{"id":594481,"date":"2026-05-20T14:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/594481\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:52:11","slug":"lgps-advisory-board-criticises-uk-government-response-on-conflict-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/594481\/","title":{"rendered":"LGPS advisory board criticises UK government response on conflict zones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"413\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-672219580-716x413.jpg\"   alt=\"Illustrative image\" title=\"union jack flag and iconic Big Ben at the palace of Westminster, London - the UK prepares for new elections\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The chair of the advisory board to the UK\u2019s Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) has <a href=\"https:\/\/lgpsboard.org\/board-chair-statement-on-investment-in-conflict-zones-response-letter-from-minister\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">expressed disappointment<\/a> at the government\u2019s response to a request for guidance on conflict-related investments.<\/p>\n<p>Roger Phillips wrote to local government minister Alison McGovern in October after the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.responsible-investor.com\/lgps-advisory-board-calls-for-government-intervention-on-israel-investment-question\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">issued a legal notice issued<\/a> to every council in England and Wales administering a local government scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The chair of the advisory board to the UK\u2019s Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) has expressed disappointment at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2980,72703,59,57,58,203263,937,50,12064,306,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-594481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-companies","tag-exclusions-divestments","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-human-labour-rights","tag-human-rights","tag-news","tag-pension-funds","tag-regulation","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594481","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=594481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}