Self-employed? Reasons why you should pay into a SIPP
05-10-2026 08:00 via moneyweek.com

Self-employed? Reasons why you should pay into a SIPP

Just 4% of fully self-employed people currently save into a private pension, according to figures from the Pensions Commission, the inquiry set up by the government to investigate the state of the UK population’s retirement planning.One problem is that self-employed people sit outside the auto-enrolment system, under which all employers must offer their staff access to a pension scheme and sign them up for it unless they explicitly opt out. This also means self-employed people miss out on
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