Yesterday Torsten Bell’s brother Olaf was confirmed as new director of the No 10 Policy Unit. Now Torsten himself is back in the Treasury thanks to the mini-reshuffle from Tulip Siddiq’s resignation and a nod from Starmer…
This is 15 years since Bell was last there as Alistair Darling’s SpAd. After that he designed the infamous EdStone as Miliband’s director of policy before leaving after the dismal 2015 loss. Anyway, here is what the government’s new Treasury minister recommended in his recent landmark report as head of the Resolution Foundation:
We trade one dodgy Treasury minister for another…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”