00:00 Do you genuinely think that's affordable?
00:02 I do because the track record of the government is that we make priorities and making sure
00:11 that if you've worked hard all your life, you have the dignity that you deserve in retirement
00:15 is important to me, it's important to the government and the triple lock is an expression
00:19 of that.
00:20 And so I'm actually proud that as a result of the triple lock, pensioners are much less
00:24 likely to be in poverty.
00:27 They will see an almost £900 increase in just a couple of weeks in the state pension
00:31 and that comes on the top of significant support over the winter to help with energy bills,
00:36 doubling of the winter fuel payment.
00:37 And it speaks to the kind of country that we believe in and society that we live in
00:41 and making sure we look after people at that stage of their lives I think is the right
00:45 thing to do and the triple lock is what this government, previous Conservative government
00:49 introduced and we've protected and will continue to do so.
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