The Latest Breaking News from Downing Street

UK mortgage holders to get 12-month grace period before repossessions after sharp rate hike – as it happened

Chancellor met with lenders to discuss what they can do to support struggling households

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2023

'Inflation woes are not an accident, they are consequence of successive Tory governments'

The Bank of England has used the only weapon in its armoury to try to bring down inflation. But this is a crisis that has been ­incubated in Downing Street

Daily Mirror · Jun 22, 2023

Jeremy Hunt calls mortgage crisis summit as experts urge banks to help those struggling

Jeremy Hunt has summoned bosses from Britain’s leading banks to Downing Street to urge them to do more to support customers

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2023

OPINION - The Standard View: Rishi Sunak needs to show he’s the real boss now

This afternoon, MPs decide on whether to endorse a report which found that Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown parties in Downing Street.

Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2023

Sunak set to avoid Johnson vote as critics accuse PM of ‘running scared’

Downing Street said the Prime Minister’s schedule on Monday ‘doesn’t include attending Parliament’.

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2023

Met Police launch new Partygate investigation into Downing Street and Chequers gatherings

Officers investigating new evidence including video of ‘Jingle and Mingle’ Christmas party at Tory headquarters

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2023

Keir Starmer won't do resignation honours - and would block Rishi Sunak's cronies

Labour leader Keir Starmer said the tradition of outgoing PM's handing out gongs was 'very hard to justify' and said he would follow Tony Blair's lead by swerving a list if he gets into Downing Street

Daily Mirror · Jun 19, 2023

Campaigners wanting equality for children in care head to Downing Street to make their voices heard

Campaigners want care leavers and children in care to be given ‘protected characteristics’ status across the UK

Manchester Evening News · Jun 18, 2023

Honours row grows after claim Charlotte Owen ‘worked as maternity cover’

The youngest life peer in UK history at the age of 29, the former assistant to Boris Johnson was covering maternity leave in his office

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2023

Inside 2005 Ashes party as Freddie Flintoff wees in garden and Tony Blair called a "k***head"

England's 2005 Ashes celebrations were just as memorable as the series itself, with Matthew Hoggard calling Prime Minister Tony Blair a "k**bhead" and Freddie Flintoff boozing in the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street

Daily Mirror · Jun 16, 2023