Pensions crisis looming for the self-employed
Published
15th Jan 2019
by Charlotte Grant-West
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The government released its strategy for retirement savings for the self-employed in December. It includes a series of trials to test out the best ways of encouraging the self-employed to save for their retirement, mostly through marketing messages promoting the importance of saving and providing links to suitable savings schemes. Hilary Hall, chief executive of the NHF/NBF, says: “ We have been calling for some form of pensions savings scheme, administered through their tax returns, which all self-employed people are opted into. They could opt out if they choose, for example if they’ve already made provision for their pension. While raising awareness of the need to save is important, concrete action is needed to make sure pensions are seen as a priority.”
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