Self-employed should be 'key focus' in AE review - Royal London

Webb (pictured) pointed to the revelation four and a half million self-employed people in Britain - 15% of the workforce - account for just 2% of the total tax relief in personal pension contributions. "These figures are a stark reminder of the disastrously low levels of pension saving among the self-employed," the former pensions minister said. "While some self-employed people have a business or other assets they can sell to fund their retirement, many self-employed people are in low-paid, insecure employment and have nothing else to fall back on." He added: "Sorting out the pensio...