Should the state pension triple lock should be means tested? Take our poll and have your say
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After Kemi Badenoch admitted the state pension could be in the Conservatives' sights, we ask - do you think the triple lock should be means tested?. Badenoch sparked fury after admitting the Tories were looking at 'means testing' the triple lock - which governs how much the state pension rises each year. The comments came after Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride said the triple lock was 'unsustainable' last month.
The Tory leader's comments came in response to a caller on LBC - who questioned whether the money could be spent better elsewhere, saying that some pensioners don't need to be protected by the triple lock. In response, Badenoch said: "That's exactly the sort of thing that police work we are going to do is going to look at.".
After being further questioned on the comments by presenter Iain Dale, Badenoch went on to say: "We're going to look at means testing [the triple lock]. Means testing is something which we don't do properly here. "I'm someone who has always said, for example, that millionaires should not be getting the winter fuel payment. But what Rachel Reeves has done is the extreme version of that, where people who are actually on the breadline have had their winter fuel payment taken away. We don't have a system that knows who should get what. That's the sort of thing that we need to be looking at.".
If you can't see the poll, click here. The triple lock currently guarantees the state pension will rise in line with whichever is the highest of average earnings, inflation or 2.5% each year. The Labour Party's manifesto in 2024 reaffirmed their commitment to keep the state pension triple lock in place under their government.
