Tories will consider means-testing pensions triple lock, Badenoch says
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Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservatives will consider means-testing the pensions triple lock. The Tory leader said her party would "look at means-testing" the system which guarantees that the state pension rises in line with average earnings, inflation or 2.5% - whichever is highest.
The Conservatives have long championed the triple lock - introduced by former chancellor George Osborne during the coalition government - but some senior Conservatives have recently hinted that it might not be sustainable in the long term. Speaking to LBC, Ms Badenoch said there were reasons to review the system because "we don't have a system that knows who should get what".
"We're going to look at means-testing," she said. "Means-testing is something which we don't do properly here. I'm someone who always said, for example, that millionaires should not be getting the winter fuel payment.". Follow our channel and never miss an update.
She went on to say that although the the triple lock was a Conservative policy, "we've got to give something to the next generation". MPs vote against new national inquiry into grooming gangs. The Tories' attempts to force a grooming gang inquiry won't result in a probe - here's why.
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