Britain’s Triple-Lock Pension Hike: When Tea-Sipping Retirees Rock the Global Economy
The United Kingdom has once again reminded the planet that, even in an age of collapsing ice shelves and collapsing attention spans, the most combustible topic remains the annual cost of tea and biscuits for the over-66s. This week’s confirmation that the state pension will rise by 8.5 % next April—thanks to the infamous “triple…