Labor Cours end investments in defense companies for more 'ethical' alternatives in a desperate bid to reclaim pro-Palestinian voters.
Labor and liberal -democratic councilors in Dudley, in West -Midlands, were the last to vote to dispose of their pension funds from British defense companies.
They argued that it 'contributes to peace' and avoiding that the authority is directly or indirectly involved in weapon production '.
They followed Camden, Islington, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest, who allegedly all had to deal with pressure from activists who object to the delivery of weapons to Israel. The Manchester city council voted last year to put her pension provider under pressure to leave arms manufacturers.
The policy is considered a subtle tactic of local party officials who want to win Muslim and Pro-Palestinian voices prior to the local elections.
But it seems to be at odds with national policy, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves who revise ethical investment rules to unlock billions of financing for the defense industry. Defense secretary John Healey said in January that those boycots were 'well-meaning' but 'fundamentally inadequate', and that 'we stop supporting wars by supporting our defense industry'.
Kevin Hollinrake, the secretary of the conservative shadow of the local government, said: 'Works councils throughout the country that bend for Boycotts are the tensions of the community in the neighborhood and empowerment that our country want to hold.
Labors Councils terminate investments in defense companies for more 'ethical' alternatives in a desperate bid to recover pro-Palestinian voters
Last July Labor lost a considerable number of votes in areas with a large part of Muslim voters because of the refusal of the party to support a ceasefiring -the fire in Gaza until February
“It's bad for the British economy and bad for our defense industrial basis, just when it has to be fired.”
Former Navy -Admiral Lord West accused the councils of 'not thinking' and 'making our nation less safe'.
A councilor who supported a rejection voice told De Telegraaf that they were dealing with pressure from 'local pro-Palestinian groups, especially the members with large groups of Muslims in their departments'.
Last July Labor lost a considerable number of votes in areas with a large part of Muslim voters because of the refusal of the party to support a ceasefire in Gaza until February -five months after the Israeli invasion.
It lost five seats to pro-Palestinian independent candidates, including the shock victory of Shockat Adam against Frontbencher Jonathan Ashworth in Leicester South.
Last night, Party Insiders warned the leadership that such boycots would continue if the party would refuse to change its line at the conflict of Israel-Gaza and foreign aid.
One source told the mail: 'Again, the Labor leadership completely from contact with their own councils and voters throughout the country.
“It is of the opinion that we have slaughtered the Palestinians in the past year and a half with the use of British weapons, and the Labor party's answer is to pump more money into weapons and to lower the budget for foreign help.”
