Next UK Chancellor of the Exchequer in 2026?

Last week Shabana Mahmood went beind Kier Starmer's back and tried to fire Tim Jacques for daring to be a decent human being. Taking that allongside her attempt to disempower care workers, why on earth is she in the running for a member of the Lanour party, let alone Chancellor...

If Shabana Mahmood is Labour’s strongest cabinet minister, then Andy Burnham is in even more trouble than I thought… #UKPolitics apple.news/AlnEyqlVSRUu...

Seems that, as he prepares to announce her as his Chancellor, those around Andy Burnham are only just beginning to realise how right wing Shabana Mahmood is. She's against raising taxes and wants to slash the welfare bill, not caring who gets hurt. She's a Tory. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Shabana Mahmood is after me lucky charms! (pension tax relief)

"Making Shabana Mahmood chancellor shows Burnham 'subservient to City' bankers, Green leader Zack Polanski says" #BackZack #VoteGreen 💚💚💚💚💚 join.greenparty.org.uk www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

From Rachel Reeves to Shabana Mahmood. It's hard not to think the Labour Party are deliberately self-destructing and/or are just completely and totally shite.

Burnham has chosen to elevate Blue Labour again, Shabana Mahmood is a dangerous authoritarian who’s being handed the power to crash the economy and ruin more migrant lives. UK Labour shouldn’t be a reactionary party, but this is what two leaders have chosen in a row.

this from @lucympowell.bsky.social, which of course has replies and quotes disabled bcos there's nothing labour hate more than having to deal with real people, makes it clear that proto-fascist and 'blue labour' gobshite shabana mahmood is getting a big role in andy burnham's shitshow no change

Choices for chancellor. Ed Milliband too Radical(?”*). Wes Streeting (I ❤️ Palantir) or the epitome of labour values Shabana (remove them all) Mahmood. Great start here’s hoping the pundits, the rumours, the “optics” are wrong.

If Andy Burnham @andyburnham.bsky.social doesn't realise how unpopular with progressive voters Shabana Mahmood is then he's a fool and I've badly misjudged him. She would be a disaster as Chancellor and she is also ranked the worst performing Cabinet member www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Look, Shabana Mahmood could lead Labour into the next general election as Europe's first kapo prime minister.

Bluesky not loving the prospect of Shabana Mahmood as chancellor is less surprising than the semi-final exit, but can anyone mount a more spirited defence?

Very much expecting Shabana Mahmood’s stance on immigration to last about five minutes in the Treasury.

Apparently Andy Burnham has persuaded Shabana Mahmood to become Chancellor, saying she'd have more control over immigration. Does he not know how much it's already fallen? That many economists and business people worry it's too low, after such a drop? And that Mahmood is awful?

There’s a good case for North Sea drilling. If I were PM I might do it. But politically, if you take power pledging a return to socialist values and then your first choices are: fossil fuels, Shabana Mahmood as chancellor, backing Starmer’s immigration policy… well, you’re going to break some hearts

The new Labour government proposed appointing Shabana Mahmood, a right-leaning and somewhat unpopular politician, as the Chancellor. suggests that the party may be planning to pursue harsh financial policies, to please the right oppositions potentially shifting blame onto Mahmood in the process.

Nigel Farage's allies are pleased with Shabana Mahmood reportedly being made chancellor because "this appointment guarantees that Labour’s coalition will remain fragmented, and all the better for Reform UK" open.substack.com/pub/maguirep...

It's "Premature Evaluation" on my part for a change, but if Burnham’s first moves turn out to be "Drill Baby Drill" and Shabana Mahmood for Chancellor, I may conclude that Burnham is a pound shop Trump. I will then speak with my MP soon on this. 1/2

What the choice of Shabana Mahmood tells us about the new prime minister www.independent.co.uk/voices/shaba...

Hard to imagine anything more clearly signalling Burnham's continuity with Starmer than announcing more fossil fuel extraction and seriously considering Shabana Mahmood for Chancellor. Skip the shallow bounce and support the Green Party.