UK armsmaker stocks rise after former defence secretary appointed finance minister | live

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - London-listed defense stocks rose on Tuesday, outperforming European peers, a day after Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham appointed former defence minister John Healey as finance minister. Healey, in June, resigned from Keir Starmer's previous administration saying the then prime minister had been "unable" and the finance ministry "unwilling" to find the money to keep the country safe.

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UK armsmaker stocks rise after former defence secretary appointed finance minister | live
LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - London-listed defense stocks rose on Tuesday, outperforming European peers, a day after Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham appointed former defence minister John Healey as finance minister. Healey, in June, resigned from Keir Starmer's previous administration saying the then prime minister had been "unable" and the finance ministry "unwilling" to find the money to keep the country safe.

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