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Burnham vows to end existing pension triple lock in 2030 to help fund care
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- Why the PM could finally drop the triple lock pension pledge
- Burnham to signal willingness to look at scrapping pension triple lock to fund social care
- Burnham says he would put PR in Labour manifesto and scrap triple lock to fund social care – UK politics live
- Will pensioners be poorer as a result of Burnham scrapping the triple lock?
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