ILC urges caution as WPC proposes scrapping triple lock

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The International Longevity Centre (ILC) has called on the government to 'take care' with the UK's welfare system after the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) proposed scrapping the state pension 'triple lock'.

In its 'Intergenerational Fairness' report, which was published on 6 November, the committee recommended the government "benchmark the new state pension and basic state pension at the levels relati...

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