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All the latest news and stories coming out of Downing Street, the home of Number 10, the official residence and office of the British Prime Minister. Rishi Sunak will now live there after being selected as Tory party leader on October 24, 2022, replacing Liz Truss.

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Red paint on the gates of Downing Street in London, after police officers detained a person following a protest calling for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Picture date: Friday December 29, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Israel Protest. Photo credit should read: James Manning/PA Wire

Husband and wife arrested for leaving bloody handprints on Downing Street gates

Channel: UK UK December 29, 2023 By Tom Sanders
A fox stands outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, December 12, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Downing St fox makes its feelings clear about Number 10's Christmas tree

Channel: UK UK December 12, 2023 By Brooke Davies
TOPSHOT - Migrants in a dinghy sail in the Channel toward the south coast of England on September 1, 2020 after crossing from France. - Migrant crossings of the Channel between France and England have hit record numbers, with thousands having arrived in small boats since the beginning of the year. The issue is politically-charged in the UK, with the country's right-wing newspapers decrying the arrivals and many ruling Conservative lawmakers calling for tougher border enforcement. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)

Rwanda could be given £15,000,000 to take migrants who arrive in UK on small boats

Channel: World World December 3, 2023 By Sarah Hooper
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves 11 Downing Street for the House of Commons to deliver his autumn statement, in London, Britain, November 22, 2023. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS

Money, data, the truth - you can't trust the Tories with anything

Channel: Money Money November 24, 2023 By Dawn Butler
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Boris asked if blowing a 'special hairdryer up noses' could kill Covid

Channel: UK UK November 2, 2023 By Sarah Hooper
Leader of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer speaks to the media outside the BBC Broadcasting House after attending the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show in London, United Kingdom on July 16, 2023. (Picture: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Labour can’t risk being boring at conference - I want Starmer to be bold

Channel: Politics Politics October 6, 2023 By Dawn Butler
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 4: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gestures as he speaks during the final day of the Conservative Party Conference on October 4, 2023 in Manchester, England. Rishi Sunak delivers his first speech as Conservative Party Leader to members and delegates today. He is expected to announce the scrapping of the Manchester leg of the HS2 rail link and suggests alternatives. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Has Rishi Sunak forgotten that his party have been the ones leading the UK's destruction?

Channel: Politics Politics June 13, 2024 By Caroline Lucas
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 04: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers his speech during the final day of the Conservative Party Conference on on October 04, 2023 in Manchester, England. Rishi Sunak delivers his first speech as Conservative Party Leader to members and delegates today. He is expected to announce the scrapping of the Manchester leg of the HS2 rail link and suggests alternatives. (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

Even after Rishi's car crash conference, he's got a good shot of winning the election

Channel: Politics Politics October 5, 2023 By Naomi Smith

Channel 4's Partygate refuses to let Boris Johnson forget the Covid scandal

Channel: TV TV October 3, 2023 By Sabrina Barr

'My dying daughter said goodbyes on zoom while Tories partied in lockdown'

Channel: UK UK October 3, 2023 By Kirsten Robertson
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Paedophile who rammed car into Downing Street gates spared jail

Channel: UK UK September 26, 2023 By Siba Jackson
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to attend his weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons, in London, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

I never dreamed of a PM with as few morals as Boris Johnson - Sunak has proved me wrong

Channel: Politics Politics September 22, 2023 By JJ Anisiøbi
Government scientist who helped UK through Covid dies in mountain bike crash

Government scientist who helped UK through Covid dies in mountain bike crash

Channel: Politics Politics August 12, 2023 By Sam Corbishley

Biden calls relations with UK 'rock-solid' as he arrives at No 10 in the 'Beast'

Channel: Politics Politics July 11, 2023 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

‘The hardest thing I ever had to do was tell my kids that Daddy isn’t here anymore’

Channel: Health Health July 10, 2023 By Sarah Ingram
CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 30: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits the NHS's Addenbrooke's Hospital on June 30, 2023 in Cambridge, United Kingdom. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

There's plenty to make fun of Rishi Sunak for - but leave his height out of it

Channel: Politics Politics June 30, 2023 By James Cullen
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on June 28, 2023 on his way to take part in the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak is too out of touch to understand normal people's money struggles

Channel: Money Money June 29, 2023 By Caroline Lucas

As a Labour supporter, I was abused online for agreeing with a Tory

Channel: Politics Politics June 16, 2023 By JJ Anisiøbi
A damning report has concluded that Boris Johnson deliberately misled parliament and the Privileges Committee over the Partygate affair (Picture: Getty)

Boris's 'Old Etonian arrogance' has 'finally caught up with him'

Channel: Politics Politics June 15, 2023 By Josh Layton
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the Global Soft Power Summit at the QEII center in London, Britain, March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

Where to read the Privileges Committee Patygate report on Boris Johnson

Channel: UK UK June 15, 2023 By Jon Fellowes

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