Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. All News Sport Culture Lifestyle Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says she is looking at means testing triple lock The Tony Blair Institute has proposed scrapping the state pension's triple lock and replacing the entire system with a "Lifespan Fund" in a major overhaul. The think tank argues the current state pension, established in 1948, is "outdated, increasingly unaffordable, and too rigid" for contemporary lifestyles. The triple lock, which guarantees annual state pension increases, is deemed unaffordable by critics, with the TBI stating it cannot continue after the next election. The report warns that the cost of the state pension could rise by an additional £85 billion annually by 2070, as the number of pensioners is projected to increase significantly.…