The government has been urged to axe the state pension triple lock in light of data showing pensioners have higher average income than working age people for the first time.
The call came from Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) director Paul Johnson, who said increasing pensions by whichever was highest out of inflation, wage growth or 2.5% would prove prohibitively ex...
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