Prime minister Andy Burnham is expected to tell the Labour conference in Liverpool that he is willing to look at scrapping the state pension triple lock (the guarantee that pensions rise each year by inflation, average earnings or 2.5%, whichever is highest) to help fund a national care service, though government sources say he will stop short of pledging to abolish it. Unite leader Sharon Graham called the idea "electoral suicide" and "morally wrong", while deputy leader Lucy Powell said Labour remains committed to the lock for this parliament but did not rule out changes afterwards. The row shows how Burnham's promised "honest conversation" on costly problems such as social care could clash with pensioner security and expose Labour to attacks from the Conservatives and Reform.