Cold feet on pension reforms risks freezing people out

Pete Glancy says lack of reform is preventing people from having a comfortable retirement

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Scottish Widows head of policy Pete Glancy
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Scottish Widows head of policy Pete Glancy

The UK is sliding towards a serious savings crisis, with many people feeling unable to put away enough money for a comfortable retirement.

Bolstering the existing model of auto-enrolment (AE), which has done so much to boost retirement saving in the last decade, would be a crucial step in the right direction at a deeply troubling time...

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