Starmer’s new chief of staff to make ‘radical changes’ to No 10 operations Sources say Morgan McSweeney plans slew of changes as PM attempts to shore up top team after months of rows The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2024
‘Appalling’ rows over Sue Gray must stop, senior ministers say Cabinet ministers rally around chief of staff as Keir Starmer insists he is in control of No 10 The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2024
No 10 keen to kickstart search for cabinet secretary’s successor Downing Street impatient to begin recruiting, while Simon Case has yet to make his departure plans official The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2024
Starmer leads with compromise for new family pet – and gets ‘dog-like’ cat Siberian kitten at No 10 may get frosty reception from chief mouser Larry, who took on George Osborne’s cat, Freya The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024
Look out Larry! Sir Keir Starmer says 'Siberian kitten' will join No 10 Downing Street Larry and JoJo will have a Russian accomplice after a ‘long summer of negotiations’ Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2024
The lady’s not for returning – but where has No 10’s Thatcher portrait gone? Painting that hung in former PM’s study since 2009 no longer there – but aides are tightlipped as to whereabouts The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2024
Sir Keir Starmer urged to reveal who gave Downing Street pass to Labour donor Waheed Alli, who has donated more than £500,000 to Labour over the past 20 years, was given a pass to No 10 The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2024
There is a serious problem at 10 Downing Street, but it isn’t Sue Gray v Morgan McSweeney The rumbles of discord in No 10 matter, but they’re a sign of a creaking system rather than a destructive rivalry, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2024
‘Look out for fireworks’: power struggle rumours between No 10 big beasts persist Downing Street officials deny friction between Sue Gray and Morgan McSweeney, but negative briefings continue The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2024
Watch as Starmer holds emergency No 10 press conference after violent Southport protests Watch as Sir Keir Starmer holds an emergency press conference at No 10 after vowing “action will be taken” following “violent disorder” in parts of England in the wake of the Southport stabbings. The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2024
The Guardian view on Labour’s devolution plans: beyond ‘levelling up’ Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer’s No 10 meeting with metro mayors sent the right message. But big challenges loom The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2024
‘It was surreal’: Labour’s dizzying transition to power, from polls to the palace Keir Starmer held his first cabinet meeting, then his first No 10 press conference just days after, as candidates, the MPs had waited for their constituency results The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2024
‘A difficult hand played poorly’: how No 10 slipped from Sunak’s grasp Initial Brexit success was undone by poor strategy and repeated unforced errors, say expert observers The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2024
Keir Starmer enters No 10 vowing to rebuild Britain ‘brick by brick’ New PM says government ‘will fight, every day, until you believe again’ and give security to working-class families The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024 Keir Starmer promises ‘stability and moderation’ in first speech as PM First Labour prime minister since 2010 promises to serve whole country as he speaks outside No 10
The Guardian - US · Jun 19, 2024 Washington Post publisher alleged to have advised Boris Johnson to ‘clean up’ phone during Partygate Covid scandal Sources’ claim suggests advice by Will Lewis, an informal adviser to then prime minister, contradicted instructions to staff
The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2024 ‘Drowning Street’: what the papers say as Rishi Sunak makes his election announcement Images of the prime minister outside No 10 Downing St dominate the UK front pages, as he announces a general election for 4 July
The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2024 Rishi Sunak struggling to smother frenzy of election rumours Speculation PM could call election to forestall possible leadership challenge has its own momentum despite No 10 dismissals
The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2024 Ten Years to Save the West by Liz Truss review – economical with the truth about her own downfall The former PM’s whingeing, unintentionally hilarious and scapegoating rant about the economy-crashing disaster of her time in No 10 is best read as a cautionary tale of hubristic zeal
The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2024 Harold Wilson confessed to secret ‘love match’ while PM, former aide reveals Joe Haines tells the Times of relationship with Janet Hewlett-Davies before Labour leader resigned from No 10
The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024 Diverse cabinet is no ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’ on racism, says ex-No 10 adviser Samuel Kasumu ‘frustrated and disappointed’, as minister denies Tories have a problem after Frank Hester row
The Guardian - UK · Feb 29, 2024 Rish! cowers in No 10 as mob demands peace in lawless London Prime minister suffers acute fear and loathing whichever side of the looking-glass he chooses to live in
The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2024 Former adviser to Rishi Sunak working with Tory rebels trying to oust him Will Dry, who quit his No 10 role last November after becoming dispirited, says his party is ‘heading for most almighty of defeats’
The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2023 Reports of scrapping inheritance tax in budget ‘just speculation’, says No 10 Ministers looking for election boost for Rishi Sunak said to be thinking of tax cut along with help for first-time buyers
Evening Standard · Dec 24, 2023 James Cleverly faces calls to resign over joke about spiking wife's drink with date rape drug The Home Secretary apologised for the 'inappropriate' joke made at a No 10 reception