Badenoch says triple lock pension is ‘right policy’

Scrap triple lock and make elderly Britons work longer, says ex-Tory pensions chief

A former Tory pensions chief has declared it is time to axe the triple lock and make elderly Britons work for longer.Damian Green, who served as Work & Pensions Secretary from 2016 to 2017, proposed the drastic changes just days after Kemi Badenoch defended the triple lock. However, the Conservative Party looks set to debate the policy amid rumours senior Tory figures were privately in favour of changing the pension provisions. A growing number …

Kemi Badenoch makes bombshell state pension triple lock admission

The Tory leader attacked Labour over its plan to axe the pensioner guarantee

Kemi vows to keep pension triple lock - amid claims some may lose £38k

The Tory leader has ended speculation she could follow Andy Burnham in ditching the mechanism which has helped protect the value of the basic state pensions for years.

Badenoch says triple lock pension is ‘right policy’

Kemi Badenoch has defended the triple lock pension as the “right policy” ahead of the Conservatives’ party conference this weekend.  Badenoch said the triple lock, which is widely condemned as “unsustainable” across the political spectrum, ensured pensioners who had “contributed” were properly rewarded. The triple lock pension ensures that the state pension rises by whichever [...]

Badenoch: The Triple Lock Is Our Policy

Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg: The problem with the economy “is not lots of elderly people earning £10-12,000 per year on the state pension” but “the huge number of people who can work, who don’t work“, there have been “different policies at different times” but you “go with what the leader does… I am the leader…