The triple lock – the mechanism by which the state pension is increased by the highest of average earnings, inflation or 2.5 per cent – has become one of the most sacred of political cows ...
New pensions minister Torsten Bell has pledged full commitment to the state pension triple lock, despite previously calling for the policy to be scrapped. The reassurance came through Baroness ...
The Triple Lock inventor has broken his silence over the system the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) could REPLACE the mechanism with. Sir Steve Webb, who was responsible for implementing the ...