The triple lock protects pensioners but places an 'extra burden' on working people, according to the former Work and Pensions ...

Since 1940, the state pension age has risen gradually and now stands at 66 for both men and women. It will start risiing to ...

A columnist has described the Triple Lock as an “absolute joke” and urged Irish people not to “delude ourselves” that the State is safe from attack.

Campaigners claim the Security Council veto does not stop UN mandates for peacekeeping as legislation to end the Triple Lock ...

State pension payments in the UK are set to increase next month but analysts are sounding the alarm that the Labour ...

Not all pensioners have their state pensions increased each year in line with the triple lock. We explain who misses out ...

The U-turn is a cautionary tale for critics of the triple lock in the UK. It underlines the political difficulty of watering down the income of pensioners who tend to vote in greater numbers than ...

Labour’s new pensions minister has ruled out scrapping the triple lock – despite previously calling for an overhaul of the ...

The Government is preparing legislation that would change the Triple Lock and make it easier to deploy Irish troops abroad.

Hundreds of academic staff and other university workers have signed a letter expressing alarm at Cabinet's decision to scrap the Triple Lock.

Like the UK, the island protects state pensions with the triple lock, which automatically increases the state pension each year by the maximum of three measures: price inflation, average earnings ...