Gap widens between public and private sector pensions

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Bleak figures reveal the gulf between public and private sector pensions continues to grow with 83% of government workers enrolled compared with just 33% of private sector employees.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics also showed just under half of all employees (48%) belonged to a workplace pension scheme - the lowest figure since 1997. Nearly half (49%) of emp...

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