Opinium / The Critic: Triple lock to price caps
New polling conducted by Opinium for The Critic explores public attitudes towards extending “triple lock”-style guarantees beyond pensions and into other areas of economic life. The polling was commissioned alongside an article for The Critic by Opinium’s James Crouch examining what the popularity of the pension triple lock reveals about public attitudes towards economic intervention and price controls.
The research, based on a nationally representative survey of 2,051 UK adults, tested which areas voters would most like to see protected through similar guarantees, either by limiting how quickly costs can rise or by guaranteeing minimum increases in income.
The findings show broad cross-party support for government intervention to impose lower or more predictable costs on major household outgoings. The most popular options were caps on household energy bills (48%), council tax (41%), and food and grocery prices (40%).
Support for these measures was relatively consistent across supporters of the main political parties, suggesting a widely shared preference for policies focused on controlling living costs rather than increasing incomes.=
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From triple lock to price caps – James Crouch in The Critic
Tables
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Methodology
Opinium conducted an online survey of 2,051 UK adults. Fieldwork was carried out between 29th April and 1st May 2026. Results have been weighted to be nationally representative of the UK adult population.