Kemi Badenoch: Triple Lock pension is actually very little money for many to live on

Kemi Badenoch: Triple Lock pension is actually very little money for many to live on

Kemi Badenoch defended the Conservatives’ commitment to the triple lock on state pensions, arguing the basic state pension of £12,500 a year is “very little money” to live on. “The triple lock is our policy. We brought it in in 2010 and the reason why we brought it in was because of pensioner poverty. The £12,500 state pension is actually very little money for many people to live on,” Badenoch told The i Paper in an exclusive interview in Basild…