Rise in self-employment threatens to undermine AE - think tank

The number of self-employment has grown by 650,000 since 2008 to 4.5m, with one in seven UK workers now self-employed, according to a report by the Resolution Foundation. But the report - Just the job - or a working compromise? The changing nature of self-employment in the UK - found just 31% of the self-employed contribute to a pension, compared to 52% of employees. It raised concern over the decision to exclude the self-employed from auto-enrolment (AE) obligations.  "The roll out of AE for employees looks set to widen the gap in pensions savings between the self-employed and emp...