The Labour leader of Brighton and Hove City Council has urged pension fund bosses to say whether any of their investments are linked to “atrocities taking place in Palestine”. Bella Sankey has written to Conservative councillor Gerard Fox who chairs the East Sussex Pension Fund Committee to demand clarity on the fund’s investments. “Given that, it is vitally important that the East Sussex Pension Fund clarifies whether it has any investments implicated in this disaster. “Brighton and Hove City Council’s pension investments are managed as part of the East Sussex Pension Fund. That responsibility lies with the East Sussex Pensions Committee.”The letter said: “In July 2022, the East Sussex Pension Fund released a statement in relation to the funds position on Israel and the Occupied Territories (East Sussex Pension Fund Statement on Israel and the Occupied Territories).