Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has triggered a row after saying her party wants to explore greater means-testing of government support. Speaking on LBC Radio, she said the UK had a poor record in prioritising assistance to those who need it the most.

The Tory leader insisted that ‘means-testing is something which we don’t do properly’ after being pressed on her plans for the pensions triple lock

Following the shadow chancellor stating that the triple lock is "unsustainable", the Conservative leader reveals they are looking at a new approach.

Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservatives could look at means testing the state pension triple-lock, in what would be a major policy shift. The Tory Party leader was asked during a phone-in on LBC Radio whether she would “look at” the triple-lock on the state pension,

Tory Party leader Kemi Badenoch came under fire after telling a radio phone-in that she would consider means testing the pension triple lock, before going on to claim she hadn't said that at all

Kemi Badenoch has said she will not means-test the pension triple lock, with the Tories saying reports suggesting she would consider the change were “fake news...

Kemi Badenoch has come under fire after she was asked whether the Conservative Party would look at the triple-lock pension system in a radio interview. The leader of the opposition was asked on LBC on Thursday evening about how certain people benefit from triple-lock when, the caller claimed, they do not need it.

Kemi Badenoch has been accused of "putting pensioners on notice" after suggesting the Tories would consider means-testing the triple lock.

Pensions provider Aegon said the triple lock harms “intergenerational fairness” and was “not sustainable” as it would mean pensioners getting higher increases than average wage growth over time, while suggesting “smoothing” the formula to uprate the benefit may be an option to improve it.