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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Christopher McKeon

REVEALED: Conservatives should stop defending triple lock ponzi system says senior tory | Vintage Vibes

Former Conservative leadership candidate Tom Tugendhat warned the party would struggle to attract younger supporters without a ‘radical transition from dead money to live money’ (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Conservatives need to stop defending the pensions triple lock if they want to gain support from young people, a senior MP has said.

Tom Tugendhat, who came fourth in the contest for the Tory leadership last year, compared the UK economy to a “Ponzi system” during a fringe event at the party conference in Manchester on Monday.

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