YouGov Poll Shows 48% Back Burnham's Triple-Lock Cut for Social Care
Updated
Updated · The Guardian · Sep 30
YouGov Poll Shows 48% Back Burnham's Triple-Lock Cut for Social Care
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Sep 30
Summary
A YouGov poll found voters support Andy Burnham’s plan to scale back the pensions triple lock to fund social care reform by 48% to 28%.
Support was even stronger for the underlying policy goals: 74% backed creating a National Care Service, while 43% supported replacing the triple lock with a double lock by removing the earnings link, versus 30% opposed.
When YouGov combined both elements and presented them as Burnham’s plan, the triple-lock change became more popular than when asked about in isolation.
The findings undercut Unite chief Sharon Graham’s warning that scrapping the triple lock would be “electoral suicide,” though early polling can shift before any policy is implemented.