All Triple lock articles
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NewsSpring Statement: All quiet on the pensions front – but state pension concerns loom large
While the Spring Statement brought no new developments for the pension sector, the UK’s fragile economic and fiscal situation means the state pension is under increasing scrutiny, as Pensions Expert explores.
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NewsScrap triple lock to soften welfare cuts blow, says think tank
Rachel Reeves should scrap the triple lock on the state pension in order to relax some of the government’s recent “contentious” welfare cuts, according to a think tank.
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NewsPLSA urges caution on potential tax relief changes
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has urged the government to tread carefully regarding potential changes to pension tax relief in next month’s Budget.
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NewsData casts doubt on Conservatives’ state pension pledge
Data from LCP has called into question the Conservative Party’s “triple lock plus” policy and its promise to pensioners that they will “never” be taxed on their state pension.
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NewsTories confirm ‘triple lock plus’ but pot for life missing
The Conservative Party has confirmed its intention to link the state pension triple lock to the tax-free allowance in its election manifesto.
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NewsThe trouble with the triple lock
With the Conservatives proposing a “triple lock plus” for the state pension, Pensions Expert looks at feasibility, affordability, and other options.
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NewsThe IFS calls to end the state pension triple lock
The IFS has published a report outlining how the triple lock has resulted in unpredictable and sometimes overly generous increases to the state pension.
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NewsExperts praise Chancellor’s pledge to keep triple lock in autumn statement.
State Pension will rise by 8.5 per cent - amounting to more than £900 a year.
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NewsState pension triple lock could cost up to £45bn a year by 2050
As the Office for National Statistics prepares to release its estimate for average earnings growth, the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) issues a warning over the cost of the triple lock to taxpayers.
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NewsRising inflation and triple lock pledge will boost pensions payments
Pensioners could see their income boosted next year as 'sticky inflation' drives another expected significant rise in the state pension, consultancy Broadstone has claimed.
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NewsPodcast: Was the Bank of England right to intervene during the LDI crisis?
Podcast: Cartwright director of investment consulting Sam Roberts argues against the Bank of England’s autumn intervention in gilt markets, while the Lang Cat director of public affairs Tom McPhail gives his thoughts on the Autumn Statement.
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NewsGovernment retains state pension triple lock
On the go: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that the pensions triple lock is to be protected.
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NewsOpperman returns to DWP as minister of state
On the go: Guy Opperman has been appointed as a minister of state at the Department for Work and Pensions, a little over a month after being let go as pensions minister.
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NewsTruss commits to pensions triple lock as inflation hits 10.1%
Prime minister Liz Truss has confirmed that the triple lock will be maintained, even as September’s figures showed inflation rising to 10.1 per cent.
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NewsChancellor non-committal on pensions triple lock
On the go: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says he is “not making any commitments” on the pension triple lock, just weeks after his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng reiterated the government’s commitment to this safeguard.
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NewsTriple lock, NHS and merging regulators on Liz Truss’s agenda
The new prime minister faces a host of economic problems, ranging from the cost of living crisis to the staffing crisis in the NHS as she enters Number 10, industry experts have said, with all eyes on the government’s forthcoming “fiscal event”.
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News‘Broad dissatisfaction’ felt over govt’s pensions policy
On the go: Dissatisfaction has mounted over the government’s handling of pensions policy during the past year.
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NewsLabour accuses government of undermining pensions ‘consensus’
On the go: Labour’s shadow secretary of state for work and pensions, Jonathan Ashworth, has accused the government of breaking with pensions “consensus” and undermining workers’ protection with its planned pension reforms.
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NewsGovt pledges to honour triple lock for rest of this parliament
On the go: The state pension triple lock will be honoured for the remainder of this parliament, Thérèse Coffey has said.
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NewsLGA calls for 2025 dashboards deadline amid capacity crunch fears
The Local Government Association has called for the staging date by which the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme is to join the dashboards to be set back, arguing that it is not feasible to expect the scheme to join before 2025.