The Latest Breaking News from Downing Street

No 10 tells MPs to be cautious about unsolicited messages after attempted ‘honeytrap’

Message comes as pressure builds on Tories to take disciplinary action against MP William Wragg

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2024

Adidas Sambas were this year’s coolest shoes – until Rishi Sunak got a pair

It was the sneaker of our age, but that’s all over now

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2024

‘She still carries an aura of spectacular failure’: why hasn’t Liz Truss gone away?

Her 49 days in power ended in catastrophe, yet the shortest serving prime minister in British history is back, launching a new conservative movement with global ambitions. You just can’t keep a bad politician down …

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2024

Rishi Sunak’s report finds low-traffic neighbourhoods work and are popular

Exclusive: Downing Street initially buried study, which Tories had hoped would strengthen arguments against traffic-reducing measures

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2024

UK urges Germany to give long-range missiles to Kyiv despite Luftwaffe leak

Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he will not give missiles that could strike at strategic Crimea bridge, as Russia seeks to exploit leak

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024

Hunt scrambles to raise revenue as OBR slashes scope for tax cuts in budget

Chancellor considers unexpected tax rises such as abolishing non-dom status after latest forecast

The Guardian - UK · Feb 29, 2024

Downing Street calls Black-only theatre performances 'concerning' and 'wrong' as row deepens

‘Clearly restricting audiences on the basis of race would be wrong and divisive,’ says Number 10 spokesperson

Evening Standard · Feb 29, 2024

Anti-leasehold bill contains loopholes for developers, say campaigners

Clauses in Michael Gove’s bill include exemptions for properties in a retirement village or on land where a lease has already been granted

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024

‘Get the Tories out’ will carry the election, but it won’t fix the faultlines of a broken politics

The duopoly at the centre of our electoral system promises stability, yet delivers anything but. Labour must be ready for that, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024

Farmer Rish! woos the NFU conference in full-on panic to secure rural vote

Downing Street team was in love-bombing mode at farmers’ union meeting in Birmingham

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024