Students largely support AE age reduction proposals

Now Pensions research finds majority support proposals to reduce AE age to 18

Jasmine Urquhart
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Students largely support AE age reduction proposals

The majority (86%) of students support government proposals to reduce the age of auto-enrolment (AE) to from 22 to 18.

The research from Now Pensions, in association with charity Debate Mate, surveyed more than 1,000 young adults aged between 11 and 27 and found 89% of young adults wanted pensions to be made a bigg...

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