Will Rishi Sunak commit to the pensions triple lock in the next Conservative manifesto? That’s going to be one of the big questions of the autumn, not least because the Prime Minister won’t answer it. He didn’t do so today when quizzed on it by the SNP’s Stephen Flynn and Labour MPs – but at least has the political cover that the Labour leadership isn’t committing to the policy as a manifesto pledge either.
Flynn’s two questions to the Prime Minister were much better than the ones from Starmer. The SNP Westminster leader is a confident speaker who can look comfortable rather than contrived when he chuckles in response to a vague answer. That came in handy today when Sunak did not answer his first question on the triple lock. Flynn asked:
‘As someone who spends more money heating their swimming pool than the total value of the UK state pension, I think it’s safe to say the Prime Minister might not be as invested in this topic as some others.
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