Webb: Three in four excluded by AE threshold hike will be women

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Pensions minister Steve Webb has confirmed that women will be hit hardest when the auto-enrolment threshold is raised.

Figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions confirmed that three-quarters (76%) of workers excluded from auto-enrolment when the threshold is lifted from £8,105 to £9,440 in 2013-14 wo...

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