I would imagine they might think about abolishing the triple lock, but will seriously weigh this up due to the fact that it affects a lot of their voters. Personally, in the circumstances, I think it should be abolished. The younger generation have made a lot of sacrifices to protect us elderly, so we must give something back. Everyone's circumstances are different at retirement. Most of us rely on a cocktail of state pension, occupational pensions, savings and investments. If you don't have those then the State safety net kicks in - and I personally think it is an adequate one - top up to £175 per week plus council tax and rent paid by the State. We all live our lives according to our own decisions - I do wonder if some people actually ever consider what will happen to them when they retire, as they seem to make very little financial preparation. Whatever decisions, or not, you make during your lifetime have a massive impact on the type of retirement you have. One example of this is opting for the Married Woman's NI rather than paying full National Insurance, then being surprised that you don't have your own state pension. However one area where the Government completely reneged on their responsibilities was with the WASPI debacle - absolutely disgusting to move women's state pension age back further. And as for them using the excuse of austerity - this has obviously now been completely exposed as a falsehood.
Many people, like me, relied on their occupational pensions to keep them going in the interim. Other woman have been severely penalised by having to work on in very physically demanding jobs until their state pension age kicks in. It will be very interesting to see how this Government (if you can call it that) handle the situation.