exchequer
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He also held a junior Treasury role as exchequer secretary, under Theresa May.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
The chancellor of the exchequer warned of "necessary choices" as Britain struggles with high debt and inflation.
From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025
It is more than half a century since a chancellor of the exchequer chose to put up the basic rate of income tax.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
The government will then outline likely measures to the forecasters who will assess how much they are forecast to raise or to cost the exchequer.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025
Not that I cared which side we sold them to, but the British were the ones who had money—they had the whole English exchequer behind them.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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