Torsten Bell | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Swansea West | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Geraint Davies |
| Majority | 8,515 (17.1%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 1982 (age 42) Greenwich,[1] England, United Kingdom |
| 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 Henricson-Bell FAcSS (born September 1982) is a Labour politician, economist, author, and newspaper columnist, serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea West since 2024.[3]
Previously he was the chief executive of the Resolution Foundation, an economic thinktank, from 2015 to 2024.
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.[4]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ed Miliband's former head of policy appointed director of living standards think tank". Independent. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2022.