Badenoch triple lock comments trigger pensions row
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has triggered a row after saying her party wants to explore greater means-testing of government support. Speaking on LBC Radio, she said the UK had a poor record in prioritising assistance to those who need it the most.
Kemi Badenoch hits back at claims she would means test pensions triple lock
Kemi Badenoch has denied the Conservatives would consider means testing the pensions triple lock, as she accused her opponents of trying to "scare people".
Kemi Badenoch in triple lock pensions row after saying Tories would look at means testing
The Tory leader insisted that ‘means-testing is something which we don’t do properly’ after being pressed on her plans for the pensions triple lock
Reform UK breaks silence after Kemi Badenoch suggests 'means-testing' triple lock
Reform UK has broken their silence and vowed to "defend pensioners" after Kemi Badenoch revealed the Conservatives are "going to look at means testing" the pension triple lock in a mega policy switch up.
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says she is looking at means testing triple lock
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Kemi Badenoch now insists she WON'T change triple lock in latest Tory farce
Tory Party leader Kemi Badenoch came under fire after telling a radio phone-in that she would consider means testing the pension triple lock, before going on to claim she hadn't said that at all
Kemi Badenoch says Tories would ‘look’ to means-test triple lock
Leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch said the Conservatives would look to means-test the pensions triple lock.
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No one is brave enough to take on the triple lock - not even Kemi Badenoch
The Conservatives have long championed the triple lock – introduced by former Tory chancellor George Osborne during the coalition government – but some senior Conservatives including Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride have hinted that it might not be sustainable in the long term.
Badenoch criticises Tory handling of Brexit
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has criticised her predecessors for mishandling Brexit, saying leaving the EU without a growth plan was a "mistake". In her first major speech of 2025, Badenoch will attack the Labour's government but also her own party for repeatedly pledging to lower immigration as numbers "kept going up" and for promising net zero carbon emissions by 2050 without a clear plan.
Top Badenoch ally defends claim pensions could be subject to more means-testing
Nigel Huddleston suggested means-testing the triple lock was among ‘exactly the things’ the party could look at.
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