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Britons don’t think the pensions triple lock should be broken, even when confronted with the potential unfairnesses (although older people reject that e.g. the state pension going up when wages go down is unfair in the first place)

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% of Britons who support keeping the pensions triple lock based solely on a description of what the triple lock is

All: 68%

18-29yr olds: 53%
70+yr olds: 88%

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Is it fair for the state pension to increase at a time when average earnings among working people decrease?

18-29yr olds: 24% fair / 38% unfair
30-39yr olds: 26% fair / 41% unfair
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60-69yr olds: 64% fair / 22% unfair
70+yr olds: 63% fair / 21% unfair

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But even though young people tend to think that it's unfair for the state pension to increase when wages for workers fall, they would still rather keep the triple lock in place than give pensioners a smaller increase

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While older Brits think it's fair for state pensions to go up when wages fall, they don't think it's *ever* ok to freeze the state pension. Younger Brits disagree

18-29yr olds: 43% ever acceptable / 22% not
60-69yr olds: 20% ever acceptable / 73% not

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