Raising NEST limit to £7,475 will exclude additional million workers

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Pensions minister Steve Webb has admitted more than one million additional people would be excluded from automatic enrolment by raising the qualifying level of earnings to £7,475.

His comments came after questioning from shadow pensions minister Rachel Reeves on Monday. The DWP published the results of its Making Automatic Enrolment Review this morning - a review has incr...

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