Next UK Chancellor of the Exchequer in 2026?
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Following his official appointment, Shabana Mahmood has been reappointed as Home Secretary in the British Prime Minister Andy Burnham's government.
Following his official appointment, Shabana Mahmood has been reappointed as Home Secretary in the British Prime Minister Andy Burnham's government.
Live: Yvette Cooper appointed health secretary
Live: Yvette Cooper becomes health secretary
LATEST: • • Yvette Cooper MP becomes Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. • • Pat McFadden remains as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
NEW: Yvette Cooper is the new Health Secretary • • Pat McFadden stays on at work and pensions
Yvette Cooper becomes health secretary. • • Pat McFadden stays in the welfare brief
Live: Yvette Cooper appointed health secretary - report
John Healey becomes chancellor weeks after shock resignation from defence job
Ed Miliband, a Jewish-British politician, former chairman of the British Labour Party, was appointed Foreign Secretary in Andy Burnham's new government.
One month after resigning from Keir Starmer's government, former Defense Secretary John Healey has been appointed Treasury Secretary by the new British Prime Minister.
One month after resigning from Keir Starmer's government, former Defence Secretary John Healey was appointed head of the Treasury by the new British Prime Minister.
Shabana Mahmood was never formally offered the job of chancellor and "has been made clear throughout this process her desire to remain home secretary," a source close to her said.
Live: #UNITED_KINGDOM Andy Burnham's team, the new Prime Minister, is beginning to take shape: • John Healey, former Minister of Defence in Keir Starmer's government, is appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer...
Ed Miliband becomes UK foreign secretary as Shabana Mahmood keeps job as home secretary • • Follow live:
Louise Haigh has been appointed as First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office @cabinetofficeuk.
Live: The former foreign secretary Yvette Cooper has also entered No 10 – shortly before Ed Miliband was appointed to that role. More on her future as we get it. Yvet
Live: Shabana Mahmood remains UK home secretary
John Healey - Chancellor • • Ed Miliband - Foreign Secretary • • Louise Haigh - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and First Secretary of State • • Shabana Mahmood - Home Secretary
John Healey - Chancellor • • Ed Miliband - Foreign Secretary • • Louise Haigh - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and First Secretary of State • • Shabana Mahmood - Home Secretary
ALERT: Ed Miliband appointed new UK foreign minister: govt
Louise Haigh has been appointed as First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office @cabinetofficeuk.
Burnham Cabinet taking shape • • John Healey as Chancellor • • Ed Miliband as Foreign Secretary • • Lousie Haigh - a close Burnham ally - returns to Cabinet as First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office • • Shabana Mahmood remains at Home Secretary
NEW: Shabana Mahmood stays as Home Secretary • • Staunch Burnham ally Louise Haigh becomes First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office
NEW: Shabana Mahmood stays as Home Secretary • • Staunch Burnham ally Louise Haigh becomes First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office
UK PM Burnham appoints Ed Miliband as foreign minister
Confirmed Louise Haigh as CDL AND First Secretary of State • • And Shabana Mahmood MP remains as Home Secretary
Ed Miliband foreign secretary • • Shabana Mahmood stays as Home Secretary
UK’s Shabana Mahmood to Be Appointed Interior Minister
BREAKING • • Ed Miliband gets foreign secretary after missing out as Chancellor to John Healey
What is this event about?
This market will resolve to the next individual who is officially appointed as the next Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET.
To count for resolution, the individual must be officially appointed by the United Kingdom Monarch. Any interim or caretaker Chancellor of the Exchequer will not count toward the resolution of this market.
If no such Chancellor of the Exchequer is appointed, or Rachel Reeves is re-appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer, by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, this market will resolve to “No next Chancellor in 2026”.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the Government of the United Kingdom; however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.