Triple lock could face axe to help fund national care service, Labour insiders believe
- Posted on September 27, 2026
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Triple lock could face axe to help fund national care service, Labour insiders believe
Andy Burnham’s plan to put free social care in Labour’s next general election manifesto could be part of a grand bargain to drop the state pension triple lock, Labour MPs believe. One Labour MP told The i Paper that introducing free care would be a “politically smart” way to “sugar the pill” of finally scrapping the lock, while a party insider said it could be sold as “taking away when you’re in your 60s but giving it back when you’re 80”. On Sunday, Prime Minister kicked off Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool by vowing to put forward a plan to […]