What's it like working in Downing Street?

"I found the whole thing completely overwhelming when I first started." Kate Shouesmith is admirably candid about what it was like to find herself working in Downing Street aged just 22. read more

10 Downing Street has been used as a home for British prime ministers since 1735, but few have seen behind the iconic brick facade. 10 Downing Street has been used as a home for British prime ministers since 1735, but few have seen behind the iconic brick facade. read more

10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as Number 10, is the headquarters of the Government of the United Kingdom and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, a post which, for much of the 18th and 19th centuries and invariably since 1905, has been held by the Prime Minister. read more

10 Downing Street, the locale of British prime ministers since 1735, vies with the White House as being the most important political building anywhere in the world in the modern era. Behind its black door have been taken the most important decisions affecting Britain for the last 275 years. read more