Spring Budget 24: Industry disheartened by lack of AE reform announcements

Aegon and Standard Life say lack of progress on AE is a ‘missed opportunity’

Martin Richmond
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Spring Budget 24: Industry disheartened by lack of AE reform announcements

The pensions industry has expressed its disappointment at the lack of announcements regarding the expansion of auto-enrolment (AE) in chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget.

In his Spring Budget statement to the House of Commons earlier today (6 March), the chancellor confirmed the government's intention to compel defined contribution (DC) schemes and Local Government ...

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