Single savers need £250,000 more than couples for comfortable retirement

Single pensioners face ‘uphill hike’ needing substantially more than couples in retirement

Holly Roach
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Single savers need £250,000 more than couples for comfortable retirement

Single pensioners need £257,000 more than couples to achieve a comfortable living standard in retirement, according to analysis by Standard Life. The firm revealed against the Pensions and Lifet...

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