LGPS funds face legal challenge over links to Israeli human rights abuses

The £390bn Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) has been accused of breaching its legal obligations by continuing to invest in companies deemed complicit in Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).

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The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has issued a legal notice to every administering authority of an LGPS fund, outlining their duty to divest from

LGPS funds face legal challenge over links to Israeli human rights abuses

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