chancellor
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Orders for three floating dry docks, worth £6bn, to maintain the Royal Navy's nuclear-powered submarine fleet at Faslane will go to a UK-based shipbuilder, the chancellor has confirmed.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The chancellor has warned against allowing Britain's benefits bill to balloon while not offering young people opportunities.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Ms. Merkel, who served as chancellor from 2005 through 2021, was for years treated as the great grown-up of Western politics: steady, pragmatic, reassuringly unexcitable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The chancellor is expected to announce £115m in funding for the ship, which is also set to come into service in the early 2030s.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
When Willi Weisskirch’s father came home from work and read the newspaper headline, he exclaimed, “Oh my God! Now there will be a war. Hitler is the chancellor now, and that means war!”
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" 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
Commissioner Brett Yormark hastily scheduled a meeting with the league’s athletic directors, presidents and chancellors later this week to discuss the outcome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Over five years at the OBR Richard Hughes faced five chancellors, and his relationship with all of them was designed to help promote UK economic stability.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
It is notorious that bargains appeal differently to different chancellors in this respect.
From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Roscoe Pound
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