Who will be in the Burnham cabinet?John Healey
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Live: The new chancellor John Healey said the government led by Andy Burnham “will meet our commitments on defence to our international allies”. He was asked by broad
Live: Andy Burnham has said his arrival in power will “bring back hope” to Britain as he launched his premiership with the surprise appointment of John Healey as chan
Al Arabiya correspondent Aroub Abdulhaq: Ministers close to Starmer resign as Andy Burnham takes over as Prime Minister... Former Defense Secretary John Healey arrives at Downing Street amid expectations of his return to his post.
Cabinet so far: • Chancellor - John Healey • Foreign - Ed Miliband • Home - Shabana Mahmood • Work & Pensions - Pat McFadden • Health - Yvette Cooper • CDL & First Sec of State - Lou Haigh
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.
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...
Live: John Healey appointment a surprise move by Burnham
Andy Burnham picks John Healey as new chancellor
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
BREAKING • • Ed Miliband gets foreign secretary after missing out as Chancellor to John Healey
John Healey has just arrived in the Treasury. He is a surprise choice as Chancellor but perhaps should not have been. He spent half a decade in Gordon Brown’s Treasury with specific knowledge of that era’s attempt to regenerate and devolve power - the Regional Development Agencies, later scrapped by the Coalition Government. He co wrote nerdy regionalism pamphlets with @edballs • • NUmber 10 is stressing that Andy Burnham and John Healey “have the same outlook” on the need to maintain economic stability and the current fiscal rules, reindustrialisation, devolution, helping people with the cost-of-living crisis and backing British jobs and British industry to drive growth across the country.
Live: John Healey leaves Downing Street after appointment as Chancellor
Live: Who is John Healey, Burnham’s new Chancellor?
Burnham begins forming new British cabinet / Former Defense Secretary moves to Treasury After receiving his appointment as the new British Prime Minister, Andy Burnham began the process of forming a cabinet and appointed former Defense Secretary John Healey as Finance Minister. @IRNA_1313
Ex-Defence Sec John Healey who quit over defence spending handed control of the purse strings. • • His record on housing, both as a minister, and at the MOD is understood to have been a key factor for the PM, who wants to deliver an ambitious council house building programme. They share similar views on deindustrialisation, devolution, cost of living etc • • Healey also held ministerial roles in the Treasury under Gordon Brown, and is well-respected internationally
Live: Moment Andy Burnham appoints John Healey as Chancellor
John Healey appointed UK chancellor by Prime Minister Andy Burnham, weeks after quitting defence job over spending row
John Healey is Chancellor
ALERT: UK's PM Burnham appoints ex-defence secretary John Healey as finance minister: office
British Prime Minister's Office: John Healey appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
Live: John Healey named Chancellor
Live: John Healey named chancellor
Live: John Healey appointed chancellor in surprise pick
Breaking: John Healey is Andy Burnham’s Chancellor.
Live: John Healey confirmed as UK chancellor
Live: John Healey named Chancellor in Burnham's cabinet
BREAKING: John Healey is Andy Burnham's surprise pick as chancellor, with former defence secretary emerging as compromise candidate after Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood were both tipped for the role.
BREAKING: John Healey becomes the chancellor. • • Absolutely nobody saw this appointment coming - which shows just how tight the Burnham team’s discussions have been.
Live: John Healey announced as UK chancellor
*BREAKING* • • Andy Burnham has appointed John Healey as Chancellor of the Exchequer • • Follow all the latest @Telegraph • •
Live: John Healey appointed as Chancellor
BREAKING: Andy Burnham Appoints John Healey Chancellor In Major Cabinet Surprise • •
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*JOHN HEALEY IS NAMED UK CHANCELLOR OF EXCHEQUER
BREAKING - John Healey is appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in Andy Burnham's new Cabinet
BREAKING: John Healey is Andy Burnham's surprise pick as chancellor, emerging as compromise candidate after Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood were both tipped. • • The former defence secretary - who was a Treasury minister under Gordon Brown - is seen as a safe pair of hands who will do new PM's bidding as chancellor.
John Healey has been appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer @hmtreasury.
Live: Former defence secretary John Healey appointed chancellor
Live: John Healey appointed as chancellor by Burnham
NEW: John Healey is Andy Burnham's chancellor.
John Healey has been appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer @hmtreasury.
The arrival of John Healey in Downing St as the first appointment of Andy Burnham’s Government has blown a lot of minds in Westminster. • It seems he could get the job of Chancellor. • But people forget that he was in the Treasury for five years under Tony Blair 2002 to 2007. More now at @GBNEWS
John Healey in Downing Street now • • Tight lipped. Won’t be long before we find out what job he gets
John Healey - former defence sec - is the first to walk up Downing Street, as Andy Burnham appoints his cabinet. • • Ignores questions about whether he'll be the next chancellor.
John Healey is Burnham’s first appointment
Live: John Healey waits to enter Downing Street
EXC: John Healey is being tipped by Burnham insiders as the next Foreign Secretary. • • He could be brought back as part of a New Labour switcheroo, moving Yvette Cooper to the Treasury and leaving Shabana Mahmood in the Home Office. • • Healey is understood to have held talks with Burnham on international issues in the last few weeks. He is part of the solution to Burnham's headache over how to avoid making Ed Miliband Chancellor of the Exchequer. • • Healey has made no secret of the fact that he would like to return to government, and has been tipped for a wide variety of roles, including Home Secretary and Chief Whip. • • But Burnham's team thinks it might make sense to bring him into the FCDO, a department Burnham has less interest in, given his previous experience at the MoD. • • An ally of Healey said: “John is widely respected by allies, from Kyiv to Canberra”.
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How did this market resolve?
This market will resolve to “Yes” if the listed individual is confirmed as a minister in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom formed as a result of Andy Burnham being appointed Prime Minister. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No.”
To qualify, the individual must be appointed or reappointed to a cabinet position by the United Kingdom Monarch in the period between the official appointment of Andy Burnham as Prime Minister of the UK and the seventh day thereafter, 11:59 PM UTC. If the individual will continue to serve in a preexisting cabinet position without an explicit reappointment, their continuance in the Burnham cabinet must be confirmed by an official announcement or a consensus of credible reporting by the end of the specified timeframe to qualify.
Any interim or caretaker cabinet position will not count toward the resolution of this market.
To qualify, the listed individual must be appointed to a cabinet minister position. The position of an ordinary minister who also attends cabinet meetings, or any other unpaid ministerial position will not be considered for resolution.
If Andy Burnham is not appointed as Prime Minister of the UK by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM UTC, this market will resolve to “No”.
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.
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