Torsten Bell is now Pension Minister. When he did this interview he had just become an MP. Thanks to John Mather for sending it me on the day he delivered a Pensions Bill for which he will be remembered. He is an exceptional person rather stuck in an obscure part of Government as a junior minister.
If you listen to this, you will understand why I think pensions are lucky to have a deep thinker who is articulate and passionate. It is rare that a department gets lucky and the DWP are lucky right now (they share him with the Treasury). But we now have a Pension Minister who has something to talk about so I hope he does another interview very soon, because I want to hear him talking bout the Workplace Pensions Roadmap.
