Ministers committed to triple lock until end of the Parliament MINISTERS have been urged to link the state pension ‘triple lock’ to earnings as it currently favours the better-off. The measure ...

The triple lock was forged with noble intentions, but in 2025 it’s become an expensive political relic, writes Tom Adcock With economic growth stalling (if it even started) and Rachel Reeves ...

The full state pension is set to rise to £241 a week from next April, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said yesterday. This will be 14 per cent – or £30 a week – higher than it would have been ...

The triple lock mechanism, which determines the annual increase in state pension, could be due to change. This policy ensures that state pensions rise each April by the highest of three measures: 2.5 ...

A former senior Conservative minister has said the pensions triple lock has “served its purpose” and should be replaced. Damian Green, a former Conservative secretary of state, has argued in a piece ...

12:51, Wed, Oct 22, 2025 Updated: 12:52, Wed, Oct 22, 2025 State pensioners are set to be £1,300 better off in 2026 thanks to the triple lock, according to new analysis from financial firm Vanguard.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves could be forced to change the triple lock with state pensioners getting a less generous increase. The triple lock policy ensures state pension payments rise each April in line ...

The final piece of the pension triple lock puzzle for the next tax year clicked into place when September’s inflation figure came in at 3.8%. This is slightly lower than was expected and far lower ...

The triple lock metric used to determine how much the state pension increases could be changed. The policy ensures state pension rates go up each April in line with whichever is highest: 2.5 per cent, ...

State pensioners have been urged to review their finances carefully. Claimants may wish to look over their spending in advance of next year's triple lock increase, which is set to lift payments by 4.8 ...

Andrew Marr joins Rachel Cunliffe to discuss his column in this week’s magazine, Tax the old. They also discuss the latest developments in the China spy case. Related ...