Reforming the “triple lock” system to remove the veto the United Nations Security Council in effect has over the deployment of Irish peacekeepers on new missions is about taking back “our sovereignty” ...

A former DWP employee is warning how this year's Triple Lock uprate will affect some pensioners differently through a 'two-tier system'. Under the Triple Lock guarantee, both the New and Basic State ...

Raising the access age for the benefit is one method the Government could use to control the ever-growing state pension bill. Another approach to reducing the rising welfare bill owing to the state ...

The triple lock has resulted in unpredictable and sometimes overly generous increases to the state pension A research institute has called to scrap the triple lock and replace it with a system that ...

Average earnings data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for May to July 2023 showed earnings growth of 8.5 per cent, a figure that will be used to set the state pension increase ...

During a Work and Pensions Committee session, pension experts put forward potential changes to the triple lock arrangement. Proposals put on the table included introducing means-testing for state ...

The DWP has confirmed that millions of pensioners will see a sizeable increase in their payments from April 2026, following the government's ...

Millions of retirees will not benefit from the state pension triple lock next April - and potentially miss out on a 4.6% uplift - new data suggests. The triple lock ensures that the state pension ...

At a weekly ballet class in Wokingham, dancers glide elegantly through an intricate series of poses, making it look easy despite ranging in age from 50 to over 80. Figures released on Tuesday, ...