\n In a letter to Pensions Minister Torsten Bell, Poole MP Neil Duncan-Jordan described pensions as \u201cthe accumulated wealth of more than thirty million workers and retirees\u201d and said they should \u201cimprove the lives of those whose payslips create it.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: \u201cMost people would be horrified to learn their pension fund was investing in companies complicit in human rights abuses. Workers and retirees oppose this sort of thing – and they shouldn\u2019t be funding it.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The MP has outlined a series of proposals under his Progressive Pensions campaign, including giving workers a stronger voice on pension scheme boards and ensuring investments align with environmental and ethical standards.\n<\/p>\n
\n He is also calling for divestment from fossil fuels and from companies linked to breaches of international law.\n<\/p>\n
\n Another key part of the campaign is securing fair compensation for \u201cnon-indexed\u201d pre-1997 pensioners whose incomes have not risen with the cost of living.\n<\/p>\n
\n Duncan-Jordan said his proposals are \u201ckey first steps\u201d towards a fairer system that delivers dignity in retirement and ensures \u201cnobody is left behind.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a letter to Pensions Minister Torsten Bell, Poole MP Neil Duncan-Jordan described pensions as \u201cthe accumulated wealth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[84,4176,4174,4175,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-228631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-finance","10":"tag-personal-finance","11":"tag-personalfinance","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}