the why he sounded lukewarm about it at covent garden.— it at covent garden. as the government policy but i very— lock as the government policy but i very much— lock as the government policy but i very much recognise - but i very much recognise people's— but i very much recognise people's concerns - but i very much recognise people's concerns and - but i very much recognise people's concerns and we j but i very much recognise - people's concerns and we want to make — people's concerns and we want to make sure _ people's concerns and we want to make sure the _ people's concerns and we want to make sure the decisions- people's concerns and we want to make sure the decisions we| to make sure the decisions we make — to make sure the decisions we make and _ to make sure the decisions we make and decisions— to make sure the decisions we make and decisions we - to make sure the decisions we make and decisions we have i make and decisions we have after— make and decisions we have after they— make and decisions we have after they are, _ make and decisions we have after

billions of pounds, which is why he maybe sounds a little bit lukewarm about it when he was at covent gardenple lock is the government's policy, but i very much _ recognise people's concerns and we want to make sure l that the decisions we make - and the systems we have are fair both for pensioners and for taxpayers. i i love that, i very much understand people's concerns. what he basically means is, "i'm really concerned and i'm never going to do it, because it is going to cost the taxpayer and the treasury too much money." the thing is though, when you've made a promise, laura, in very different times, that looks kind of snazzy in an election manifesto because you can put it down in a couple of sentences, and then a quirk comes along like this. how... it is a difficult one to wriggle out of. the bottom line is you either do the 8%, or whatever the number is come the autumn, or you break your promise. indeed and that is a political choice and if the treasury has its way, i think we can say can pretty much conviction — i was going to say i will eat my hat, but it's become a terrible politica

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out and about, i'm here today at covent garden market, i was in the west midlands yesterday and everywhererentices learning new skills, people coming back from furlough, businesses that have received our support and are not looking forward to growing and expanding and creating newjobs for people and that's absolutely what we should be focused on now and they should have confidence because the plan is working. —— are now looking forward. the chancellor was also asked about whether the government would scrap the triple lock on pensions, perhaps you could remind our viewers what that means and what your interpretation of that, the fact he would not be drawn on that and he did not want to speculate what the decision might ultimately be. the trile lock decision might ultimately be. iie: triple lock means decision might ultimately be. tie: triple lock means the decision might ultimately be. iie: triple lock means the state decision might ultimately be. i“ie: triple lock means the state pension goes up every year by the hire of 2.5% or inflation or the increase in wages nationally. so it is a gua

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out and about, i'm here today at covent garden market, i was in the west midlands yesterday and everywherelough, businesses that have received our support and are now looking forward to growing and expanding and creating newjobs for people and that's absolutely what we should be focused on now and we should have confidence because the plan is working. and, adam, the chancellor was also asked about whether the government would scrap the triple lock on pensions. perhaps for our viewers, you could remind them exactly what that means? and what your interpretation is of the fact he would not be drawn on that. he said he did not want to speculate on what the decision might ultimately be. so the triple lock means that the state pension goes up every year by the higher of 2.5% or inflation or the increase in wages nationally. so it is a guarantee that the state pension will always go up by at least 2.5% and it is the centrepiece of the tory manifesto and has been the centrepiece of the tory manifestoes of the past and is the commitment that the conservative prime ministers have always wanted to st