12.5 million workers under saving for retirement

DWP urged to implement changes to AE to address retirement income shortfalls

Martin Richmond
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12.5 million workers under saving for retirement

Around 12.5 million of working age savers are not saving enough for their retirement, research from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has found.

The research, Analysis of Future Pension Incomes, published on Friday (3 March), revealed while the introduction of auto-enrolment (AE) in 2012 has been transformative - increasing the number of wo...

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