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Will pensioners be poorer as a result of Burnham scrapping the triple lock?
Source: The Guardian
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Earlier reports and follow-ups on the same developing story.
- Burnham to signal willingness to look at scrapping pension triple lock to fund social care
- Scrapping pensions triple lock 'morally wrong', says union boss
- Burnham says he would put PR in Labour manifesto and scrap triple lock to fund social care – UK politics live
- Burnham vows to end existing pension triple lock in 2030 to help fund care
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