Would you vote for Labour/Getting rid of Triple Lock at the next general election?

[mybiggreenfrog]

Yes (YABU)
No (YANBU)

Hmm..yes, a bit....

I’m very happy to be returning to Labour now that Andy is PM.

I’ve been politically homeless ever since Corbyn.

Good luck with that! You're in a "sea lioning" battle!

The LA doesn’t pay my pension.

All of us includes the public service workers.

The fire person is a public service worker.

I still don't know what sea lioning is!

Oh don't you start! The point being made was certain people for certain situations.

I don't work in the public sector so the local authority doesn't pay mine either. So that's not a hugely helpful comment unless you tell us who you work for.

I'm retired. From LG.

I think we are going around in circles now
It's a fact that public sector pensions are either ridicilously unaffordable (if you don't work in the public sector) or richly deserved (if you do work in the public sector) and the two 'sides' will never agree.

Agree! 🤣

From that I have read, the proposal is a double lock which means pensions will rise by 3.2% not 3.5%. This will save £5billion apparently.

The social care proposal will cost vastly more than this, so where's that money coming from?

Triple lock should be abolished to reduce our huge deficit.

I am actually hoping for a bond market crisis to force the electorate to face a bit of fiscal reality.

It’s when a person keeps asking faux naive questions so that makes two of you.

Of their own making.

Oh Im extremely grateful and lucky !
Im not daft
They offered, I signed
No smoke and mirrors

That wasnt the discussion though
You mentioned 95 section swanning around, I simply pointed out that section closed in 2008 and then again in 2015 although the McCloud judgement found it to be discriminatory so ...

Its clear you are very angry about PS pensions
Ok

Why hasn't the £10 Christmas bonus been mentioned? It's been the same since the 70s and has little relevance today.

Ok about triple lock going not about voting Labour

That's a really good example of something that should be scrspped. It makes no difference to the recipient but collectively costs the country ££££s

I am actually.
I am angry that just about all government spending is under scrutiny but ps pensions are not

Private Sector pensions are about to get slammed as the tax free salary sacrifice scheme gets hit hard.

When people already are not saving enough for retirement it is astonishing they are bringing this in.

Anything, ANYTHING to avoid welfare cuts.

I agree.

The problem is, if it were suggested there would be howls of protest.
Oncd you give something, taking it away is always politically difficult. See also free food during school holidays (how did we ever get into that mess?), £10 UC uplift during Covid, help with heating bills etc.

In the great scheme of things it costs fuck all. If it went nobody would notice but doubtless opponents of whatever government enacted it would weaponise it just like WFA.

Major welfare cuts for young people, compatible with the recommendations of the Milburn Review, are being planned for. The idea is to move YP into training and jobs.