Is auto-enrolment the answer for everybody?

Labour plans to enrol lower earners are unlikely to leave members or the industry better off, Helen Morrissey says

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So shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves has unveiled plans to bring an extra 1.5 million people into auto-enrolment (AE).

Under the plans the income threshold for eligibility will be reduced from £10,000 a year to £5,772. Such a move would particularly affect women with an extra one million becoming eligible for auto-...

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