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During her appearance at the Conservative Party conference, Kemi Badenoch admitted that if Labour scraps the state pension triple lock before the next election, the Conservatives may not be able to restore it. Andy Burnham recently announced plans to downgrade the policy during his party’s conference speech, potentially saving £15 billion annually by 2040 for social care initiatives. While Badenoch reaffirmed her commitment to the triple lock as Tory policy, she declined to promise reversing any legislation Labour might pass prior to the election in 2029 or later.
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Kemi Badenoch, UK Minister for Women and Equalities, acknowledged that the Tories might struggle to reinstate the state pension triple lock if the Labour Party abolishes it before the next election. Labour leader Andy Burnham recently proposed downgrading the policy during his party conference speech last week, potentially costing pensions billions of pounds. Since the Coalition government's implementation in 2010, the state pension has increased annually by either inflation, earnings growth, or a minimum of 2.5%, whichever is highest. However, Labour plans to amend this from 2030 onwards, linking future increases more closely to average incomes rather than full earnings growth. Despite admitting potential difficulties in reinstating the policy, Badenoch reaffirmed that maintaining the triple lock remains official Tory policy. She declined, however, to commit explicitly to reversing any legislation Labour might pass ahead of the next election.
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Kemi Badenoch has admitted the Tories might not be able to bring back the state pension triple lock if Labour scraps it before the election.
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Labour → admit → election
Andy Burnham announced in his party conference speech last week that he wants to downgrade the policy, in a move that will cost pensions billions of pounds.
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that → announce → pounds
Since the Coalition, payments have gone up every year by the highest out of inflation, earnings and 2.5 per cent.
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payments → go → inflation
But the Government is pledging to legislate so that from 2030 the earnings link is watered down, pegging the level to a proportion of average incomes.
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link → pledge → incomes
Touring broadcast studios at Tory conference this morning, Mrs Badenoch insisted the triple lock was still party policy.
But she declined to commit to repealing any legislation that Labour manages to pass before the country goes to the polls, which could be in 2029.
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Kemi Badenoch has admitted the Tories might not be able to bring back the state pension triple lock if Labour scraps it before the election
Mrs Badenoch told Times Radio: 'I have said that the triple lock is our policy and it remains our policy.
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it → admit → Radio
I don't think going after pensioners is the right thing when there are loads of people who can work, who won't work.'
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who → think → people
She added: 'When we are going to reverse Labour's policies, I say we are going to reverse their policies.
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we → add → policies
I have said that we are keeping this policy, but if they take that money and they spend it on something that we can't get it back from, then it would be difficult for me.
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it → say → me
'What I'm not going to do is lie to your listeners just so I can get votes.
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I → go → votes
I tell the truth, and I say the triple lock is our policy and we're keeping it.
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we → tell → it
'But what I'm not going to do is to say something when I don't know what the situation would be about what Labour has done with that money.
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Labour → go → money
We have to be very careful.'
The comments come despite Mrs Badenoch suggesting on Sunday that the lock would stay indefinitely.
Asked if the Conservatives would keep the policy 'in perpetuity', she told the BBC: 'That is what we have promised.
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we → have → what
There is nothing that has happened that has made me change my mind.'
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me → be → mind
Mr Burnham said the move could help pay for his plan to create an NHS-style National Care Service for social care.
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move → say → care
Although he ruled out the move before the next election to avoid breaking the Labour manifesto, legislation could be passed as early as next year.
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legislation → rule → year
Official estimates suggest it could save £15billion a year by 2040 – money that would otherwise have gone to pensioners.
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that → suggest → pensioners
Mr Burnham said the move could help pay for his plan to create an NHS-style National Care Service for social care
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move → say → care
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