The triple lock was introduced in 2010 by David Cameron’s Coalition Government when Steve Webb (Lib Dem) was Minister of Pensions, to restore the erosion which had taken place since the earnings link was replaced with a prices’ link in the 1980s. To replace the triple lock with a prices’ link or 2.5%, as was […]
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26-27 May 2025 – two days of press releases
Nearly 2 million to be hit by £9 billion “stealth tax bombshell” by the end of the decade Labour needs to “learn to u-turn faster” on two-child benefit cap Davey on Farage speech: “Trussonomics on steroids” Triple lock: from privatising the NHS now Farage “wants to come after people’s pensions” Badenoch must rule out Rupert […]
25-26 January 2025 – the weekend’s press releases
NHS: “bonfire” of targets shows shocking lack of ambition for patients Over 500 infrastructure incidents at delayed hospitals last year which now are “hanging by a thread” Councils paying £24,000 more a year per pensioner in nursing costs as Lib Dems call on govt to reverse “foolish” NICs hike Reeves on Kuenssberg: Chancellor’s approach to […]
26 October 2022 – today’s press releases
Apologies for the lateness of the hour – I was trawling through my ballot paper for the Party’s internal elections… Braverman appointment: Lib Dems call for Cabinet Office inquiry Cancer diagnosis postcode lottery revealed as over 60,000 wait more than two weeks in August alone Fiscal plan delay leaves families in a cloud of uncertainty […]