The chance of Labour dropping the state pension triple lock from its next manifesto has increased, The i Paper can reveal, because trade unions are softening their opposition to scrapping the policy. One senior union source said the lock is “completely unsustainable” in the long run and that abolishing it could be used to help fund Andy Burnham’s vision for free social care. On Sunday, the Prime Minister kicked off Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool by announcing that he would put free at the point of use care in the party’s next general election manifesto, along with a plan to […]