UK. Full state pension will rise by nearly £500 next April under the triple lock
The full state pension will rise by £9.40 a week to around £250.70 from next April under the triple lock guarantee. On a yearly basis, it will rise by £489 - climbing from £12,547 to £13,036 - delivering another inflation-beating rise for pensioners. Under the triple lock the state pension increases every year by the highest of 2.5 per cent, inflation or average earnings growth – and the last of these outstripped the rest this time. Wage growth came in at 3.9...
