Blame game underway as DB membership falls 24pc

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Defined benefit scheme membership has fallen from 46pc of the workforce to 35pc in just eight years, latest figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal.

Its Pension Trends report also found that membership of private pension schemes fell from 40pc of the 35.4 million working age population to 39pc between 2003-04 and 2004-05. Conservative work a...

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