Damian Green suggested that the triple lock on pensions could be sidelined after the 2020 election Jeff Overs/Press AssociationPensioners’ benefits could be cut after 2020 to try to improve “intergenerational fairness”, the work and pensions secretary has hinted. Damian Green used his first big interview since taking the job to say that it was “absolutely” necessary to consider whether different generations were getting a fair deal. His comments come after the ringfencing of pensioners from austerity cuts with a “triple lock” by the former prime minister David Cameron was criticised. On The Andrew Marr Show on BBC One, Mr Green said: “I absolutely accept we need to look over time at the area of intergenerational fairness but I…

Source: The Times September 18, 2016 23:37 UTC