‘Labour has been completely silent about whether they will raid pension pots’ claims Tory minister

‘Labour has been completely silent about whether they will raid pension pots’ claims Tory minister
Gabrielle Wilde

By Gabrielle Wilde


Published: 02/06/2024

- 11:22

Victoria Atkins also claimed Keir Starmer had been "late to the party" in coming up with ideas to tackle illegal immigration

Health Secretary Victoria Atkins claimed that "Labour has been silent" about their plans for pensions.

Victoria Atkins told GB News: “We’ve absolutely not given up on young people. If you look at our plans, not just for the National Citizen Service, which I have to say I think is a great idea, I think that's a real range of opportunities for our younger people.

"It's about ensuring that they have the skills and qualities for later in life. But also, of course, we've given a tax break this year of 900 pounds to people of working age through the national insurance tax code.

"And what is more, we have said that we want to ensure that pensions, those workplace pensions that we've done so much to encourage people to invest in, will be maintained.

"What worries me is that Labour is absolutely silent on whether or not they're going to raid those pension pots, we have made it clear we will not but Labour has not. “And it is these incremental policies or silences from Labour that is, I think, building a very different picture from the one that perhaps they like to come on the camera and talk about.”

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