More than half not saving into a pension blame low income

Victoria Tichá
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Lack of adequate income is increasingly to blame for why people do not choose to save towards retirement, according to research by Equiniti.

In its analysis of the Wealth and Assets Survey, a longitudinal study conducted by Office for National Statistics (ONS), Equiniti found that 55% of people surveyed between July 2016 to December 201...

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