Govt urged to act on pension saving as self-employed at record high

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), published today, showed the number of self-employed workers has reached a record high of 4.93 million - up 90,000 between January and March 2019.  Aegon pensions director Steven Cameron (pictured) urged the government to pay attention to the increasing numbers of workers becoming self-employed, pointing out those working for themselves do not benefit from automatic-enrolment, and risk lagging behind when it comes to their retirement savings. "The government needs to focus urgently on this large proportion of the UK workforce to make ...