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Torsten Bell

since 2025 › Jan › 18 (Sat) @ 08:14 UTC

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11 days ago

Minister insists Labour will not apply national living wage to all over-18s before election – UK politics live ⊖

found 2026 › May › 29 (Fri) @ 11:21 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Torsten Bell says Labour manifesto ‘did not set out the timeline’ for changes to living wage after scale of youth unemployment crisis revealed in Milburn report

A union leader has expressed alarm at t…

Another Labour U-turn? Minister says teenagers might NOT get full minimum wage before 2030 as businesses warn move will fuel youth jobs crisis ⊖

found 2026 › May › 29 (Fri) @ 09:00 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Treasury minister Torsten Bell said there was no 'timeline' on Labour's manifesto pledge to equalise the rates for all adults.

13 days ago

‘He doesn’t mention inequality once’: Burnham hits back at Blair’s Labour criticism ⊕

found 2026 › May › 27 (Wed) @ 16:27 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Burnham joins senior figures such as Torsten Bell saying the former PM’s essay does not address today’s challenges

UK politics live – latest updates

Tony Blair’s criticism of the Labour party fails to …

41 days ago

Labour's pensions 'power grab' is 'gutted' after minister Torsten Bell backs down in battle with Lords over how funds invest workers' cash ○

found 2026 › Apr › 29 (Wed) @ 13:21 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Ministers backed down last night in a stand-off with the House of Lords, which has repeatedly refused to let them change the law to direct funds and boost UK economic growth.

5 months ago

QUENTIN LETTS: Tosspot Torsten's colleagues were even uninterested in his rants ○

found 2025 › Dec › 09 (Tue) @ 19:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Treasury Questions and Torsten Bell was in da building! Little Torsten is that London think-tanker who used to pop up on BBC programmes as an allegedly non-partisan commentator.

6 months ago

Moment Rachel Reeves discovers Budget has been leaked before she stands up as she reads the news on MP's phone ⊖

found 2025 › Nov › 26 (Wed) @ 13:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

This is the moment Rachel Reeves realised the Budget had been leaked early after her Labour colleague Torsten Bell handed her his phone in Parliament.

9 months ago

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: This is the champagne socialist who I fear is plotting a vicious raid that'll destroy your pension ○

found 2025 › Aug › 30 (Sat) @ 16:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

As many of you will know, 'There may be trouble ahead' is the opening line to an Irving Berlin song. It sprang to mind when I learnt pensions minister Torsten Bell will help with the Chancellor's Bud…

14 months ago

Around 100 schools could be forced to close under Labour's plans to impose VAT on private schools ○

found 2025 › Mar › 09 (Sun) @ 08:57 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Treasury Minister Torsten Bell put a figure on the effect of the tax hike for the first time. A dozen schools have already shut, or intend to close, since January, blaming the levy.

15 months ago

Investment in UK’s crumbling public services is pro-growth, says pensions minister ○

found 2025 › Feb › 20 (Thu) @ 06:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Exclusive: Torsten Bell defends Labour’s spending plans, saying ‘the status quo is economically and morally bankrupt’

Britain’s crumbling public services are bad for business, and spending more taxpay…

16 months ago

Four ways Rachel Reeves and her new sidekick plan to scalp YOUR pension: JEFF PRESTRIDGE ○

found 2025 › Jan › 22 (Wed) @ 07:44 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Pensions minister Torsten Bell (pictured), who has just arrived at the Treasury, has previously questioned the sustainability of the triple lock.

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