Left-wing 'Ed Stone' stunt MP gets new Treasury role

ONE of Keir Starmer's new Treasury ministers is a high-tax Left-winger who came up with the widely-mocked "Ed Stone" gimmick under Ed Miliband.

- Katie Harris

The PM replaced Tulip Siddiq with Emma Reynolds but also brought newly-elected Labour MP Torsten Bell into the under-fire department.

Mr Bell, now Work and Pensions Minister, advised Mr Miliband and was the boss of the Left-leaning Resolution Foundation think tank before his election six months ago.

He was reportedly the architect of the idea for the infamous "Ed Stone".