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Another busy month saw UNISON celebrating victories – and launching new campaigns

Petition was launched as part of the campaign against attempt to control what pension funds are invested in

Court overturns LGPS regulations banning investment decisions which aren’t in line with government foreign and defence policy

Government proposals to force the 89 local government pension funds to invest in infrastructure projects have prompted over 100,000 people to sign a petition calling for a debate in Parliament, says UNISON today (Friday). The proposals are part of the government’s attempt to create six new multi-billion pound British wealth funds. UNISON is concerned that […]

Sign the UNISON petition urging Parliament to debate plans giving ministers a right to tell pension funds where to invest money

Date

1 December 2020 10:30am–4:30pm

Location

Online

This one-day online seminar format is aimed at UNISON activists in employers covered by the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). This includes members working in LGPS employers in Local Government, the Environment Agency, Higher Education, Community, and Police and Justice. This one-day online seminar format is aimed at UNISON activists in employers covered by the […]

A survey of the Local Government Pension Scheme, taken in mid-May, shows how local authorities are adapting to COVID-19

UNISON responds to the government consultation on proposals that would allow higher and further education employers in England to opt out of providing LGPS membership for new staff members

UNISON research shows that LGPS disinvestment from fossil fuels is still slow

The government has failed to listen to more than 70,000 signatories to a UNISON-backed parliamentary petition calling for it to be written into UK law that it is up to council pension funds to decide where they invest their cash, says UNISON today (Wednesday). The petition on the parliamentary website urges the government to amend […]

Local government pension funds must be able to decide where to invest their money in the best interests of present and future pensioners, and should not have their investment decisions dictated by the government, says UNISON today (Thursday). Ministers have drawn up plans to enable the 89 funds that make up the local government pension […]

UNISON launches new guide on pension fund engagement and divestment from companies involved in the occupation of Palestine

August, usually a time of lazy days and holidays, the silly season and not much happening… but these are strange times and at UNISON, we’re always busy

MPs will debate the future of the local government pension scheme (LGPS) in Westminster Hall today (Monday) in response to concerns that the government plans to interfere in investment decisions. More than 100,000 people have signed a petition, backed by UNISON, saying it should be up to the funds to decide where they invest in […]

General secretary expresses disappointment that the union was not told of a proposed one-off, unconsolidated payment and calls for a pay meeting