The state pension triple lock is on death row. Prime Minister Andy Burnham confirmed the death sentence yesterday when he delivered his keynote speech – to a cacophony of sycophantic applause – at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
Goodbye triple lock in 2030, hello less friendly double lock in 2030, and hello ‘free’ social care in England… at some point in the future.
The death of the triple lock – which will be replaced by a double lock based on the higher of inflation or 2.5 per cent – will be a bitter blow for many of the country’s
13 million pensioners
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