Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservatives will consider means-testing the pensions triple lock. The Tory leader said her party would "look at means-testing" the system which guarantees that the state pension rises in line with average earnings, inflation or 2.5% - whichever is highest.

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Kemi Badenoch triple lock comments trigger pensions row

The Tory leader said her party wanted to look at greater means-testing of government support.

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The Conservative Party leader has been called on to ‘urgently clarify’ what she meant in an LBC interview

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Kemi Badenoch in row over triple-lock pensions interview question

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch was accused of plotting to leave pensioners worse off by means testing the triple lock - which governs how much the state pension rises each year

Daily Mirror

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Kemi Badenoch says Tories looking at 'means testing' state pension triple lock

Following the shadow chancellor stating that the triple lock is "unsustainable", the Conservative leader reveals they are looking at a new approach.

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Kemi Badenoch looks at 'means testing triple lock' in huge blow to pensioners

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said the triple lock pension guarantee could become income-based - just weeks after attacking Labour for means testing the Winter Fuel Payment

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Manchester

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Pension triple lock threat as Tories float scrapping guaranteed income boost

The Conservative leader said that while in government the party had supported the system but that ‘we need to make sure we are growing’.

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Tories will consider means-testing triple-lock, Badenoch says

The Conservative leader says her party needs to "give something to the next generation" and that the UK does not know how to means test properly.

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Tories will consider means-testing pensions triple lock, Kemi Badenoch says

The Triple Lock determines the annual uprating for the New and Basic State Pensions.

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Conservatives announce State Pension could be means-tested under the Triple Lock

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said the state pension triple lock, which guarantees the state pension increases by the highest of average earnings, inflation, or 2.5%, could be up for political debate as the UK economy struggles to meet growth targets

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At the tail end of the formation, PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB agreed last year, according to sources in The Hague, that they would keep quiet about this sensitive subject for the first half of the year. Now that the deadline has passed, the four are bracing themselves.

In het staartje van de formatie hebben PVV, VVD, NSC en BBB volgens Haagse bronnen vorig jaar afgesproken dat zij zich het eerste half jaar koest zouden houden over dit gevoelige onderwerp. Nu die deadline is verstreken, zet het viertal zich schrap.

Harde botsing in coalitie op handen over pensioenen: brandbommetje van NSC onder nieuwe stelsel dreigt

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Hard clash in coalition imminent over pensions: NSC firebomb threatens new system

Tories will consider means-testing pensions triple lock, Kemi Badenoch says

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