With Keir Starmer's resignation and his successor likely to be Andy Burnham, opponents of the Triple Lock are raising their heads in unison. They are are trying to persuade Burnham to sacrifice the Lock to reassure the markets. This has all the hallmarks of the disastrous decision of Starmer and Reeves to sacrifice the winter fuel payment for the same ends! Silver Voices is there fighting for you every time this ugly head is raised so if you are not already a member and you are over 60 please join us to strengthen our voice . We now have 12,000 older people in our movement: 

www.silvervoices.co.uk/join-us

Dennis Reed, Director of Silver Voices, was quoted in the Daily Express today as follows; "Andy Burnham would be wise to ignore the weasel words of some of his advisers and stick to his campaign pledge of supporting the triple lock. There is an unrepresentative, but organised, chorus from anti-pensioner commentators urging Burnham to reassure the markets by scrapping the triple lock in the next parliament.

"This has all the hallmarks of the first Labour misstep, within a few weeks of taking office, of scrapping winter fuel payments to show Labour's commitment to tackling the country's economic malaise.

"We all know where that ended...a humiliating U-turn, loss of confidence in the Chancellor and a big contributory factor in Starmer's downfall. Burnham's honeymoon will be very short indeed if he is persuaded down that rabbit hole."

Also spare a moment to sign Alicia's petition to save cash and stop app-only payment systems. It has nearly reached 10,000 signatories:

https://www.change.org/p/save-cash-stop-app-only-payments-support-alicia-s-petition