Torsten Bell | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions | |
| Assumed office 14 January 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Emma Reynolds |
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Treasury | |
| Assumed office 14 January 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Emma Reynolds |
| Member of Parliament for Swansea West | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Geraint Davies |
| Majority | 8,515 (23.9%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 1982 (age 42) Greenwich, London, England[1] |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | 2[2] |
| Alma mater | Mansfield College, Oxford |
| Known for | Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation (2015–2024) |
Torsten Bell (born September 1982) is a Labour politician, economist, author, and newspaper columnist, serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea West since 2024.[3] He was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for the Treasury and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions in January 2025.[4]
Previously he was the chief executive of the Resolution Foundation, an economic thinktank, from 2015 to 2024.[5]
He was appointed to the Resolution Foundation in 2015 after having served as Ed Miliband's Director of policy, and as a Treasury civil servant who became special adviser to Alistair Darling during the 2007–2008 financial crisis.[5]
- ^ Eaton, George (4 January 2023). ""This country doesn't invest in its own future": Torsten Bell on why the UK is being hit hardest". The New Statesman. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ Bell, Torsten (13 June 2024). Great Britain? How We Get Our Future Back (1st ed.). Vintage. ISBN 9781529932409.
- ^ "Swansea West – General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: 14 January 2025". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
- ^ a b "Ed Miliband's former head of policy appointed director of living standards think tank". Independent. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2022.