THE basic state pension will rise by at least £2.85 a week thanks to the Liberal Democrats' triple lock.

It means 60,966 pensioners in Wirral will benefit from an increase in their pension.

This rise will bring the level of the state pension to at least £115.95.

This is £18.30 more, each week, than in 2010 when the Liberal Democrats entered coalition.

This means pensioners on the full basic state pension are £950 a year better off than they were under Labour.

With the current rate of inflation down to 1.2 per cent, pensioners will be significantly better off.

The Liberal Democrats campaigned for it in opposition, have delivered it in government and have pledged to write it into law in the next Parliament.

Allan Brame, Oxton