Home secretary Sajid Javid has called for auto-enrolment (AE) to be scrapped as part of a "shock and awe strategy" should the UK fail to reach a Brexit deal, according to reports.
This was one of Javid's "huge shopping list of policies" proposed at a cabinet crisis summit last Thursday (13 September), The Times reported. The proposal was aimed at easing business activity in the event of a no-deal Brexit scenario. The meeting, convened by prime minister Theresa May, was held to work on contingency plans for exiting the European Union without an agreement - in which both sides hope to have agreed an outline of future relations by 18 October. Scrapping the initiative - which has brought nearly 10 million people into workplace pensions - would stop AE from reaching...
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