New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham named former Defense Secretary John Healey as Treasury chief, with figures previously considered favorites, such as Shabana Mahmood and Ed Miliband, named to the Home and Foreign Offices, respectively, while Wes Streeting became defense secretary, Reuters reported on July 20. Burnham also pledged to use any available flexibility within existing fiscal rules and announced that he would scrap a value-added tax on electricity bills from Oct. 1, funded by canceling a 1.8 billion pound ($2.4 billion) digital ID program.