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State Pension Age and Triple Lock

February 28, 2017 Ros Altmann Comments 1 comment

28 February 2017 Triple lock will lead to extra unfair rises in State Pension Age Work and Pensions Select Committee is right to call for earnings and inflation link instead of triple lock Continually raising State Pension age disadvantages vulnerable older people Politicians hide behind triple lock but it does not protect pensioners properly anyway Keeping triple lock in future gives more money to better off and younger pensioners Raising State Pension Age disadvantages vulnerable groups: Raising the state pension…

The triple lock trick

January 4, 2017 Ros Altmann Comments 1 comment

4 January 2017 Oldest and poorest pensioners are not protected properly by triple lock as it only protects two parts of State Pension Triple lock has kicked in for 2017/18 as earnings and prices rose by less than 2.5% but pensioners deserve proper protection, not just political gimmicks Keeping triple lock in future gives more money to better off and younger pensioners Healthier and wealthier pensioners get £200 a week State Pension by deferring while poorest and oldest get much…

Triple lock for state pensions could move to a double lock

July 30, 2016 Ros Altmann Comments 1 comment

30 July 2016 Taking the politics out of pensions policy could start with the Triple Lock We must protect pensioner incomes – but a ‘double lock’ is better long-term policy Committing to a double lock could reduce need to keep raising state pension age Totemic political signals can prove difficult to undo but good policy needs courage It is vital that the UK Government protects pensioner incomes and ensures pensioners are treated fairly. It is also essential that the State…