Retirement confidence has dipped to its lowest level in the last three years as pre-Budget speculation continues, Nucleus has said.
Results from the platform's third annual UK Retirement Confidence Index found only 26% of adults were confident they would have enough money to live comfortably for the rest of their lives, this was down from 34% last year. Nucleus said the overall Retirement Confidence Index score was 4.2 out of 10, down from 4.6 in 2024 and 6.9 in 2023, continuing a "worrying downward trend in confidence across all age and gender groups". It found the 45 to 54 and 35 to 44 age groups had the lowest confidence at 3.2 and 3.4 respectively. Advice gives confidence boost Confidence is highest among...
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