ECONOMICS WELFARE YOUTH Pension rise 8% as triple-lock boosts pensioners

Pensioners are highly likely to vote, and overall are much more conservative than the young, who of course are least likely to vote, and so considered less of a spending priority.

The BBC explain the Tory "triple-lock" pensions promise and why it could lead to a whopping 8% increase. Remember - nurses, the "heroes" the government urged people to bang pans for, have been offered a 1% increase.