Reforming the “triple lock” system to remove the veto the United Nations Security Council in effect has over the deployment ...

For a policy so routinely criticised, the state pension ‘triple lock’ has an uncanny knack for political survival. For the untutored, or for those living For a policy so routinely criticised, the ...

Raising the access age for the benefit is one method the Government could use to control the ever-growing state pension bill.

The triple lock has delivered considerable increases to the state pension in recent years, with a 4.1 percent boost this past April, after an 8.5 percent pay boost in April 2024. Pensioners received a ...

The triple lock has resulted in unpredictable and sometimes overly generous increases to the state pension A research institute has called to scrap the triple lock and replace it with a system that ...

A former DWP employee is warning how this year's Triple Lock uprate will affect some pensioners differently through a 'two-tier system'. Under the Triple Lock guarantee, both the New and Basic State ...

Average earnings data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for May to July 2023 showed earnings growth of 8.5 per cent, a figure that will be used to set the state pension increase ...

During a Work and Pensions Committee session, pension experts put forward potential changes to the triple lock arrangement. Proposals put on the table included introducing means-testing for state ...