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State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

Asked by John LamontConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 27 October 2025UIN 82971

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policy on the triple lock for the State Pensions of the report by the International Monetary Fund entitled United Kingdom: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for United Kingdom, published on 25 July 2025.

Answered by James Murray

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an independent international organisation. The Government engages regularly and constructively with the IMF, including during the annual bilateral surveillance process known as Article IV.

The Government is committed to the triple lock for the duration of this Parliament.

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