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Torsten Bell: Is Britain’s decline reversible?

Will Dunn sits down with Torsten Bell, Labour MP for Swansea West.


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The New Statesman’s business editor Will Dunn sat down with Torsten Bell, Labour MP for Swansea West, and former chief executive of the Resolution Foundation – a think tank which aims to improve the standard of living of low-to-middle income families. 

Torsten Bell also worked as Labour’s Director of Policy under Ed Milliband’s leadership. 

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His first book Great Britain?: How We Get Our Future Back, was published earlier this year.

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