Hunt: Tories will keep the triple lock on pensions

Jeremy Hunt: Russian government creating a ‘smokescreen of propaganda’

On Friday night, a terrorist attack at a large concert in Moscow led to at least 133 deaths. Russian officials vowed revenge and suggested Ukrainian involvement, despite Islamic State claiming responsibility. On Sky News this morning, Trevor Phillips asked Jeremy Hunt how much Russia’s version of events could be believed. The Chancellor said it was always a tragedy when innocent people lost their lives, but that the UK had ‘very little confidence in anything the Russian government says’. He suggested they were creating a ‘smokescreen of propaganda’ to justify their invasion of Ukraine.

Hunt guarantees Tories will keep triple lock on pensions

Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg, Hunt was unequivocal in stating that the ‘triple lock’, which guarantees that rises in the state pension keep pace with inflation, would remain in place for the whole duration of the next parliament if the Tories were to be re-elected.