A Treasury source says the government would be sticking with the policy - after Jeremy Hunt said on Tuesday it was being kept 'under review'.
Rishi Sunak will guarantee that the pensions triple lock will remain in place under a future Conservative government, Sky News understands. The costly policy came under fresh scrutiny after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned this week that improved economic growth and public sector spending cuts might be needed to sustain it.
'If we are able to run public services more efficiently, if we are able to increase our long-term growth rate, then it is entirely possible we can continue to have the levels of public provision we currently have, and the support for pensioners, and I very much hope that is the case. 'We are confident we can continue to support pensioners in the way we have been in the past.
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