Judging by the number of times I’m asked about it, the government can be relieved that many pensioners don’t actually understand the ‘Triple Lock’. And, without undue stereotyping, many that do would not dream of voting anything other than Conservative. The vote-winning promise that state pensions would increase by the highest of the various measures of inflation was ‘locked in’. Now, of course, the highest measure, the average earnings index, is too high, as everyone is having to pay over-the-odds to get staff. So, probably no surprise, the promise has been broken, the lock pretty rapidly picked and the keys thrown away. To coin an analogy.
“Why you should never retire”
On my 50th birthday, I will always remember, amongst the card or two I received was a letter from Saga’ who’d managed to find out my age through the wonder of the internet, and were pleased to tell me I now qualified to join my parents and go on holiday with them.
