Half of workers fear retirement shortfall prompting calls for 'career MOT'

James Phillips
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Nearly eight million people fear they will not have enough money to retire when they reach state pension age (SPA), Age UK research has revealed.

Half of workers aged 40 to 64 years said they did not expect to have saved enough, leading to just over a third (35%) reporting they do not expect to cut have done their working hours at all by the...

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