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This SPP paper highlights a critical structural mismatch in the UK economy - UK retirees currently hold an estimated £3.84 trillion in housing wealth, yet face an aggregate annual retirement income deficit exceeding £48 billion.

Fragmented advice, separate regulatory regimes, and tax barriers like stamp duty prevent people from making holistic decisions about their wealth.

This paper synthesises insights from a major industry roundtable of leading actuaries, trustees, legal advisers, investment managers, and covenant specialists, facilitated by the SPP.

The paper challenges traditional industry momentum by examining how improved funding positions, a £160 billion aggregate surplus across UK DB schemes, and new alternatives such as superfunds and capital run-on strategies have transformed the endgame landscape.

Structural deficiencies, soaring housing costs, and shifting work patterns mean millions of UK workers are heading towards an inadequate retirement unless the government enacts significant reforms.

To help solve the crisis, in this response, the SPP have outlined a series of bold interventions that policymakers should consider in order to dramatically boost pension saving and pull forgotten workers into the savings net.