The triple lock is “unsustainable” and cannot last forever, Mel Stride has said. The shadow chancellor refused to commit the Conservatives to the policy in the future, insisting the party ...

Pensioners would be protected from paying income tax on the state pension under the Conservatives’ “Triple Lock Plus” policy. This would bring the personal allowance – the level at which ...

Retire the triple lock. The triple lock was always meant to increase the real terms level of basic retirement income; it was not intended to be a permanent solution, pointed out Jamie Jenkins, ...

The triple lock protects pensioners but places an 'extra burden' on working people, according to the former Work and Pensions Secretary. By Jonathan Walker , Whitehall Editor 16:33, Wed, Mar 19 ...

William Hague called for the triple lock to be ditched within five years to ease the pressure on public finances. The peer, who is a close confidant of Rishi Sunak, said the guarantee is ...

In 2011, the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government implemented Triple Lock, and 14 years later the mechanism is still standing strong. However, some experts predict its time is nearly ...

The triple lock was introduced by David Cameron's 2010 coalition government and has proved a reliable way of wooing the grey vote for every administration since. But it has also become steadily ...

So coined the "triple lock plus", if elected the Tory party will increase a pensioner's personal allowance in line with either average earnings, inflation or by 2.5% - whichever is higher - from ...

Millions of state pensioners are in line to receive a pay rise of over £460 next year, thanks to the “triple lock” policy. Although the final figure will be confirmed by Work and Pensions ...

Mel Stride says triple lock is ‘unsustainable’ and cannot last forever Shadow chancellor says it is ‘mathematical reality’ that state pension will become too expensive in ‘long term’ ...