Report: Will pensioners be poorer as a result of Burnham scrapping the triple lock

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The original triple lock was designed to lift pensioners out of poverty, but OBR states it contributes to the unsustainability of public finances The prime minister has announced that the pensions triple lock is expected to be scrapped in its current form, to partly fund a “national care service”.

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