Single retirees who want to achieve a minimum living standard, which includes enough for the basics and one week s holiday in the UK a year but no car, may need more than they think.
Research has found that the state pension alone will not be enough to cover even the modest of lifestyles in your golden years so Brits may need to look at other pension schemes if they want to give up work entirely
A 67-year-old pensioner told The Mirror how he was “scared” about the future and had been forced to take a job as a taxi driver after he was surviving on just £6 a month