Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey (C) and Richard Parker (L), mayor of the West Midlands, listen to an employee during a visit to the UK Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry, central England, on September 7, 2026. Healey was expected on September 7 to lay out his economic agenda ahead of fledgeling Prime Minister Andy Burnham's first budget in October, seeking to deliver on pledges to ease living costs. (Photo by Betty Laura Zapata / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)