Pensions triple lock and benefits in spotlight as Sunak delays fiscal plan
by Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#654NT)
No 10 not committing to keeping triple lock or inflation-linked benefits rise in 17 November statement
Ministers are to re-examine the pensions triple lock and increasing benefits in line with inflation over the next fortnight, according to No 10, after Rishi Sunak delayed the announcement of the government's fiscal plans from 31 October to 17 November.
The Treasury has said the new date will now be a full autumn statement, with Sunak telling his cabinet that time needed to be made to do things in the proper way.
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