BREAKING: Sally Nugent halts BBC Breakfast as co-star ANNOUNCES URGENT NEWS
Sally shared some breaking news on BBC Breakfast (Image: BBC screengrab)
Sally Nugent halted BBC Breakfast’s latest instalment to deliver some breaking news on wage growth.
The presenter was hosting Tuesday morning’s show (September 16) alongside her co-star Jon Kay when she stopped to reveal that “new figures for the average wage growth” had just been released, which she said were “likely to impact the state pension”.
She then passed over to her co-star Emma Vardy, who explained what had been revealed and what it would mean.
She told viewers: “In the last few minutes, the Office for National Statistics has released that figure for how much average annual earnings have risen over the past year.
“It shows the average wage has increased by 4.7%, slightly higher than forecast.
Sally Nugent on BBC Breakfast (Image: BBC screengrab)
“Now, one of the reasons, as Sally said, that we pay attention to this figure, it gives us an idea of how much many people’s pensions are likely to increase by next year.
“And that is because anyone living in the UK who gets the full new state pension will see it go up each year, either by the same amount as wages go up, or by inflation, or by 2.5%, whichever is the highest.”
Emma explained that it was known as “the triple lock”.
She went on: “And at the moment, wage growth, as we’re seeing, is higher than inflation. So it means this is the figure that pension rises will be linked to.
The show’s Emma Vardy explained the news (Image: BBC screengrab)
“So figures in reality, well, it means we’re probably looking at pensions going up by over £500 in the spring, bringing it to around £12,000 a year. So people who rely on that full new state pension can now have some idea how much their money will increase by.”
Emma, who joined BBC Breakfast in 2023, went on to explain to viewers that it would usually be fully confirmed only after the budget speech in November.
“But it does give us a pretty good idea,” the TV star added.
