UK Government Issues Improved Guidance on Investment of Council Pension Funds
The UK Government has issued new guidance on the investment of Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds. The drafting of the guidance has been greatly improved from a draft circulated confidentially last December, which had been criticised by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) as ambiguous and self-contradictory. Government guidance on
Government Reaffirms Existing Restrictions on Divestment by LGPS
The UK Government has reaffirmed that its position on divestment by Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS) and fiduciary duties remains unchanged from the existing guidance adopted in 2016 and amended in 2017. This follows concerns raised by Baroness Altmann in the House of Lords about draft investment guidance circulated to
Lord Sumption meets his match in Natasha Hausdorff
Lord Sumption met his match at a House of Commons Committee Hearing when Natasha Hausdorff, UKLFI Charitable Trust’s Legal Director, opposed his view that the UK should stop arms exports to Israel. The House of Commons Business and Trade Select Committee held a hearing on the licensing of arms exports
Police fail to stop “From the River to the Sea” lightshow on Big Ben despite illegality
Projecting a slogan onto Big Ben is an offence under planning legislation, and the police can prosecute offenders, according to UKLFI Charitable Trust (“UKLFI CT”). image: Bella Wallersteiner UKLFI CT has written to Penny Mordaunt MP, Leader of the House of Commons, and advised her: “While it would certainly be
MP claims Hamas operatives living in London are a security risk
On 26 October 2023, Christian Wakeford , the Labour MP for Bury South raised a Point of Order in the UK Parliament as follows:[1] “A few days ago, The Sunday Times reported on its front page that a “Hamas fugitive” who “‘ran the group’s terrorist operations in the West Bank’” lives here
BDS Bill Excluded from Irish Coalition Government Programme
The BDS movement has suffered a major defeat in Ireland. The coalition programme agreed between Irish political parties intending to form the next government does not include the “Occupied Territories Bill” introduced in the previous Parliament. This is a major defeat for the antisemitic BDS movement, which put large resources behind
BDS Bill Falls as Irish Parliament is Dissolved
The BDS Bill introduced into the Irish Parliament in January 2018 has now lapsed following the dissolution of the Irish Parliament on 14 January 2020. A general election of members of the Dail (lower House) will be held on 8 February 2020, to be followed by elections and appointments to
“Pay for Slay” Audit Reports Released
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has now released to UK Lawyers to Israel (UKLFI) audit reports relating to funds used by the Palestinian Authority (PA) in its “pay for slay” policy and terms of reference under which they were prepared. The documents are available HERE: F2018-247 Disclosures 1-4
Pay for Slay account audits to be released as DFID abandons part of appeal
The Department for International Development (DFID) will release documents to UK Lawyers to Israel, (UKLFI) having abandoned part of its appeal of the Information Commissioner ’s decision. The Commissioner ordered DFID to release to UKLFI audits of accounts into which British grant aid was transferred and then used to pay
DFID appeals Information Commissioner’s decision on Palestinian Authority audits
The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) has appealed the decision of Information Commissioner, who ordered it to disclose to UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) audits of the funds provided by the UK and other countries and transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA) via the World Bank. DFID was ordered
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