Blair: 'Outdated and unaffordable' state pension

did:plc:rpcky3mxeqbcvhovqyr2kuss · 2026-05-01T08:36:46.987Z

Tony Blair net well potentially over 70 million. It's always people who no longer need the state pension calling for reform. And there's a pattern. No uni tuition fees for Blair and his generation. Fees for everyone else's children. Every time he speaks he tarnishes new labours achievements.

Posts reference a Telegraph piece quoting Tony Blair saying the state pension “must go” and is “outdated and unaffordable.” Documents include a shared link, a user rebuttal arguing the state pension is not inherently more outdated/unaffordable than other pensions, and a mention of a “Public Duty Costs Allowance” of £115,000 p.a.

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5/1/26, 01:48 PM
Tony Blair: ‘Outdated and unaffordable’ state pension must go share.google/yLTO14eUSYNH... Despite this guff from Tony, state pension isn't inherently more outdated and unaffordable than any other kind of pension. State can obviously do whatever pension funds can do and does need to make a profit.
5/1/26, 11:38 AM
Guardian - Tony Blair’s thinktank urges Labour to scrap ‘unaffordable’ pension triple lock. Labour has been urged by Tony Blair’s thinktank to scrap the pensions triple lock amid mounting pressure on government finances. Any political party that does this is DEAD IN THE WATER 1/2
5/1/26, 11:08 AM
Tony Blair: ‘Outdated and unaffordable’ state pension must go - The Telegraph Says man on ‘outdated and unaffordable’ Public Duty Costs Allowance of £115,000 p.a.
5/1/26, 10:32 AM
Yes, Tony Blair’s outdated and unaffordable state pension definitely should go! www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/bla...
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In fairness he was arguing for the end of the unaffordable triple-lock not the pension itself
5/1/26, 10:07 AM
Which is also not unaffordable
5/1/26, 09:49 AM
I suspect Tony Blair said a little bit more than that the triple lock was "..... unaffordable...." but that hasn't stopped words being put into his mouth. There does need to be a rethink on the State Pension with it based on a living income level.
5/1/26, 09:42 AM
In fairness he was arguing for the end of the unaffordable triple-lock not the pension itself
5/1/26, 09:39 AM
Tony Blair Institute proposes an end to 'unaffordable' triple lock
5/1/26, 09:17 AM
The Telegraph Tony Blair: ‘Outdated and unaffordable’ state pension must go via The Telegraph
5/1/26, 09:17 AM
I thonk Tony Blair has a point. When you consider the increasing proportion of elderly people and the declining pop. It's unaffordable. We need to ensure the poorest are protected but recognise that a different approach for wealthiest needed. Signed A. Pensioner
5/1/26, 08:36 AM
Tony Blair net well potentially over 70 million. It's always people who no longer need the state pension calling for reform. And there's a pattern. No uni tuition fees for Blair and his generation. Fees for everyone else's children. Every time he speaks he tarnishes new labours achievements.

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Blair: 'Outdated and unaffordable' state pension