Burnham’s triple shock: PM gambles with Labour’s electoral prospects by axing pension triple lock in most Left-wing speech since the 1970s

Andy Burnham gambled with Labour‘s electoral prospects yesterday.

The Prime Minister vowed to scrap the pension triple lock, unpick Brexit and tear up Britain’s voting system.

In a seismic first speech to Labour’s annual conference, Mr Burnham said he wanted to ‘break the mould’ of British politics and reverse Thatcherism.

He pledged to axe the triple lock, which has protected the value of the state pension, to help pay for a National Care Service to deliver social care. 

In an emotional address, the PM fought back tears as he dedicated the policy to his father Roy, who died this month after spending his final

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