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Liz Truss calls off media visit after promising to keep pensions triple lock

Truss’s PMQs comment at odds with Downing Street and Treasury’s previous refusal to commit to pledge

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Liz Truss has called off a planned visit and media clip amid continued chaos, shortly after she pledged to maintain the so-called triple lock guarantee on pension increases.

Downing Street and the Treasury had for days refused to commit to the triple lock, under which the state pension would rise by whichever is the greatest of inflation, average earnings or 2.5%, amid a review of spending by Jeremy Hunt, the new chancellor.

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