Next UK Foreign Secretary in 2026?John Healey
ResolvedOutcome: No$27Kas of
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This market has resolved No. Final market pricing put YES at 0%, as of .
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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
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...
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
ALERT: UK's PM Burnham appoints ex-defence secretary John Healey as finance minister: office
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 confirmed as UK chancellor
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*JOHN HEALEY IS NAMED UK CHANCELLOR OF EXCHEQUER
Live: Former defence secretary John Healey appointed chancellor
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UK Government: Hon John Healey MP as Chancellor of Exchequer
Where does the news lean?
2YES15NO1neutraltrailing 24h
Average match confidence across the listed signals: 94%.
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How did this market resolve?
This market will resolve to the individual who is officially appointed as the next Foreign Secretary 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 Foreign Secretary will not count toward the resolution of this market.
If no such Foreign Secretary is appointed, or Yvette Cooper is re-appointed as Foreign Secretary, by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, this market will resolve to “No next Foreign Secretary 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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