Active membership of occupational schemes at lowest level in half a century

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Active membership of occupational schemes has fallen to its lowest level in almost 60 years, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Its Occupational Schemes Survey 2010 found the number of active members had dropped to 8.3 million - down by a third on the high of 12.2 million in 1967 - with almost two-thirds working in the publ...

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