“As long as a third of children are living below the poverty line, the government cannot justify keeping the pensions triple lock,” says the subheading on Polly Toynbee’s article (What kind of country puts its pensioners ahead of children in poverty?, 24 October).
I agree completely that it is an outrage so many children are living in poverty, but pitting one generation against another is not a solution. More than 2 million people over the age of 65 are living in poverty. Poverty rates are even higher among those approaching state pension age, which raises concerns about the immediate future, even with the safety net of the triple lock in place. There is also no guarantee that saving money on the triple lock will be put to the benefit of impoverished children.
