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Education Secretary Lucy Powell says the government is "absolutely committed" to the pension triple lock amid speculation it could be reformed to fund Andy Burnham's social care plans. Powell says that many proposals on how Labour will fund social care reforms will be in their next manifesto. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well, look, the triple lock, we are absolutely committed to the triple lock.
00:03It's in our manifesto. It is delivering for pensioners over this parliament significantly.
00:10The state pension is due to rise by £2,000 or more over the course of this parliament.
00:16That is a significant uplift in the state pension.
00:21The conversation about social care is one that will happen over a longer period of time.
00:26We've got the Casey review coming in next summer. This is a complex area and that's why we need this
00:32detailed report with all the recommendations.
00:34Then we'll have a big conversation cross-party with the country about the proposals that are coming out of that
00:41and how we are going to deliver it, how we're going to pay for it.
00:43And those proposals will be in our next manifesto.

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