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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.
Door of 10 Downing Street, London, showing a transom separating the door from the window above. In architecture, a transom is a transverse horizontal structural beam or bar, or a crosspiece separating a door from a window above it.
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]
For more than three decades, VIP visitors to No 10 Downing Street would solemnly sign their names in the Visitors Book. Now three gilt-edged volumes, covering the years 1970, when Edward Heath was ...
10 Downing Street is the official residence of the first lord of the Treasury, not the office of prime minister. [2] Chequers, a country house in Buckinghamshire, is the official country residence of the prime minister, used as a weekend and holiday home, although the residence has also been used by other senior members of government. [citation ...
Kenton Couse (1 March 1721 – 10 October 1790) was an English architect. He was apprenticed to Henry Flitcroft whose patronage obtained him posts in the Office of Works. Couse subsequently became Secretary to the Board of Works from 1775 to 1782. His most famous work as an architect was a remodelling of 10 Downing Street from 1766 to 1775.
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.
Keir Starmer's first speech using his predecessor's lectern (2024). In recent times, a standardised lectern has been used by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, typically outside the door of 10 Downing Street, for addresses to the nation, the announcement of general elections, and resignation speeches.