The Prime Minister and Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch clashed in the House of Commons
PM Keir Starmer.
Keir Starmer has suggested the Conservatives could look to scrap or means test the state pension triple lock should they return to Government.
The Prime Minister made the claim during an exchange with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch in the House of Commons.
The pair clashed over support for pensioners, amid a Labour U-turn over Winter Fuel Payments.
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Under pressure from Conservative leader Ms Badenoch, Starmer repeated a claim that the Conservatives planned to make changes to the triple lock, viewed as sacred by many pensioners.
The PM leapt on previous comments made by both Ms Badenoch and her Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride which have suggested they may not be fully committed to the triple lock. Starmer insisted Labour remained committed to it.
The policy, which was introduced by the Conservatives, ensures an annual increase to the state pension of whatever is highest out of inflation, wage growth or 2.5%.
That means under the policy, a rise of at least 2.5% is set in stone every year.
Any attempt to undo this policy would be politically controversial, even more so for a Conservative Party heavily reliant on the older vote.
Starmer attempted to turn up the pressure on his opposite number again over the issue during PMQs on Wednesday.
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He said: “Because we’ve stabilised the economy, we on this side (of the house) are committed to the triple lock and that increased pensions by over £400 this April.
“On their side they say the triple lock is unsustainable. I think her (Kemi Badenoch) position is she wants to means test it.”
The Conservative leader did not address the PM’s claims during a testy exchange over Winter Fuel Payments and the two-child benefit cap.
It comes after Labour was forced into a U-turn over Winter Fuel Payments following unpopular cuts last year which sent their polling ratings tanking.
More pensioners will now get the winter support later this year.