{"id":383321,"date":"2026-09-30T01:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T00:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/reforming-the-pension-triple-lock-is-electoral-suicide-this-is-why\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T01:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T00:00:24","slug":"reforming-the-pension-triple-lock-is-electoral-suicide-this-is-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/reforming-the-pension-triple-lock-is-electoral-suicide-this-is-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Reforming the pension triple lock is \u2018electoral suicide\u2019. This Is Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/4KAO5xPVKOA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Reforming the pension triple lock is \u2018electoral suicide\u2019. This Is Why\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4KAO5xPVKOA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s long been seen as politically untouchable \u2013 but Andy Burnham has finally fired the starting gun on reforms to the state pension triple lock.  <\/p>\n<p>First brought in by David Cameron\u2019s coalition government, the measure of increasing pension payments by the higher of inflation, average wage rises or 2.5% a year was introduced to offset years of underfunding.  <\/p>\n<p>But the new prime minister has used his first party conference speech as Labour leader to put the triple lock on the negotiating table \u2013 against the wishes of the unions, opposition parties and plenty of his own supporters. <\/p>\n<p>So, how does the triple lock work and what could take its place? What is the cost to the country and is reforming the system as straightforward as it appears? <\/p>\n<p>Niall Paterson is joined by Claire Moffat, a pension and tax expert at Royal London.   <\/p>\n<p>#Triplelock #pension #news #AndyBurnham #politics #retirement #UK<\/p>\n<p>Have you got a question for Niall? Email us: why@sky.uk<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Why not listen to one of our podcasts? 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First brought in by David Cameron\u2019s coalition government, the measure of increasing pension payments by the higher of inflation, average wage rises or 2.5% a year was introduced to offset [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":383322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-383321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reforming the pension triple lock is \u2018electoral suicide\u2019. This Is Why | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Reforming the pension triple lock is \u2018electoral suicide\u2019. This Is Why for free, here on News ISC. 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