Three-in-four employees expect to work beyond 65 - Canada Life

Adam Saville
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Rising cost of living and poor savings putting extra pressure on households

Around three quarters of UK employees - the equivalent of 23 million people - plan to work after they reach state pension age (65) and nearly half (47%) will be older than 70 before they retire - up from 37% in 2017 - a survey from Canada Life has suggested. According to a survey of 1,007 UK people in full and part-time employment (April 2018), the proportion of UK employees expecting to work beyond 65 has remained at around three-quarters for the second year running, however this figure is significantly higher than in 2016 (67%) and 2015 (61%). Almost a fifth (17%) of respondents, me...

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