Government delays to pension reform 'could cost low earners £12,000'

Kim Kaveh
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A six-year delay in overhauling a pensions rule that penalises the low paid could cut a saver's pension by as much as £12,000, according to the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

Its analysis published today (5 February) was based on whether the government were to delay abolishing the lower earnings limit in 2028 rather than 2022. This would be the earliest and latest dates...

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