The triple lock is expected to grow by earnings this year, not inflation
The triple lock has come under scrutiny in recent times with some claiming it is too generous. Campaigners have said welfare and pensions should either both rise in line with earnings or both rise in line with inflation.i
However, other experts believe the triple lock is key to helping pensioners be able to afford a comfortable lifestyle in retirement. “It may well lead to a review of how the triple lock works, and whether there is an alternative way of preserving and increasing pensioner benefits that doesn’t place so much strain on the public purse during volatile economic times.”
“To give future generations of pensioners some faith in the state pension and its ability to provide a reasonable proportion of retirement income, it’s important to honour the fundamental idea that pensioners who can no longer work also need to be able to meet living costs, and reliable increases to the state pension in line with earnings or inflation is a reasonable way to achieve this.
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