Top Tory Mel Stride casts doubt on future of state pension triple lock

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A top Tory has cast doubt on his party's future support for the pensions triple lock. Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride previously said the commitment - which guarantees the state pension will rise in line with whichever is highest of average earnings, inflation or 2.5% - was not sustainable in the long term. Grilled on his position on the triple lock at an event in Westminster, he said: "I'm widely reported as having said, as you phrased it, it's unsustainable. "What I actually said was that in the

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