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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rupert Jones

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Huge ethnicity pension gap revealed in uk figures - You Need To See This

Sad frustrated black woman with piggy bank
The average saver from a minority ethnic background has a pension pot less than half average size. Photograph: David-Prado/Getty

A UK individual from a minority ethnic background typically has a pension pot less than half the size of that belonging to the average white British saver, data reveal.

The research from Legal & General’s investment arm claimed there was a sizeable “ethnicity pensions gap” in the UK that was being fuelled by “misconceptions” around pensions and a “significant distrust of employers”, as well as a lack of spare income.

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