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By Elliot Gulliver-Needham Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed today that the pensions triple lock will be renewed if the Conservatives win the next election. Speaking to the BBC on Sunday morning, Hunt said that while the policy was “very expensive”, the party had “made that commitment to pensioners and we think it’s a very important one”. “You can only make that commitment if you’re confident that you’re going to deliver the economic growth that’s going to pay for it,” he added. The news comes after he suggested to the House of Lords this week that the triple lock was “under review”, leading to…