Over half of Brits don't have enough emergency savings

In a survey of 10,030 adults carried out by Focaldata, 52% of those who are of working age do not have enough savings to cover 3-6 months of essential spending. Hargreaves Lansdown has calculated this as having £2,999 in savings for the average single person, or £5,5567 for a couple. This is the minimum for three months, with these sums roughly doubling for a six month period of no income. "More than half of us are vulnerable to nasty surprises, because we don't have enough emergency savings to protect ourselves," said Hargreaves Lansdown personal finance analyst Sarah Coles. "Even...