Wes Streeting Leads UK Chancellor Survey With 34% as Ed Miliband Trails at 5%
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 14
Wes Streeting Leads UK Chancellor Survey With 34% as Ed Miliband Trails at 5%
2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 14
Summary
34% of 187 market participants picked Wes Streeting as the most appealing choice for UK chancellor in Bloomberg’s latest Markets Live Pulse survey, giving the former health secretary a clear lead.
5% backed Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, leaving the former Labour leader as the least market-friendly option among the leading contenders considered by respondents.
John Healey, who recently resigned as defence secretary, ranked behind Streeting as Andy Burnham still has not announced whom he would appoint chancellor.
The survey, conducted from July 2 to July 13, offers an early read on which potential Treasury chief investors see as most supportive of UK markets under a presumptive Burnham government.