2 days ago · Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Tories would have to raise state pension age above 70 to keep triple lock, says minister

What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. The Guardian Politics and Birmingham Mail are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. The first report grouped here was at 9 Nov 2026, 09:12 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Tories would have to raise state pension age above 70 to keep triple lock, says minister”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Kemi Badenoch attacked reforms but is not being clear about how party would meet costs, Torsten Bell claims Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives would have to raise the state pension age above 70 to meet the cost of keeping the triple lock, Treasury minister Torsten Bell has claimed.
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- First reported by Birmingham Mail
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- New development reported by The Guardian Politics
Tories would have to raise state pension age above 70 to keep triple lock, says minister
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