Size matters for Theresa May

Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May is pulling rank and will move into the more spacious flat above 11 Downing Street rather than the designated one above the premier’s Number 10 office

London: Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May is pulling rank and will move into the more spacious flat above 11 Downing Street rather than the designated one above the premier’s Number 10 office.

British PM Theresa May. Pic/AFP

While 10 Downing Street, is the office and official residence of the PM, the flat Number 11  — the finance minister’s headquarters — is the bigger of the two.

May is following in the footsteps of the last three prime ministers — Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron — in making the switch. 

May, who has spoken of how she likes to cook, may have been influenced by the installation by the Camerons of a top-of-the-range kitchen at Number 11. Although May has yet to move in.   

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