Torsten Bell has been appointed pensions minister as Emma Reynolds replaces Tulip Siddiq as economic secretary to the Treasury.
Reynolds is the Labour MP for Wycombe and served as parliamentary secretary in HM Treasury and parliamentary under-secretary to the Department for Work and Pensions from July, following Labour's general election victory. Bell was elected MP for Swansea West at last year's general election. Prior to becoming an MP, he served as the CEO of thinktank Resolution Foundation. Commenting on Bell's appointment, Lane Clark & Peacock partner and former pensions minister Steve Webb said: "Torsten Bell will arrive at DWP with a deeper knowledge of pensions than many of his predecessors. In partic...
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