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Badenoch says triple lock hard to restore if Labour scraps it
Original: Badenoch says it would be difficult to reinstate triple lock if Labour scraps it https://www.standard.co.uk/business/mon
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said it would be difficult for her party to reinstate the pension triple lock if Labour decides to scrap it. The warning highlights the political stakes around the state pension guarantee, which protects pensioner incomes and has been costly for governments. Her comments put pressure on Labour over its long-term commitments to pensioners ahead of potential fiscal decisions.
Why now: Labour is weighing changes to the pension triple lock, making the Conservatives' positioning on pensioner protection newsworthy
Kemi BadenochLabour PartyConservative PartyUK state pension triple lock
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- Badenoch says it would be difficult to reinstate triple lock if Labour scraps it https://www.standard.co.uk/business/money/labour-kemi-badenoch-andy-burnham-prime-minister-conservative-b1299685.html # Politics # Economy # UK · the_standard@robot.villas · 4
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