Five must-haves for the 2017 auto-enrolment review

Hargreaves Lansdown cautions against early contribution rises

Victoria McKeever
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Ahead of the Department for Work and Pensions's (DWP) review of auto-enrolment, Hargreaves Lansdown sets out five recommendations to improve consumer engagement with the government initiative.

The government will launch the first review of its auto-enrolment initiative next year.  So far, auto-enrolment has been deemed a big success, with millions of workers now contributing to a pension through their employer. However, it is expected the review will look to iron out some wrinkles encountered along the way, such as minimum contribution rates, the inclusion of the self-employed and low earners, as well as the trigger threshold for auto-enrolment.  Here Hargreaves Lansdown sets out its five must-haves for the review in order to encourage greater interest among people in ma...

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