friends for easington, doncaster central, blaenau gwent and ayr, carrick and cumnock on this issue. today we are keeping our promise so that working people who powered our country receive the pay fair pension that they are owed . our pension that they are owed. our manifesto committed to the triple lock, meaning spending on the state pension is forecast to rise by over £31 billion by 20 2930. to ensure that our pensioners are protected in their retirement, this commitment means that while working age benefits will be uprated in line with cpi at 1.7%, the basic and new state pension will be uprated by 4.1% in 20 2526. this means that over 12 million pensioners will gain up to £470 next year, up to £275 more than if uprated by inflation. the pension credit standard minimum guarantee will also rise by 4.1% , from around also rise by 4.1%, from around £11,400 per year to around £11,850 a year for a single pensioner . while i have sought pensioner. while i have sought to protect working people with measures to reduce the cost of living, i have had to take some very difficult decisions on