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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Albert Toth

Labour minister addresses fears over means-testing state pension and future of triple lock

Labour’s pensions minister has conclusively addressed fears that the state pension could be means-tested and triple-lock scrapped after the opposition floated the idea.

The government is not looking at either of these measures, Torsten Bell confirmed on Tuesday at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) conference in Edinburgh.

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