The triple lock is no longer taboo | £15bn by 2040, a care service and an early election?
Andy Burnham used his Labour conference speech to put the triple lock on the table. Benedict Spence joins Damian Pudner, Director of the Great British Think Tank, to go through what actually changes, what it saves, who pays in the meantime, and why a speech this big looks like the first draft of a manifesto: a National Care Service, closer ties with Europe, electoral reform and, perhaps, an early election.
The numbers: the triple lock is unchanged for the rest of this Parliament. From April 2030 the state pension would rise each year by at least prices or 2.5%, with the annual earnings leg…
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