APPG recommends rolling out AE to the self-employed

Some 32% of self-employed are not currently saving for their retirement

Martin Richmond
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APPG recommends rolling out AE to the self-employed

The government should automatically enrol the self-employed into a pension saving system similar to auto-enrolment (AE), according to a report published today (18 July) by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Financial Resilience.

The report, Saving, Spending, Surviving: a holistic view of people's financial resilience during the pandemic, urged the government to co-ordinate an approach for improving pension savings in under...

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