One in ten unaware of their retirement income levels

A quarter of workers not confident about planning for retirement

Martin Richmond
clock • 2 min read

One tenth of the UK's workforce does not know if they will be able to have a comfortable level of income in retirement, research from Aviva has found. The insurer's Working Lives Report 2023: Fit for Future, which surveyed 1,001 part-time or full-time employees in the private or charity sector and 203 private sector employers, revealed approximately 2.85 million workers had no idea if they would be able to retire comfortably. The report also found nearly two fifths of employees (39%) said their pension would provide them with enough income to "just get by", while one fifth indicated the...

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