Laura Suter: Pension contributions under threat as cost of living crisis grows

Belt tightening

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Laura Suter highlights the long-term ramifications of young people cutting back on long-term savings during the 2022 cost of living crisis

A recent poll from the Bank of England found that nine in 10 people had seen their costs increase over the past month - and my main reaction was wondering what cave the other 10% of people were living in and how they had been protected from the price rises we're all seeing. The cost of living crisis has been splashed across the headlines. Where once inflation figures were a piece of news confined to the business section, the monthly updates are now front page news, with the ever-rising figure being pored over by journalists and the public. Understandably, lots of people are just tryin...

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