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The DWP has issued its review of the Automatic Enrolment Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band for 2025/26, retaining all three thresholds at their 2024/25 level.
DWP holds auto-enrolment thresholds with £90 billion of pension contributions expected in 2025/26

 Under the proposed thresholds, the overall level of pension contributions is estimated to be £89.8 billion in 2025/2026.

 Damon Hopkins, Head of DC Workplace Savings at Broadstone, said: “Given the delay to the second part of the Government’s Pension Review that was set to be on pension adequacy, it is of no surprise whatsoever to see the auto-enrolment thresholds maintained for 2025/26.
 
 “The update is a reminder of some of the successes of auto-enrolment with the DWP estimating that the overall level of pension contribution will be nearly £90 billion in 2025/2026 under these thresholds.
 
 “Ultimately, however, we know that most workers are not currently saving nearly enough for later-life and urgent change is needed to ensure people can achieve a comfortable retirement. The pension sector is seeing rapid innovation in a number of different areas but we would like to see a greater focus on more tangible initiatives and policy which can materially improve retirement incomes of future retirees.”

 DWP Review of AE Thresholds
  

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