PM avoids triple lock questions in last PMQs before election

Pensions will "continue to increase", says May

Tom Ellis
clock • 2 min read

Theresa May has deflected questions concerning the government's policy on the pensions triple lock, though failed to guarantee it will continue, in her last Prime Minister's Questions before the June General Election.

Pressed on the matter by Angus Robertson, the SNP's leader at Westminster, for a "clear and unambiguous" commitment, the Prime Minister (pictured) said she had been very clear that pensioners had benefited by £1,250 a year under the Conservatives. The Conservative leader has steered well clear of answering anything directly on the controversial policy ahead of the party's manifesto release and used the same line in defence of the Tories' pension record last week. The triple lock ensures the government increases the state pension each April by the higher of growth in average earnings, ...

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