Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers his keynote speech during Labour Party Conference at Liverpool Experience Campus on September 29, 2026Andy Burnham has announced plans to scrap the Tories’ state pensions triple lock to fund his plans for a “national care service”.
The prime minister said he would amend the way the policy works and plough the money saved into improving better care for Britain’s elderly.
Under the current rules introduced by David Cameron’s government, the state pension goes up every year by either the rate of inflation, average wages or 2.5%, whichever is higher.
In his speech to t...
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