chancellor
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Healey, whose official title is chancellor of the exchequer, has also pledged to abide by the rules laid out by his predecessor Rachel Reeves, which state that day-to-day spending must balance with government tax receipts.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
The chancellor is expected to use a windfall tax on banks to fund a package of spending measures to help households manage rising energy bills.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
The steps he and the chancellor take on Wednesday could determine how well the next 100 days are received.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
There will be, the chancellor told BBC Newscast, a "really radical devolution of powers and resources to local leaders that are often better placed to get beyond the departmental systems."
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
He plucks a book from the shelf, Geist und Tat, Spirit and Action, by Heinrich Mann, who criticized Germany's growing fascism so loudly that he was forced to flee after Hitler became chancellor.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Past chancellors worked hard to keep allies on board.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
In response, Burnham insisted: "This chancellor of all chancellors will be willing to provide that funding to our armed forces."
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Five of UC’s nine undergraduate campuses also have new chancellors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Over the same period, seven foreign secretaries, six chancellors of the exchequer and four cabinet secretaries.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Among Conservative lord chancellors Lord Halsbury must always hold a high place, his grasp of legal principles and mastery in applying them being pre-eminent among the judges of his day.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
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