Between 1994 and 2013, the proportion of pensioners in poverty fell by almost two-thirds. Pensioners went from having the second highest rate of poverty of any group, after children, to having the lowest. That progress has fallen back since, but only a little. This sharp decline in pensioner poverty should frame debates about the triple lock, which guarantees that the state pension will increase by the highest of 2.5 per cent, inflation, or average earnings. Pensioner poverty would not be as low without it. The cross-party Work and Pensions Select Committee has called unanimously for the tripl…