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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin

Reform to fund pensions triple lock with ‘biggest benefits bill cut in history’, Farage says in major U-turn

Nigel Farage has confirmed Reform UK would keep the triple lock for state pensions and will fund it with the “biggest cuts to the benefits bill ever seen in this country”.

The Reform UK leader has previously been sceptical about guaranteeing the triple lock, warning that the current system is “unaffordable on a national level”.

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