ONS figures show wide gulf between public and private sector pensions

Kristian Brunt-Seymour
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A considerable gap remains between public and private sector employer and employee contribution levels according to data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

The figures revealed private sector employee contribution levels had fallen across the board between 2014 and 2015. The one exception was the zero to under 4% employee contribution rate which had r...

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