Is auto-enrolment for everyone a good idea?

Laura Suter looks at whether the expansion of AE is a good idea

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Is auto-enrolment for everyone a good idea?

The government is currently looking at proposals to expand auto-enrolment (AE) so that everyone is eligible, from 18-year-olds in part-time work to people working multiple jobs that are each below the current £10,000 threshold.

In principle the plans make sense. They are threefold. First, to reduce the age you're entitled to auto-enrol from 22 down to 18; second, to reduce the current £10,000 earnings trigger for AE eligi...

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