Inheritance 'to fuel pension provision' for the over-40s

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Inheritance is expected to bolster the pension income of people born in the 60s and 70s as they face lower private pension wealth than their predecessors, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) says.

In a report published today, the IFS claimed inherited wealth was the most promising factor for driving up retirement incomes as people in their 40s and 50s are no wealthier than those a decade old...

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