Burnham screws over the poorest pensioners by abolishing triple lock

Starmer take TWO , The unite Union were against this

Ed Davey: it is "surely wrong" to scrap the triple lock to help fund proper social care, as the lock has been "an essential tool in the fight against pensioner poverty".

This is a very strange and Disastrous  decision  for Burnham to have made ,there are 13 Million Pensioners, a large proportion of whom will feel it is an attack on them

Money Talks Bull walks , Burnham will regret this decision

Sharon Graham, the general secretary of the Unite union says the government should not change the triple lock, and suggests government look towards the "super rich".

The winter fuel allowance policy was reversed, she says, and Burnham's triple lock plans are also “something people will be scratching their heads at”.

"Why would you be looking at the pot of pensioners rather than the super rich," she asks.

The poorest pensioners won't be any worse off. They will just receive more UC.

HTH.

deary me

When a claimant reaches State Pension age, their entitlement to UC ends because UC is a working-age benefit

Indeed , Norb doesn't want to Admit we have Another Starmer like disastrous Decision Made ,U TURN ?

Cider, are you saying pensioners can not qualify for benefits?

BTW many people on a State Pension also work.

They can't qualify for UC. So I'm saying your 6.47PM post was ill informed horse shiitt.

Is everything still FATCHER's fault?

They can't qualify for UC. So I'm saying your 6.47PM post was ill informed horse shiitt.

I use UC as a catchall term for benefits. Big deal. Fact is the less pension someone gets the more benefits they qualify for.

Such as?

There's only one real pension aged benefit I'm aware of that's income based, which is PC. But the income cap for that is deliberately set below the full new SP.

Other than that it is conditional outside of cash, ordinarily ill health/care requirements. Which apply, regardless of SP.

Pension Credit
Council Tax Reduction
Housing Benefit
Winter Fuel Payment
Cold Weather Payments
Warm Home Discount

Which out of those does someone on full state pension qualify for without being tested for capital?

Burnham screws over the poorest pensioners by abolishing triple lock

Not much point talking about what he his going to do in three years time when the train coming down the track this winter is about to run over him.

I don't really see it, perhaps you are intending to say something but garbling it. There are no benefits I'm aware of that hinge on the level of sp increases. Anyone who qualifies for housing benefit for example wouldn't lose it because of an annual increase in sp. Or qualify for hb if the annual increase was low, when they didn't qualify previously.

I was responding to your ill informed post:

The poorest pensioners won't be any worse off. They will just receive more UC.


Not the OP.

The poorest pensioners won't be any worse off.

They will just receive more UC.

Cider, are you saying pensioners can not qualify for benefits?

I'm saying that they can't qualify for UC. So most definitely won't receive more UC, regardless of the level of the sp.

You made a blunder, sh11tt happens.

I just found out that if you get PIP before you get state pension, it carries on in addition to SP, but you can't make a new claim if you already get SP.

A handy extra £195 pw for the 1.25 million 60+ getting pip (680,000 currently getting both Pip and SP)

PIP is the jackpot benefit, especially higher rate x2. The incentives to game it are huge.

You made a blunder, sh11tt happens.

As I said I use UC as a catchall term for benefits. Big deal.

You can claim UC if you are of pension age but your partner must be under the state pension age, a mixed couple cant claim pension credit only UC.

As I said I use UC as a catchall term for benefits. Big deal.

That makes absolutely no sense. Benefits is the catch all term for benefits. You simply got it wrong, sh11tt happens.

Yeah, my mistake for thinking all benefits came under the term universal credit. Why would have guessed universal doesn't actually mean universal.

As you lacked the requisite knowledge. So perhaps the arrogant sarcasm was misplaced.

SirNorbertClarke • September 29, 2026 6:47 PM BST
The poorest pensioners won't be any worse off. They will just receive more UC.

HTH.

arrogant sarcasm

Windmills.

Pension Credit
Council Tax Reduction
Housing Benefit
Winter Fuel Payment
Cold Weather Payments
Warm Home Discount

They get all that on Top of their Pensions do they Norb ?

I reckon you are one of the Gold plated pension  Woke Types Norb , It all adds up , Plenty of time for posting on Here during the day

The old Covid work  from home added to the Bonanza , I wonder what your Job is ?

The tax money wasted on the Woke public servants needs looking at , Not what old folks are getting

Home Owners

Council Tax Reduction only if you are Single 

No benefits what so ever if you are a couple and own your own house Norb  the reduction for single folks A pony a week Norb

Park up outside Tesco on a Saturday just look at the PIP peeps and blue badgers some of them can shift you would assume all on DLA.

I reckon you are one of the Gold plated pension

At 21 I got a job with a final salary pension and thought to myself, I'm never leaving here

It's not a crime to know where your bread is buttered.