Creeping cost of Downing Street makeovers from the Blairs to the Camerons

Expectations have clearly risen since Margaret Thatcher slapped down a proposed refurbishment of the No 11 flat in 1979, saying the public would not be impressed. She dashed the hopes of her chancellor Geoffrey Howe, who had complained the 1960s-style kitchen was ‘positively antediluvian, with iron gas rings, antique sinks and sombre décor’, records show. … Read more

Aerial shots reveal rising river creeping towards George and Amal Clooney’s £12m mansion

George and Amal Clooney‘s £12million mansion has fallen victim to Storm Christoph – after flood water from the swollen River Thames seeped onto the lawn.  The 17th-century, Grade II-listed house in the celebrity haunt of Sonning is located on an island in the river, which past the edge of their grounds.  Photos taken today showed a large … Read more