The state pension will continue with its triple lock increases for the foreseeable as it's part of the bribes politicians throw at people for their votes.
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He added: ‘We will always protect pensioners, because they have earned a secure retirement.’
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Obviously with the state pension changes this is even less accurate, and I'm ignoring that our welfare system is almost entirely not contributory and those with poor pensions will have it topped up by pension credit. The state pension is paid for by today's taxpayers, and has increased as a proportion of the economy massively. There is a huge demographic time bomb there of too few workers for too many pensioners which is part of the reason why the government are trying to find other ways to help them fund their retirement, which also sadly involve transfers of wealth from workers but they are better able to hide them.
The issue of pensioner welfare is and always will be emotive. Add that to that they are a big cohort demographically with a high voting rate and you've no chance of any politicians doing anything that too obviously disadvantages them.
It's just a part of the money that the government, I'm talking in general there, spends on purchasing votes. I'm afraid the client state is alive and well, just the parties respectively have different clients.