The Latest Breaking News from Downing Street

RISHI Sunak is expected to give a speech outside Downing Street following a disastrous night for the Conservatives ...

Compared with other countries, the speed at which Downing Street changes hands is unusual – and can be brutal

As the final ballots across the country are counted, The Independent runs you through what happens on Friday as power changes hands

Now with a foothold in the corridors of power, Archie Mitchell looks at whether Nigel Farage has a chance of becoming prime minister by 2029

Downing Street remains quiet this morning (5 July), just hours after the Labour party won the general election in a landslide result.

Rishi Sunak on Friday apologised to the public after his Conservatives were trounced by Labour in the UK general election, saying he would step down as party leader. Prime Minister-elect Keir Starmer pledged to start a period of "national renewal" in the UK after Labour crossed the 326-seat threshold for…

Watch a live view of 10 Downing Street as Britons vote in the general election on Thursday 4 July.

In today’s newsletter: The Labour leader has kept details about his wife and children private, but that could prove difficult with a move to Downing Street

There has been one figure of stability in the last 14 years of political turmoil in the UK -- Larry the Downing Street cat.

The Labour leader said he knew Mr Johnson’s instinct under pressure would be to lie about Downing Street parties in the Commons

Exclusive: The prime minister sent a Downing Street staffer on the hunt in London for an ink-stamp in the shape of the word ‘stopped’ before slapping it on examples of visa applicants he was barring from Britain