{"id":157845,"date":"2025-06-04T15:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/157845\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T15:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:41:10","slug":"keir-starmer-issues-new-statement-on-state-pension-triple-lock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/157845\/","title":{"rendered":"Keir Starmer issues new statement on state pension triple lock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Prime Minister challenged Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch over the policy<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_starmer1.jpg\" alt=\"Despite Sir Keir Starmer bowing to pressure and reinstating the Winter Fuel Allowance, pensioners won't see it until October.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Starmer raised the issue of the triple lock during PMQs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Keir Starmer issued a fresh update on the state pension triple lock during Prime Minister&#8217;s Questions on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The triple lock is Government policy and ensures pension payments increase each year in line with whatever is highest out of inflation, wage growth and 2.5%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It guarantees a rise for millions of pensioners each year worth hundreds of pounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/cost-of-living\/pensioners-who-lost-winter-fuel-31770602\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Pensioners who lost Winter Fuel Payments sent new \u00a3300 update<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=3d4ffd46-bda0-4cd0-b915-62c991cdadff&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get our best money saving tips and hacks by signing up to our newsletter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">But amid discussion over the future of the triple lock, the Prime Minister addressed the policy during PMQs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He reiterated his Labour Government was committed to the triple lock &#8211; ensuring the annual rise &#8211; but questioned whether the Conservatives still believed it in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Starmer referred to previous remarks from senior <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/conservative-party\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Tories<\/a> suggesting the triple lock could be &#8220;unsustainable&#8221; and potentially means-tested in future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The PM said: &#8220;Because we&#8217;ve stabilised the economy, we on this side (of the house) are committed to the triple lock and that increased pensions by over \u00a3400 this April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;On their side they say the triple lock is unsustainable. I think her (Kemi Badenoch) position is she wants to means-test it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Conservative leader did not address the PM&#8217;s claims during a testy exchange over Winter Fuel Payments and the two-child benefit cap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/join-free-money-saving-whatsapp-31225019\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Join our Free Money Saving WhatsApp community for the latest updates<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Government has announced a U-turn on Winter Fuel Payment cuts this year, but has yet to set out any detail about who will now qualify.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The winter allowance is worth up to \u00a3300 and hundreds of thousands of low-income pensioners missed out on it last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The scale of the backlash has prompted spooked ministers to think again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Prime Minister challenged Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch over the policyStarmer raised the issue of the triple lock&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3093],"tags":[51,527,1267,474,807,528,2074,2499,285,16,15,961],"class_list":{"0":"post-157845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-conservative-party","10":"tag-dwp","11":"tag-finance","12":"tag-keir-starmer","13":"tag-labour-party","14":"tag-pension","15":"tag-personal-finance","16":"tag-politics","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-your-money"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114625857828122110","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}