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Lee Boyce

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This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

And there's three retirements labelled here, which I'll get into shortly.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

But what a really basic level is showing is that if you want a moderate lifestyle, it will cost £32,700 a year for one person and £45,400 for two people.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

You'll need that every year.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

But it's estimated that just 23% of the working population would reach such a level.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

For a comfortable lifestyle, which is the one above that, £45,400 for a single person, £62,700 for a couple, only 9% of people are on track essentially to do that.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

Now, what these figures do do, they do also factor in state pension into this.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

So they're working on the basis that you're going to get full state pension.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

Because I wonder that in 20 years time, those figures are going to look very different as to the number of people who've bought a house as a number of people who are renting in retirement.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

And it's really worth pointing out this is just meant as a very, very, very kind of loose guide.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

It's just, I think, to sharpen focus onto your private pension saving and trying to sort of say, look, this is what you need to maintain a lifestyle that you may have come accustomed to.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

You don't want to get quite later into your working life and find that actually you're going to be well short.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

So those three categories, Georgie, they start with minimum.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

For a couple, £22,500 is what's needed.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

Single person, £13,900.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

Most working people were on track for that retirement, thanks largely to state pension, which, of course, we, again, won't know what will look like in decades to come time.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

But that includes £200 a year to maintain property.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

It's roughly £57 a week on shopping, £111 for a couple.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

It's just no car, but using public transport instead.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

Week-long UK holiday every year.

This is Money Podcast
The big inheritance shake-up for unmarried couples - and what it means

and a budget of around about £460 a year for a single person on clothing, £882 for a couple.