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The Prime Minister's Office, for which the terms Downing Street and Number 10 are metonyms, lies within the 10 Downing Street building and is part of the Cabinet Office. [5] It is staffed by civil servants and special advisers. 10 Downing Street is the property of His Majesty’s Government.
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.
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.
10 Downing Street in London. Number 10 Downing Street is the residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.The headquarters of His Majesty's Government, it is situated on Downing Street in the City of Westminster in London, England.
The main lectern, paid for by the government, cost £4,175 to make [4] and was used for two addresses to the nation at 10 Downing Street, including the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the dismissal of Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor of the Exchequer. [8] [13] On her first day in office, the lectern was covered in a black bin bag due to the rain. [6]
Downing Street is a street in Westminster in London that houses the official residences and offices of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. In a cul-de-sac situated off Whitehall , it is 200 metres (660 ft) long, and a few minutes' walk from the Houses of Parliament .
The Number 10 Policy Unit is a body of policymakers based in 10 Downing Street, providing policy advice directly to the British Prime Minister.Originally set up to support Harold Wilson in 1974, it has gone through a series of guises to suit the needs of successive prime ministers, staffed variously by political advisers, civil servants and more recently a combination of both.