AMs pension fund invests in fracking, tobacco and Burberry

ITV Wales can reveal Assembly Members' pensions are benefiting from investments in tobacco and gambling companies, along with a firm involved in so-called fracking for shale gas.

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Rhondda AM calls for clarity over pension fund

Rhondda AM Leighton Andrews has called for clarity as it is revealed an Assembly Members' pension scheme is investing around £90,000 in Burberry.

The company made staff redundant from its factory in Treorchy back in 2007 and saw a strong campaign from a number of AMs to keep the work in Wales.

Mr Andrews, who led the political campaign against the closure of the factory, said: "I have discussed this with the GMB Union, which represented the bulk of the Burberry workers, and I have written to the Pension Fund Trustees asking for clarification.

"My constituents who worked at the factory will rightly want answers."

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