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The claim

“Kemi Badenoch has put pensioners on notice: the Tories would cut the state pension."

Rating

This is untrue, although what Ms Badenoch was talking about is somewhat unclear. At most she said that she would consider means testing the so-called triple lock, which decides how rapidly the state pension rises each year.

Reviewed by PA Media ↗ ·

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Sources and attribution

  1. [original] PA Media original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026