More than 15 branches of Barclays bank across England and Scotland, including one in Sheffield, have been vandalised by a campaign group called Palestine Action.
The sites had windows smashed and paint thrown as part of a protest calling on the bank to divest from arms companies that sell to Israel, as well as firms linked to fossil fuels. Palestine Action said several branches in London were targeted, along with Barclays banks in Glasgow, Exeter, Sheffield, Brighton, Northampton, Bristol, Birmingham, Solihull and Preston, Bury and Stockport, as well as an office in Edinburgh.
The vandalism was a joint action with a newly-formed climate change group called Shut The System. They accused Barclays of having financial interests in selling weapons to Israel and in funding fossil fuel companies. A spokesperson for Barclays said: “We provide vital financial services to US, UK and European public companies that supply defence products to Nato and its allies. “Barclays does not directly invest in these companies.
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