chancellor
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"The chancellor wants to make sure nothing holds them back," a Treasury source said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
On Thursday, trade unions will meet the chancellor to push for their proposals, with the Unite union urging the government to reverse the freezing of tax thresholds.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
On May 9—UNC’s commencement day—she emailed Dean Stoyer, the university’s vice chancellor for communications, requesting records related to journalist Pablo Torre’s 2025 podcast episode that claimed she was banned from UNC football facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Lamont was the U.K. chancellor who tried — unsuccessfully — to keep the U.K. in the European exchange rate mechanism.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
It was one of the men who’d come with the lord chancellor: the dark-eyed man with the black mustache.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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Past chancellors worked hard to keep allies on board.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 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
Like other chancellors, Reeves set her so-called fiscal rules when Labour came to power, which determine how much "headroom" the government has for its tax and spending plans.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 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
The truth is, that what marks him from other chancellors is exactly the dominating hold gained by the social question in all its depth and breadth upon his most susceptible imagination.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by John Morley
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