DWP reports support for auto-enrolment

More than half of all employers (56%) and 64% of eligible employees support Government plans for automatic enrolment into a workplace pension scheme from 2012, new research from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has suggested.

The Government is bringing the scheme in to encourage more people to save. Seven million people are currently not saving enough to deliver the pension income they are likely to want, or expect, in retirement, and 2.5 million fewer employees are saving in a pri... (484 more words)

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