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Putting a price on retirement

July 23, 2025

Time to Read: 5 min

Have you considered how you would like to spend your retirement, and how much it might cost? It’s a tricky question to answer, but Pensions UK in conjunction with Loughborough University has created the Retirement Living Standards* framework to help you answer exactly that! When considering how much you will need, Pensions UK has categorised the cost of retirement into three possible standards of living – minimum, moderate and comfortable.

*The Pensions UK/Loughborough University Retirement Living Standards are the property of and provided by Pensions UK and Loughborough University.

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