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Andy Burnham faces mounting pressure to rethink the state pension’s triple lock if he becomes Prime Minister, as a growing political consensus warns the current system is financially unsustainable. The triple lock guarantees annual pension rises based on the highest of wage growth, inflation, or 2.5%, set to push payments up by £247 next April — a burden many now see as fiscally reckless. Think tank Onward proposes replacing it with an earnings-based model, capped at 28% of income and adjusted for population shifts, freeing up funds for new parents. While the policy’s original intent was to protect retirees, today’s sluggish wages and high inflation have made it wildly expensive and unpredictable — forcing tough choices about fairness, fiscal responsibility, and political survival.

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