I wouldnt pee on a pension if it was on fire, my dad in law has been screwed over with his the other year, promised so much by the 'advisor' who obviously got his share of the hundreds of pounds a month he put into it over decades and he is getting back a fraction, and i mean a fraction of it every month.
I don't know anyone who has a good thing to say about private pensions, oh hang on, apart from the 'good' folk who sold them 😉 a bit like the 'good' folk who sold endowment mortgages and interest only mortgages, great buys, Who just so happen to usually be one and the same 'good 'folk 😉