• Blog: The great state pension rip-off

    Blog: The great state pension rip-off
    by Glyn Jenkins, UNISON national pensions officer 
    Rishi Sunak has finally announced the complete U-turn on the government’s pledge to retain the triple lock for increasing state pensions.
    Under the triple lock, pensions increase by inflation, the increase in earnings between May and July or 2.5%, whichever is the greater.
    Breaking the promise on the triple lock means that all pensioners and all taxpayers paying national insurance will be ripped off.
    The end of the job retention

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