Number 10

British leader's residence

Number 10 is shorthand for 10 Downing Street, the official residence and office of the British Prime Minister in London.

In political journalism, Number 10 often stands for the Prime Minister or their administration: Number 10 declined to comment, sources close to Number 10 say the policy will change.

The American equivalent would be "the White House."

Opposites
institutional seat of power

Number 10Buckingham Palace

UK monarch's headquarters

Windsor Castle · hereditary power · Westminster · the Kremlin · local council

political alignment

Number 10party headquarters

Political organization's main office

insider vs outsider status

Number 10the street

Urban finance hub

grassroots · the public · civil society · ordinary citizens · protest movements

Family

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