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Scrapping triple lock could save £19 billion a year

The state pension should rise with inflation for the next four years, with the savings given to the poorest pensioners, a think tank suggests


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Rachel Reeves’s state pension tax break won’t help many



Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, smiling while seated at her desk in her 11 Downing Street office.
Top private sector workers to bear brunt of salary sacrifice raid

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Illustration of a scale weighing "SL" against "AON".
Why your workplace pension choice could cost you £500k

Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, smiling while seated at her desk in her 11 Downing Street office.
Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, smiling while seated at her desk in her 11 Downing Street office.
Top private sector workers to bear brunt of salary sacrifice raid


Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, smiling while seated at her desk in her 11 Downing Street office.



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Ben WilkinsonThe Waspi state pension campaign is utterly tone deaf


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May 2, 2026
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Will you be healthy enough to enjoy your state pension?

A drop in healthy life expectancy means you had better get saving if you want to fulfil those retirement dreams

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