Cost Of Triple Lock “Simply Unsustainable”, Says Tory MP
April 20, 2026
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8:20Now PlayingCost Of Triple Lock “Simply Unsustainable”, Says Tory MP
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as posted by the channel“You can’t just go on forever with this open ended series of increases, the logic of which will actually end up with your pensions being higher than the average level of wages.”
It is “absolutely sensible” to have debate the triple lock and decide whether it is affordable due to its “enormous” cost, says Conservative MP Desmond Swayne.
Desmond Swayne MP was speaking to Stephen Sackur on The Times at One.
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