10 Downing Street in London is the official residence and office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
10 Downing Street
Portrait of George Downing painted c. 1675–1690 by Thomas Smith, The Fogg Museum
The Palace of Whitehall by Hendrick Danckerts c. 1660–1679. Viewed from St James's Park, the "House at the Back" is on the right; the octagonal building next to it is the Cockpit.
Robert Walpole accepted George II's gift of the house at the back and two Downing Street houses on behalf of the office of the First Lord of the Treasury.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern prime ministers hold office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the House of Commons, they sit as members of Parliament. The current prime minister is Rishi Sunak of the Conservative Party, who assumed the office on 25 October 2022.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Sir Robert Walpole is generally considered to have been the first person to hold the position of Prime Minister.
Dominic Raab was the First Secretary of State from 2019 to 2021. He deputised for Boris Johnson when he was ill with COVID-19 in April 2020.
Prime Minister Liz Truss announces her resignation outside 10 Downing Street, 20 October 2022
