Scheme membership slumped 1.5m under Labour

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Private pension scheme membership has slumped by almost one and a half million since 1997, the Office for National Statistics says.

Analysis from the ONS ‘Pension Trends' revealed just 50% of UK employees were members of an employer-sponsored scheme in 2009 - 5% less than when Labour began their 13 year stint in government. ...

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