Lower paid heading for bleak retirement as membership levels drop

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Low-earners are heading for poverty in retirement as official statistics reveal a significant drop in occupational scheme membership levels for men and women.

Just one in seven men and a quarter of women who earn less than £300 a week are enrolled in occupational schemes, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. In its Pension Tre...

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