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Is your pension fund safe? Rachel Reeves, the Shadow Chancellor, has been accused of planning to raid your pension pot to fund Labour's lavish spending promises. But is this just a conspiracy theory or a harsh reality? In this video, we dive into the truth behind the allegations and explore the potential implications for your hard-earned retirement savings. From pension reform to economic uncertainty, we examine the facts and separate the fiction from the truth. Don't let your pension be stolen - watch now to find out what's really going on!

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00:00Rachel Reeves is pressing your pensions and stocks and shares ices into the service of

00:04the UK economy. And there's not much you can do about it. In a desperate bid to generate growth

00:09and save her own reputation, Reeves is preparing to tell ordinary investors where to put their

00:14money. Instead of leaving that decision down to you, she wants to direct tens of billions

00:19of our savings into areas that suit her. Stay informed with the latest UK news.

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00:35update. The Chancellor is quietly rewriting the rules of the game, treating your hard-earned

00:40savings not as private investments but as tools of government policy. You may think that your

00:45pensions and ices belong to you. Reeves appears to disagree. She needs growth, fast. And she's

00:51coming for your money to get it. Thanks to her own blunders, the Chancellor is in a tight spot.

00:55She caved into the Labour Party's worst instincts by launching a £40 billion tax raid in last

01:02October's budget, while borrowing another £30 billion. And it's all gone wrong. Economic

01:07growth has flatlined. Investment has dried up. Confidence is low. Thanks to her, jobs tax,

01:14unemployment has climbed to a four-year high. Reeves is now desperately hunting for ways to get the UK

01:19economy to grow again. And this is where your pensions and ices come into it. She's hijacking

01:25them to fund her growth agenda and salvage her reputation. That money should be working for your

01:30future, not hers. Reports suggest Reeves is considering forcing stocks and shares ISA investors

01:35to back UK companies, whether they want to or not. She may slash the cash ISA allowance and make at least

01:41some of the £20,000 stocks and shares ISA alawande conditional on investing in British-listed

01:46equities. ISA tax relief costs the Treasury £9.4 billion a year. Reeves wants a better return on

01:54that giveaway. Second, she's now signed up 17 major pension providers via the controversial

01:59Mansion House Accord. They will funnel £25 billion into UK projects like housing and infrastructure and

02:06renewable energy, often by investing in smaller, unquoted companies. Which as far as I can gather

02:12the government might even help choose? She could go further. Former pensions minister Ross Altman is

02:18urging Reeves to link tax relief on pension contributions to investing in UK plc. Pensions

02:24tax relief costs the Treasury a staggering £70 billion a year. Altman urged Reeves to demand at least 25%

02:31of that goes into UK shares. As yet, I don't know if Reeves will listen. But Altman's idea would be

02:37consistent with the first two proposals. To be fair, there is logic here. If the government is giving

02:42tax breaks, it probably does have the right to expect something in return. Personal equity plans,

02:48or PEPs, the forerunner of today's ISAs, were largely limited to UK shares and nobody complained too much

02:54then. But it does allow Reeves to play industrial strategist with other people's money. It's a dangerous

03:00precedent that could ultimately leave savers worse off. Reeves is also blurring the line between private

03:05investment and public subsidy. Your pension or stocks and shares ISA isn't the Chancellor's

03:11war chest. It exists to fund your retirement, not to rescue the British stock market or her career.

03:17If your money can do better invested in US shares, and lately it has done better, a lot,

03:22then that's where it should be. British investors diversify globally for one reason, to get superior

03:27returns. Forcing them back into British assets risks leaving them poorer. Worse, politically motivated

03:33investing often leads to disaster. From green infrastructure to, social impact, projects,

03:39high-minded schemes have delivered disappointing results lately. But these are exactly the kind

03:44of ventures Labour is likely to champion. One lone voice has raised the alarm. Scottish widows refused

03:50to sign the Mansion House Accord, warning that investment decisions should be based on returns,

03:55not geography. It's right. This may be Reeves' only big idea for growth. But if it goes wrong,

04:01it won't be her pension that pays the price. Thanks for tuning in. If you found this video

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