Burnham backs plan to pump £1bn pension funds into start-ups

Andy Burnham’s government is set to spearhead a new £1bn fund that will channel cash from some of the country’s biggest pension schemes into start-ups.  Pension funds including Nest, the workplace scheme set up by the government, Railpen, Border to Coast and the Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI) are set to back the new government-led…