[The Guardian] Young people in the UK: can you afford to put money into a pension scheme?

Young people in the UK: can you afford to put money into a pension scheme?

We’d like to hear from people in the UK, under the age of 30, about whether they’re managing to put money into a pension scheme – or cannot afford to

With 150,000 people in the UK now having student loan debts of more than £100,000, tenants spending 36.3% of their income on rent and the cost-of-living crisis still having an impact – young workers are having to make sacrifices from cutting holidays or not paying into a pension scheme.

If you’re under 30, we’d like to hear about your pension scheme arrangements. If you don’t pay into a pension scheme, we want to know why. How much do tax and student loan repayments affect your ability to pay into a pension? How about rent and the cost of living? How do you view retirement? Do you have any concerns?

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