DWP: Three-quarters of eligible workers persistently saving

James Phillips
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Around three quarters of eligible private sector employees saved into a workplace pension in at least three of the last four years, data from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has shown.

However, this fell over 2016, despite the ongoing rollout of automatic enrolment (AE), leading to a "persistency" rate of 74% down one percentage point. Nevertheless, the number of private secto...

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