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John Healey
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer since July 2026; previously Defence Secretary (2024-2026).
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#5 21 Oct
Mentioned in: UK welfare ran £2.5bn over in September
Is Britain Actually Broke?#5 19 Oct
Mentioned in: IEA plan would suspend triple lock
Is Britain Actually Broke?#5 12 Oct
Mentioned in: IFS puts Budget headroom near £20bn
Is Britain Actually Broke?#16 29 Sept
Mentioned in: HMRC: R&D tax relief rises as claims fall 17%
UK Startups and Innovation#4 28 Sept
Ruled out VAT, income tax and corporation tax rises and said the fiscal rules will be met
Is Britain Actually Broke?: Healey rules out three big tax rises#4 22 Sept
Mentioned in: ONS puts borrowing £8.1bn over OBR path
Is Britain Actually Broke?#15 7 Sept
Announced the Northern fund allocation as Chancellor
UK Startups and Innovation: British Business Bank pledges £150m, no manager#4 7 Sept
Is Britain Actually Broke? · source event
#13 23 Jul
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, replacing Reeves
UK Local Elections 2026: Burnham builds a cabinet of his own#14 28 Jun
Resigned three weeks earlier over the size of the same budget.
Drones: Industry & Defence: £5bn UK drone plan follows Healey exit#2 30 May
Signed the AUKUS Pillar II Signature Project at the Shangri-La Dialogue
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea: AUKUS names two American sea robots#96 13 May
Co-chaired the 12 May coalition meeting with French counterpart Vautrin and announced the UK's formal Hormuz deployment
Iran Conflict 2026: UK names Typhoons, HMS Dragon for Hormuz#4 13 May
Mentioned in: National Wealth Fund writes first defence cheque
UK Startups and Innovation#3 29 Apr
Mentioned in: Innovate UK opens £3.5m cyber competition
UK Startups and Innovation#14 22 Apr
Co-chaired 30-nation Strait of Hormuz planning conference with France on 22 April
Russia-Ukraine War 2026: UK reopens War Book, hosts 30-nation Hormuz meet#2 22 Apr
Made DIAG permanent and launched Sprint and Zig-Zag on 22 April 2026
UK Startups and Innovation: Healey makes DIAG permanent, launches Sprint and Zig-Zag#6 15 Apr
Announced £752M Ukraine drone package at Berlin UDCG meeting
Drones: Industry & Defence: Healey commits £752M for 120,000 Ukraine drones in Berlin#6 15 Apr
“announced package at meeting”
Drones: Industry & Defence · source event
#5 10 Apr
announced Skyhammer interceptor procurement on 10 April with first deliveries expected May
Drones: Industry & Defence: UK buys Skyhammer from unproven startup#5 10 Apr
#32 10 Mar
Mentioned in: Russia ceasefire draft fails 4-2-9
Iran Conflict 2026#31 8 Mar
Mentioned in: British troops yards from Iran strike
Iran Conflict 2026#31 8 Mar
Mentioned in: UK prepositioned jets before war began
Iran Conflict 2026#31 8 Mar