Next UK Foreign Secretary in 2026?Shabana Mahmood
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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: Shabana Mahmood said the post of home secretary is “the best job in the business”, after Andy Burnham kept her in the role. In a post on X, Mahmood said she wou
Live: Shabana Mahmood will keep her job as home secretary, a signal that Burnham is largely backing her efforts to crack down on legal and illegal migration with a sweeping overhaul of asylum and settlement rules. Those rules are opposed by many members of the progressive left in the Labour Party.
British Prime Minister's Office: Shabana Mahmood appointed Home Secretary
The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments: • • Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs • Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP as First Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office • Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP will remain as Secretary of State for the Home Department. • • More now on @GBNEWS
Ed Miliband becomes UK foreign secretary as Shabana Mahmood keeps job as home secretary • • Follow live:
Live: Shabana Mahmood remains UK home secretary
BREAKING: Ed Miliband becomes foreign secretary. Shabana Mahmood reinstated home secretary. Louise Haigh confirmed as CDL and first secretary of state.
Live: Shabana Mahmood to continue as home secretary
BREAKING: Ed Miliband becomes foreign secretary. Shabana Mahmood as home secretary. Louise Haigh confirmed as CDL and first secretary of state.
Live: Shabana Mahmood remains Home Secretary
Live: Shabana Mahmood reappointed as Home Secretary
Ed Miliband is new Foreign Secretary while Shabana Mahmood remains Home Secretary
Ed Miliband foreign secretary • • Shabana Mahmood stays as Home Secretary
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UK’s Shabana Mahmood to Be Appointed Interior Minister
Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood walk up Downing Street together in a piece of careful Downing Street choreography. • • Sky News's @bethrigby shouts: "Do you know which one of you is chancellor?" No answer. But Mahmood has been tipped for the role, with Miliband to foreign.
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UK’s Burnham is Set to Name Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood as His Finance Minister, FT Reports
Where does the news lean?
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Average match confidence across the listed signals: 95%.
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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