Chancellor Rishi Sunak looks set to smash a Conservative party pledge to pensioners that's been in place for 10 years. Ahead of the 2010 election, the Tories promised state pensions would rise every year by at least as much as average salaries - and they've repeated that promise ahead of every election since.
But there's a problem this year. During the coronavirus crisis, more than nine million people have been put on furlough - with the Government only covering 80% of their wages up to £2,500 a month - and millions more have had their earnings cut by bosses.
But it's temporary - with wages expected to bounce back when the crisis is over provided the scheme has worked and people's jobs have been saved.
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