties with Barclays Bank over environmental concerns.

The trust, which acts to conserve more than 780 miles of coastline and 500 historic properties, claims that it can wield influence within the banking sector as a whole and does not need to ditch the global bank as a supplier.