Julian Smith

Strongly agree

Yes

The Conservatives introduced the Triple Lock in 2010 and repeatedly pledged to keep it in successive manifestos (e.g., 2019), generally positioning themselves as protectors of pensioners’ incomes. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Agree

Yes, focus on keeping it for this parliament but review its long-term sustainability

This matches the party’s broad stance: keep the Triple Lock in the near term (often for the life of a parliament) while acknowledging long-run affordability concerns; Conservative debates and commentary have periodically raised sustainability and intergenerational fairness issues even while maintaining the policy. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Slightly agree

No, focus on a 'Double Lock' that excludes the 2.5% minimum to save public funds

Some Conservatives and aligned think tanks have floated moving to a ‘double lock’ to reduce costs, but it has not been the party’s mainline position in government, which has generally been to retain the full Triple Lock (with only temporary, exceptional adjustments). Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Disagree

No, set a policy that pension increases should be linked solely to average earnings to ensure intergenerational fairness

Linking increases solely to earnings would be a clear retreat from the Triple Lock and would likely be seen as weakening pensioner protections; while ‘intergenerational fairness’ arguments exist within Conservative circles, the party’s headline policy has been broader uprating protection than earnings-only. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Disagree

Yes, immediate universal commitment to protect pensioners' living standards regardless of economic cost

While supportive of the Triple Lock, Conservatives have framed it within fiscal responsibility; they have not endorsed an unlimited, ‘regardless of cost’ commitment, and have shown willingness to adjust policy in exceptional circumstances (e.g., the 2022–23 suspension of the earnings link due to pandemic wage distortions). Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly disagree

No

Abolishing the Triple Lock outright would cut against a flagship Conservative policy since 2010 and against repeated manifesto commitments to maintain it. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.