The changes are due to take effect from the next parliament, with initial savings directed towards Andy Burnham’s national care service.The triple lock had long been considered too politically dangerous to touch, particularly after the backlash that forced Labour to abandon its earlier plan to strip winter fuel payments from most pensioners.Mr Bell, who served as director of the Resolution Foundation before entering parliament as MP for Swansea West in 2024, said the prime minister’s 10-year plan would guarantee a better deal for tomorrow’s retirees.”It’s just really important to be able to say to people, ‘the comfortable retirement that your parents had: we’re going to make sure that today’s private sector workers have got those’,” he added.