Tories will consider means testing pension triple-lock, Badenoch says

Kemi Badenoch rejected the possibility of a merger with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

Kemi Badenoch has said the Tories will consider means testing the triple-lock, in what would be a major policy shift.

Under the policy, the state pension rises each year by whichever is highest out of 2.5%, inflation, or earnings.