2026 Scottish Widows Retirement Report: Planning your future in a changing world

• Scottish Widows’ latest Retirement Report finds a third (31%) of people face pension poverty - an improvement from 39% in 2025 • Boosting auto-enrolment contributions would drive pension poverty down to just 13% • An independent Pension Commission is at present considering ways to improve the retirement outcomes of the nation Part one of the 2026 Scottish Widows Retirement Report focuses on the nation’s readiness for their financial future and brings together new evidence on how prepared the UK is in a period of economic change, rising living costs and health challenges. Drawing on our...