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The government should encourage people to save more into pensions after life stages such as when children leave home and after mortgages and student loans are paid off, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) says.

Millions of workers are set to face “life changing retirement shortfalls” as lower growth forecasts could wipe a third off pot values, according to Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).

Uber has confirmed it will automatically enrol eligible drivers into a qualifying pension scheme following its Supreme Court defeat last month.

It is “perverse” that not all defined contribution (DC) members are offered investment in illiquid asset classes, according to Lane Clark & Peacock head of DC Laura Myers.

The government will press ahead with plans to use the “largely untapped pool of capital” in defined contribution (DC) schemes to invest in venture capital and growth equity assets.

The industry has been speculating on what chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce in the Spring Budget, with expectations that freezing the lifetime allowance, the introduction of a flat rate of tax relief, and a review of auto-enrolment (AE) will be among...

Uber drivers have once again won a legal battle to access to workers’ rights including auto-enrolment (AE) pensions, the minimum wage, and paid holidays.

Auto-enrolment (AE) remained resilient during the Covid-19 pandemic and in the wake of minimum contribution increases, according to a report by Nest Insight.

Defined contribution (DC) contributions were scaled back by 11% in the second quarter of 2020 as the impact of the pandemic set in, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).