Burnham's Own Adviser Calls Triple Lock 'Fiscally Unsustainable' — Three Days Before His Big Economic Speech
Andy Haldane, the former Bank of England chief economist now advising Andy Burnham on growth, publicly declared the state pension triple lock 'fiscally unsustainable' on June 26 — directly contradicting Burnham's own position. His first economic speech as Labour's prime-minister-in-waiting on Monday offers devolution pledges but no costed plan, no named Chancellor, and no answer to a widening fiscal gap.
