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10 Downing Street in London is the official residence and office of the prime minister of the United Kingdom. [2] Colloquially known as Number 10, the building is in Downing Street, off Whitehall in the City of Westminster. 10 Downing Street is the current residence of the current prime minister Keir Starmer, since 2024 after succeeding former prime minister Rishi Sunak.
The office is located in 10 Downing Street and the terms Downing Street and Number 10 are often used as metonyms for the office itself. Technically the Prime Minister's Office is part of the Cabinet Office, [3] although in practice the two are said to be 'organisationally distinct'. [4]
Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office [a] is the title of the official resident cat at 10 Downing Street, the residence and office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in London. There has been a resident cat in the British government employed as a mouser and pet since the 16th century, although modern records date only to the 1920s.
Number 10 Downing Street, including the House at the Back: 1735 and After Between 1733 and 1735, the architect William Kent , under a commission from Sir Robert Walpole, combined Litchfield House and one of the Downing Street townhouses into one house, known since as Number 10 Downing Street, officially the residence of the First Lord of the ...
Articles relating to 10 Downing Street, the official residence and executive office of the first lord of the treasury, usually, by convention, the prime minister of the United Kingdom. Along with the adjoining Cabinet Office at 70 Whitehall , it is the headquarters of the Government of the United Kingdom .
The last time Mr Obama visited Downing Street was eight years ago in 2016. The former president met with then prime minister David Cameron at Number 10 for talks ahead of the Brexit vote.
The first official chief of staff in 10 Downing Street was David Wolfson, under Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1985. [4] The position of Downing Street Chief of Staff was recreated by Tony Blair upon his becoming prime minister in 1997 [citation needed] and Jonathan Powell held the post for ten years.
Wilberforce (c. 1973 – 19 May 1988) was a cat living at 10 Downing Street who was employed as the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office from 1973 to 1987. He served during the premierships of four prime ministers: Edward Heath, Harold Wilson, [note 1] James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher.