State Pension Triple Lock

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Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 20: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (R) and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt do electrical work during a visit to a college in north London on November 20, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Daniel Leal-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Benefits crackdown will allow for full universal credit uprating, Sunak suggests

The Prime Minister suggested welfare reforms and sanctions announced last week make it possible for him to uprate benefits fully

Autumn Statement 2023 predictions and whether pensions will go up

State pensions set for boost at double the predicted UK inflation rate

Article thumbnail: Fiona Johnson, 73, sits huddled under blankets at home to avoid putting the heating on. She says the threat to the triple lock on pensions shows the Government views pensioners like her as a burden to throw on the scrapheap (Photo: supplied and Getty Images)

‘It would lead to absolute despair’: Pensioners fear watering down of triple lock

Triple lock under threat as ministers consider cutting £1.45 per week to boost public finances