...off Whitehall, in London’s SW1 postcode, fronted by one of the world’s most iconic front doors, stands Number 10 Downing Street, the unique home and office of the British Prime...
...R G G (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Mystery of the missing frogman Sixty years ago today, on 9 May 1956 the Prime Minister, Sir...
...electoral register, you don't get a say in who runs the country and how. Register to vote today Suggested further reading J.M. McEwen (ed), The Riddell Diaries 1908-1923 (1986) Roy...
...MPs. Such behaviour lost her friends and allies. Nancy was a woman of strong beliefs; the depth of these feelings means that her reputation today is somewhat tarnished. She was...
...and his greater willingness later in his reign to adapt to the realities of parliamentary monarchy – the constitutional system we still have today. In the 1760s, both King and...
...increasingly large military base communities scattered across Germany if the Russians invaded. Today, the British government continues to devise evacuation plans for non-combatants, particularly in the world's most politically volatile...
...1917, shortly after his arrival at No.10. It would prove to be a precursor to an administrative model that continues to function today. David Lloyd George, 1906, The National Archives,...
...my visit today. I found the various briefings and demonstrations of the greatest possible interest. I was much impressed by the knowledge, dedication and professionalism of those whom I met....
...still decorate the room today. However, despite arriving at the present arrangement essentially by chance, there was little appetite for radically rethinking No. 10’s core layout to suit the changing...
...buildings, (GOGGS), which remain its main home today.[iv] The Crawford Committee had recommended that the reconstruction of the Old Treasury should be carried out concurrently with the required works on...