Reform’s new economic adviser has called for end of pensioners’ triple lock

Mitchell Palmer was appointed by Robert Jenrick and is a rightwing economist at the Adam Smith Institute. Photograph: Adam Smith Institute

Reform UK’s new economic adviser has previously called the pensions triple lock unsustainable, advocated privatising the NHS and welcomed migration as a poverty alleviation tool, the Guardian can reveal.

Robert Jenrick, Reform’s economic spokesperson, has appointed Mitchell Palmer, a rightwing economist at the free-market Adam Smith Institute, as one of his key aides.