The state pension will rise by £470 to around £11,970 a year in April under the triple lock, which the new Labour Government has committed to keeping for the whole of this parliament.

The triple lock is unsustainable and must be scrapped, a pensions expert is warning. Kevin Hollister, a pensions actuary and founder of Guiide, says the triple lock "makes no economic sense" - and ...

Despite the obvious benefits of the triple lock for pensioners, the sting in the tail is that recipients are increasingly being pushed into higher tax brackets. As you can see in the graph below ...

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Both Labour and Conservative politicians loathe the triple lock but fear the consequences of acting on that. Call it the hate that dare not speak its name. MPs know voters won’t forgive whoever ...

The pension triple-lock should be means tested to make sure the country is “growing” Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said, sparking criticism from Labour opponents. Speaking on LBC ...

Labour has committed to the triple lock for this Parliament, which it says will boost payments by up to £1,900 a year. By Nicholas Dawson, Finance Reporter based in London, covering personal ...

Kemi Badenoch has said the Tories will consider means-testing the triple-lock, in what would be a major policy shift for the party. The Conservative leader said that while in government the party ...