Which prime minister spent the most on their Downing Street flat?

Flat spin

Which prime minister spent the most on their Downing Street flat, according to figures reported over the years?

Margaret Thatcher £0 (Kept 1960s kitchen. Is reputed to have paid for her own ironing board)

Tony Blair £127,000 spent on larger flat above No. 11 (including wallpaper reputed to have cost £70 a roll)

Gordon Brown £84,000

David Cameron £92,900 (with £64,000 spent on kitchen and bathroom)

Theresa May £25,500

Boris Johnson Between £88,000 and £200,000 (according to various reports)

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Ross Clark

Britain is living beyond its means

But all were eclipsed by the £650,000 of public money spent by former Lord Chancellor Derry Irvine on his flat in the Lords, including £59,000 of wallpaper.

Local voting

How many people bother turning out for local elections even when there isn’t a pandemic on?

2019 37% (coincided with European elections)

2018 35%

2017 35%

2016 34%

2015 66% (Overall turnout includes for general election held on same day.