The Conservative Party has abandoned dropping the triple lock on the state pension in order to secure a confidence and supply deal with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
During the election campaign, the Conservatives pledged to drop the protection - which guarantees annual increases in line with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), average earnings, or 2.5%, whichever...
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