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Sir Keir Starmer has risked angering older voters by refusing to say whether he would keep the pensions triple lock.
The opposition leader said retirees would have to wait for his election manifesto to find out if the long-standing Conservative pledge would remain in place.
Asked about the policy - which guarantees that retired people’s incomes rise each year in line with the highest out of wage growth, inflation or 2.5 per cent - he told the i newspaper: ‘I believe in the triple lock, committed to the triple lock, we certainly think this Government should continue with it.’
But he went on: ‘Precisely what’s in our manifesto, I’m afraid you’ll have to wait for the manifesto on that, because we will be setting out a fully funded manifesto.
'But I believe in the triple
