The Guardian (18.10.2016) Number of people working for themselves up by half in 15 years but their average pay down £60 a week, thinktanks say
BBC News (26.10.2016) A rising number of retirees are cashing in their pension pots but the amount they typically withdraw has fallen, figures show.
telegraph.co.uk (02.11.2016) Five million self-employed workers are set to benefit from a "pensions revolution" being planned by the Government, which could see them automatically enrolled into pensions and let them pick their own state pension age.
The Guardian (12.12.2016) The government is set to look at how to increase pensions saving for the self-employed and those with multiple jobs, as part of a review of its flagship auto-enrolment scheme.
telegraph.co.uk (05.12.2016) Britain’s businesses have won a small reprieve from crushing pensions deficits as interest rates have started rising in the bond markets, reducing the strain a little on their finances.
IPE (02.02.2017) The UK’s “just about managing” pension funds need a radical rethink of how to tackle widening pension deficits, mounting costs, and volatile markets, according to leading industry experts.
Morningstar (27.02.2017) Thanks to auto-enrolment, more people are adequately saving for retirement than before, but the scheme unfairly penalises women
Office for National Statistics (01.03.2017) How UK social protection compares to other European countries, and how it has changed over time.
BBC News (05.04.2017) More worker-owned businesses could help deal with the budget shortfall for health and social care, according to the Wales Co-operative Centre.
The Guardian (29.07.2016) Ministers to consider negative connotations of language of benefits ahead of creation of social security agency
