8 h. ago Average worker would need to save 52 years of earnings to be wealthy

It is a marked deterioration from 2006 to 2008, when it took just 38 years of wages to be wealthy.

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47 h. ago Average UK worker would need to save 52 years of earnings to be wealthy

The average Brit would need to work for over half a century with no outgoings to move into the wealthiest bracket, according to analysts

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47 h. ago Lifetime of earnings not enough for UK workers to join wealthiest 10%, report says

Research finds it would take average worker saving all their earnings for 52 years to match wealth of richest 10th of societyIt would take the average earner in the UK 52 years’ worth of earnings to become as wealthy as the richest 10%, according to new research by the Resolution Foundation.In a new report, the influential thinktank analyses the Office for National Statistics’ latest wealth and assets survey, which covers the Covid pandemic period of 2020-22. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago Typical worker ‘would need to save over a lifetime’s earnings to become wealthy’

Who your parents are – rather than how hard you work – is increasingly shaping living standards over a lifetime, the Resolution Foundation said.

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