Covid-19 hits older workers' retirement saving plans

Pandemic hits pension pots

Jonathan Stapleton
clock • 4 min read

Some 1.7 million workers in their 50s are saving less for retirement due to the pandemic, latest research from Legal & General (L&G) reveals.

The retirement provider has tracked the effects of the pandemic on retirement for the last year and found that in August 2020 hardly any (2%) pre-retirees were actively planning to save less for their retirement. According to its latest findings however, almost one in eight (12%) are saving less a year on from the first national lockdown. They also show that workers over the age of 50 have decreased their pension savings by £142 a month on average in response to the pressure the pandemic has placed on their finances. For many people in the UK who contribute into their employers' defin...

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