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

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'Stop digging, Kemi': Tory anger as Badenoch sparks state pension triple lock row

Kemi Badenoch was facing fresh Conservative questions of her leadership after she suggested she could change access to the state pension and scrap the “triple lock” that protects its value.The Tory leader came under fire after suggesting she would look at means-testing pensions when asked about the future of the triple lock, which ensures the state pension rises in line with inflation, earnings, or 2.5 per cent, whichever is highest.Badenoch has…

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Badenoch wages war on the only demographic her party can rely on

Kemi Badenoch appears to have targetted the one demographic the Conservatives can rely upon with triple-lock comments.

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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.

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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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Badenoch mocked for ‘bonkers’ idea of means-testing the state pension triple-lock

The new Pensions Minister Torsten Bell has called Kemi Badenoch’s idea to means-test the state pension triple lock “plain bonkers”.  During a phone-in on LBC, Kemi Badenoch was asked whether the Tories would consider means-testing the state pension triple lock, which ensures the state pension rise each April either matches inflation, average earnings, or 2.5%. The caller said: “There are some people that get the [state pension] or get the triple…

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Kemi Embroiled in Triple Lock Row Over Means Testing

Kemi Badenoch managed to touch the third rail of British politics last night while on the phones with LBC. The line that sparked the comms chaos was: “The