The State Pension triple lock has delivered real gains for pensioners since its introduction in 2012. But the case for boosting pensioner incomes over and above others has now run out, while the case for the triple lock as a way to deliver such a boost was always poor. Pensioners have seen three times as much living standards growth as non-pensioners over the last two decades, a typical pensioner household now has the same level of income as the typical working-age household, and pensioners are less likely to be in poverty than the rest of the population.