State pension scandal as Labour MPs back Tony Blair's call to scrap triple lock

State pension scandal as Labour MPs back Tony Blair's call to scrap triple lock

Labour MPs are understood to be in private agreement with former Prime Minister Tony Blair over the future of the "unsustainable" state pension.Despite the Government's public support for the retirement benefit, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's own party believes the triple lock should be scrapped in favour of a more fiscally responsible alternative.Thanks to the triple lock mechanism, retirees enjoy an annual payment rate hike to their state pensi…