Next UK Chancellor of the Exchequer in 2026?John Healey
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John Healey becomes chancellor weeks after shock resignation from defence job
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...
John Healey - Chancellor • • Ed Miliband - Foreign Secretary • • Louise Haigh - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and First Secretary of State • • Shabana Mahmood - Home Secretary
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?
John Healey appointed UK chancellor by Prime Minister Andy Burnham, weeks after quitting defence job over spending row
Former Defence Secretary John Healey is now the Chancellor
Breaking: • • John Healey, who quit over defence spending, is the Chancellor • • Worth remembering that when Healey quit he argued that Britain should spent 3 per cent of GDP on defence by 2030 • • It's currently on track to be 2.7 per cent by 2030
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
BREAKING: John Healey is Chancellor!
Live: John Healey, who quit Starmer’s cabinet as defense secretary, is the new chancellor of the Exchequer --- a surprise appointment. Healey resigned in June arguing that a proposed uplift in military spending was insufficient. He is a political veteran, regarded as a safe pair of hands, and was a junior minister in the Treasury in Tony Blair’s government.
Live: John Healey appointed chancellor in surprise pick
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.
Live: John Healey announced as UK chancellor
Live: John Healey appointed as Chancellor
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*JOHN HEALEY IS NAMED UK CHANCELLOR OF EXCHEQUER
BREAKING John Healey has been appointed Chancellor
BREAKING - new chancellor is John Healey
John Healey is the new Chancellor
BREAK: John Healey is the new Chancellor of the Exchequer
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
Breaking: John Healey has been appointed chancellor.
Wow. John Healey is the Chancellor.
BREAKING: John Healey is Chancellor
John Healey is the new chancellor
The King has been pleased to approve the following appointment: • • Rt Hon John Healey MP as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Breaking: John Healey has been appointed chancellor.
BREAKING • • John Healey is the Chancellor
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UK Government: Hon John Healey MP as Chancellor of Exchequer
John Healey has been appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer @hmtreasury.
John Healey likely Chancellor now. That would be a curveball. • • And given the effusive praise heaped on him by political opponents last month, it's smart politics.
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How did this market resolve?
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.
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