Pensions 'perfect storm' hits with saving at all-time low

Jenna Towler
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The number of people saving adequately for retirement has hit an all-time low, while aspirations for pension income have risen, a Scottish Widows report has found.

The life company's ninth annual Pension Report said a 'triple-whammy' of economic uncertainty is making it difficult to save for the long term and highlighted many more pensioners are retiring in d...

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