The Latest Breaking News from Downing Street

Johnson and Cummings oversaw ‘toxic and chaotic’ Downing Street – Covid inquiry

Baroness Heather Hallett’s report on the response to Covid-19 criticised Boris Johnson’s excessive optimism in the face of the looming pandemic.

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2025

The key players who presided over the government’s ‘chaotic’ Covid pandemic response

Baroness Heather Hallett's report on the response to Covid-19 criticised Boris Johnson's excessive optimism in the face of the looming pandemic and ‘oscillation’ on key lockdown decisions

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2025

No wonder Downing Street’s in chaos – you can’t even get a decent phone signal, say ex-No 10 staffers

In almost constant use by prime ministers for 300 years, the topsy-turvy townhouse at the heart of government has a plethora of frustrating issues due to its age and design

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2025

Keir clubs himself with the lead pipe in No 10 game of No Cluedo

The prime minister’s short-term memory is shot to pieces. Just who could be behind these dastardly briefings?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025

The Guardian view on Labour leadership speculation: a symptom of failure to define a governing purpose

Editorial: Downing Street briefings to flush out potential rivals have needlessly damaged the prime minister and raised the stakes around the budget

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025

Keir Starmer and his team mount a leadership challenge … to himself

It’s as if everyone at No 10 has had a collective breakdown, an act of self-harm on an unimaginable scale

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025

Keir Starmer under pressure over future of Morgan McSweeney amid briefing row

Ministers and Labour MPs point finger at PM’s chief of staff over No 10 operation that targeted Wes Streeting

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025

Streeting denies plot to oust Starmer and condemns briefings from No 10

Health secretary says attacks on him from Downing Street ‘self-defeating’ after reports PM’s job could be under threat

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025

Labour Traitors War: Starmer told no-one in No10 tried to ‘kneecap’ Streeting as coup frenzy 'turns to farce'

The Health Secretary has slammed Downing Street sources for ‘self-defeating and self-destructive behaviour’

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2025

Streeting denies plot to oust Starmer amid reports of potential coup

Sir Keir Starmer’s loyalists within Downing Street are said to fear his job could be under threat, according to several news outlets.

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2025