The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has joined with a group of charity pension groups to form a new People's Pensions Coalition in a campaign calling for a radical pensions settlement in the UK.
Consumer group Which?, Help the Aged and Age Concern, have joined the TUC to champion compulsory contributions in the workplace on top of state pensions. It accuses successive governments past and present of along with employers of ‘stoking up a pensions crisis’ by retreating from their duty to provide sufficient income for retirement pointing to the current failure of the voluntary system consisting of those who do provide decent pensions being undercut by those who do not. The four organisations call for more choice regarding the how and when people retire, they stand opposed to re...
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