Field: AE review is missed opportunity for rate hikes

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The government has blundered by failing to include rate hikes past 8% in its forthcoming review of automatic enrolment (AE), Frank Field has said.

The Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) chairman made the comments as the terms of the review were announced on 8 February, alongside its three external advisory board chairpersons Ruston Smith, Jami...

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