The Chancellor had appeared to hint just days earlier that his party could abandon the triple lock
A handout picture released by the BBC, taken and received on March 24, 2024, shows Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt appearing on the BBC’s ‘Sunday Morning’ political television show with journalist Laura Kuenssberg. The Chancellor said he was confident the party would be able to afford the promise, and that as Chancellor he would safeguard it throughout the next Parliament.
Asked on Sunday to reiterate that commitment, Mr Hunt said it would “absolutely” be continued by his party if they win the next election. The Conservatives sought to reassure pensioners over the future of the triple lock last week after Mr Hunt told a Lords committee on Tuesday that it could only be sustained with public spending cuts and economic growth.
Mr Hunt told peers that the pension age and the triple lock were under review, adding: “The answer is very contingent on how successful we are.
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