Ministers may soon have to change the triple lock policy. Recent figures reveal that unemployment rose to 5 percent in the three months leading up to September. According to ONS data, the number of ...

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The triple lock metric used to determine how much the state pension increases could be changed. The policy ensures state pension rates go up each April in line with whichever is highest: 2.5 per cent, ...

The triple lock mechanism, which determines the annual increase in state pension, could be due to change. This policy ensures that state pensions rise each April by the highest of three measures: 2.5 ...

The government has responded to calls for a pension lock to be introduced. In a petition put to parliament, it wanted a pension lock introduced to help protect savings and incentives. It read: "The ...

State pensioners have been urged to review their finances carefully. Claimants may wish to look over their spending in advance of next year's triple lock increase, which is set to lift payments by 4.8 ...

The triple lock mechanism was introduced in 2011 and has been increasing how much more state pension people receive each year since. However, it has been criticised as unsustainable and unpredictable, ...

15:27, Wed, Oct 22, 2025 Updated: 15:28, Wed, Oct 22, 2025 Rachel Reeves has been urged to axe the state pension triple lock and replace it with a link to earnings. The Institute for Fiscal Studies ...