The Scottish Tory leader has written to John Swinney urging him to “correct the record”, saying the claim was “inaccurate and irresponsible”.
In his letter to the First Minister, Findlay said: “I am writing to you in relation to our exchange at FMQs on Thursday.
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“In response to my questions about the SNP‘s out of control benefits bill, you referred to the UK Labour Government’s decision to scrap the state pension triple lock.
“You stated that ‘we are now going to lose our pensions’. This inaccurate and irresponsible comment is inevitably causing concern to Scottish pensioners.”
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Andy Burnham announced in his speech to Labour conference last week that the party would scrap the triple lock, if it won the next election, to help fund a new social care settlement in England.
The link to earnings would be binned though the benefit would continue to rise in line with either prices or by 2.5%, whichever was higher, Burnham said.
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Speaking on the BBC’s Sunday Show, Findlay added: “He’s peddled misinformation. He’s said that Scottish pensioners, and I quote directly, are going to ‘lose their pensions’.
“Now that’s patently false, it’s absolute nonsense. Now he either misspoke, in which case, he needs to correct the record. I’ve written to him this morning inviting him to do so.
“Or even worse, it’s disinformation and he’s knowingly misled Scottish pensioners.”
A Scottish Government spokesperson said: “The First Minister stands by his remarks.
“The UK Government has explicitly acknowledged that pensioners in the UK will be worse off by £15 billion per year by 2039-40, rising to around £50bn per year by 2049-50, compared to the current triple lock being maintained.
“In Scotland this would equate to around a £2000 reduction in real terms in individual pensioner incomes by 2049-50, as compared to the existing triple lock policy.”