With Downing Street is set to welcome a new prime minister in the form of Keir Starmer, but questions about one of its most famous residents have been raised. The political world’s favourite ...

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Larry the Downing Street cat is facing a challenge to his position as the British government's chief mouser -- a cute "Russian" kitten. New prime minister Keir Starmer and his family, who moved ...

Later came Downing Street’s longest serving mouser, Wilberforce, who notched up an impressive 18 years of service between 1970 and 1988. Larry, a tabby cat, arrived from Battersea Dogs & Cats ...

Larry the Downing Street cat does not approve of this historic and barbaric practice. With no microphones, political candidates had to battle the weather and the noise of a rowdy crowd to make ...

Not far away, across the Thames, is Larry, the famous cat of 10 Downing St., where he has stayed longer than most prime ministers – Keir Starmer is his sixth. Employed as Chief Mouser to the ...

Eclectic guest list included drag queen Blu Hydrangea, broadcaster Dermot O’Leary and Olympic swimming champion Daniel Wiffen ...