ONS: active scheme membership on the decline

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The number of active members in occupational pension schemes has fallen 400,000 year-on-year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

In its Occupational Pensions Schemes Survey 2012, the ONS revealed active membership last year totalled 7.8m, compared to 8.2m in 2011 and 12.2m at the peak in 1967. The survey excludes group pe...

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