Married couples or those with children are more likely to have planned for retirement than single people, law firm Irwin Mitchell has claimed.

New research from the law firm and YouGov found 40 percent of adults aged 40 and over who have never been married had not planned for retirement, while just 23 percent of married people over 40 had not.

Married couples aged 40+ were far more likely to know what income they needed for retirement and how to achieve it, with ...