Exchequer

Urged on by the politicians and by the jingo press, notably the Daily Mail, the cabinet began to threaten France with war.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer declared, "There are worse evils than war, and we shall not shrink from anything that may come." From September eighteen ninety-eight to March eighteen ninety-nine, France and Great Britain were, in the words of an eminent Frenchman, a due droit de stylite.

Delcassé even called upon Russia, the ally of France, for a pledge of support, but received only the disappointing advice not to risk an actual break with England.

Reluctantly, Delcassé decided to yield.

So he's not in the absolutely first rank of this government.

It's certainly going to be a crucial role But he's not Chancellor of the Exchequer.

He's not Foreign Secretary.

He's not Home Secretary.

Churchill is wanting to advance himself.

Still, even at secretary of the state of the colonies, he's still not foreign secretary, still not in the in the top tier of the cabinet.

And so when Boner Law retired in 21, that would have opened a position for Churchill to become chancellor of the Exchequer, which, of course, did not happen.

Much to Churchill's frustration.

Why do you think people are not necessarily attacking that angle as much as they should.

Well, I mean, I haven't looked at the, you know, at the figures closely again, but remember the number of people who were net contributors to the Exchequer in the UK is a minority.

It's actually quite small and it's a very small percentage of people pay the majority of tax.

So because you're dealing with, you know, you don't have a property requirement to vote, let's be brutal.

It's a privilege to be in government.

Being Chancellor of the Exchequer is an awesome responsibility.

You're there to protect people's savings, their pensions, their mortgages, their small businesses.

to be the guardian of people's money, of the economy of our country.

And it costs because we've got £3 billion worth of borrowings.

When Ken Clarke left government as the Chancellor of the Exchequer back in 1997, I think it was, or 1998, boring of this government of the government at that time was 800 billion pounds we're now three trillion wow and we simply cannot afford it so the idea that you can actually deliver hope happiness growth without incentive is, in my humble opinion, insanity for solid right.

Some would say, David, maybe very cynically, that actually this isn't about what's really driving Andy Burnham philosophically and politically.

This is about what's driving him from a standpoint of an election, because he's trying to hoover up all those kind of left-wing votes, the old Corbynites, the Greens, etc., the odd lib dem here and there.

and was third cousin to Barrington Earl.

The late President of the Council, the Duke of St. Bungay, and Lord Brentford had married sisters, and the St. Bungay people, and the Mildmay people, and the Brentford people had all some sort of connection with the Palliser people, of whom the heir and coming chief, Plantagenet Palliser, would certainly be Chancellor of the Exchequer in the next government.

simply as an introduction into official life nothing could be more conducive to chances of success than a matrimonial alliance with lady laura not that he would have thought of such a thing on that account no he thought of it because he loved her honestly because he loved her he swore to that half a dozen times, for his own satisfaction.

But, loving her as he did, and resolving that in spite of all difficulties, she should become his wife, there could be no reason why he should not, on her account as well as on his own, take advantage of any circumstances that there might be in his favour.

He lauded Germany and Poland and urged Britain to do more.

This as Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Healey, works to put together a budget that all three Bs will like, his boss, the British public, and bond markets.

The U.S. Navy unveiled its long-range air-to-air missile, the AIM-424 Malice by Raytheon, that will have a range of some 250 miles.

Qantas said it will retire its 10 jet fleet of A380 super jumbo jets in 2028, five years earlier than planned.

Well, they're basically all parts of the same storyline.

I'll do it from a UK point of view, first of all.

If John Healey, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, so the guy in charge of all the money, Wes Streeting, who is in charge of the Defence Ministry, but is very much the junior of those two, and Annie Burnham, who's the Prime Minister, if they have a choice between... satisfying bond markets and electors all worrying about British defence spending and commitments to NATO.

They'll take bond markets and British electors every single day of the week and evening, night and mornings again.

a hope destined to end as their former hope had ended, in discomfiture and disgrace.

They learned from the agents of Sunderland, as many people suspected, but certainly from informants who were well acquainted with the officers about Whitehall, that some securities forfeited to the Crown in Ireland had been bestowed by the King ostensibly on one Thomas Railton, but really on the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The value of these securities was about ten thousand pounds.

On the 16th of February this transaction was brought without any notice, under the consideration of the House of Commons, by Colonel Granville, a Tory member, nearly related to the Earl of Bath.

The Tories lost heart and hope.

The joy of the Whigs was boundless.

It was instantly moved that the Honourable Charles Montague, Esquire, Chancellor of the Exchequer, for his good services to this Government, does deserve His Majesty's favour.

The opposition, completely cowed, did not venture to demand another division.

It provides breathing space for families and for businesses, and it ensures that rather than facing a cliff edge, any restoration of these measures can be managed carefully and responsibly.

The estimated cost to the Exchequer from 1 September 2026 until the final restoration on 28 February 2027 is approximately €407 million.

This is, by any measure, a significant intervention.

However, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou MacDonald called on the government to commit to no further increases in excise duty.