"Max Demian" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 30/05/2017 18:42, Andy Burns wrote:
Harry Bloomfield wrote:

I understood May was suggesting state
pensions were to be frozen

The original justification for the triple lock, was that pensions had
fallen behind over many years, so they would rise by the highest of
(2.5%, CPI or average earnings increase) now they are said to have caught
up

Caught up with what? The state pension is still not enough to cover basic
expenditure taking housing costs into account.

Bull****.