Scrap The Triple Lock: State Pensions To Become ‘Unaffordable’ Under Current Rules | James Browne
May 1, 2026
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as posted by the channel“I think everyone realises that this thing needs to go eventually.”
If the pension triple lock were to stay, it would up the share of national income that is spent on state pensions from 5 per cent to almost 8 per cent in 50 years, says senior policy advisor at the Tony Blair Institute James Browne.
James Browne was speaking to Rosie Wright and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every day from 6-10am.
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