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Triple lock for pensions to be in Tory manifesto, Jeremy Hunt says
Jeremy Hunt has said the Conservatives will keep the triple lock system to decide rises in the state pension if they win the election.
The chancellor confirmed the policy pledge, which means the increase in the state pension is the highest of average earnings growth, inflation or 2.5%.
He told Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg he was confident the "expensive" promise would be paid by growing the economy.
Labour said it was "committed to retaining" the triple lock.
However the party is yet to confirm if the pledge will feature in its election manifesto.
"We will set out those plans for our manifesto in detail," Labour party chair Anneliese Dodds told the BBC programme.
The state pension is to rise by 8.5% in April.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68649894
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