Downing Street reshuffle! Removal van arrives to move ex-chancellor Sajid Javid’s furniture out of grace-and-favour flat above Number 10 to make way for replacement Rishi Sunak
- The hefty lorry parked up outside Number 11 Downing Street this morning
- Source close to the ex-chancellor confirmed that the lorry was organised by him
- He had used flat above No10 while PM used larger apartment above No11
Downing Street experienced a new political reshuffle today as a removal van arrived to move ex-chancellor Sajid Javid out to make way for successor Rishi Sunak.
The hefty lorry parked up outside Number 11 Downing Street this morning to help the former finance chief move his family effects out of the grace-and-favour pad.
The vehicle was from Bishop’s Move, the same firm that moved Mr Javid in when he was appointed last July.
He moved his family into the two-bedroom apartment above No 10 after Mr Johnson chose to move into the larger, four-bedroom flat about No 11 with girlfriend Carrie Symonds.
A source close to the ex-chancellor confirmed that the lorry was moving his effects out to make way for Mr Sunak and his family.
The removal van in Downing Street this morning moving Mr Javid’s family effects from the No 10 flat
And an articulated lorry from the same firm moving him and his family in to the flat back in August last year
Mr Javid is thought to have spent more time at the large family home in Fulham which features extra security added when he was made home secretary
Bringing your work home: David Cameron working on one of his red boxes in the flat above Number 11, with Samantha Cameron in the kitchen
Samantha Cameron, wife of then Prime Minister David Cameron, having breakfast in her 11 Downing Street apartment
The MP for Richmond in Yorkshire, dubbed the Maharajah of the Yorkshire Dales, is married to Akshata and they have two daughters, Krishna and Anoushka.
Earlier this week he declared the Budget will go ahead on March 11 as scheduled despite the abrupt departure of Mr Javid last week.
He killed off rumours of a delay saying he was ‘cracking on’ with preparations for the crucial financial package.
Downing Street had previously signalled that the Budget could be pushed back after the dramatic resignation of Mr Javid during the reshuffle last week.
The vehicle was from Bishop’s Move, the same firm that moved Mr Javid in when he was appointed last July
Earlier this week Mr Sunak declared the Budget will go ahead on March 11 as scheduled despite the abrupt departure of Mr Javid
A picture of Sajid Javid at work which he posted on Instagram three months ago
The MP for Richmond in Yorkshire, dubbed the Maharajah of the Yorkshire Dales, is married to Akshata and they have two daughters, Krishna and Anoushka
Pictured: the interior of the ground floor of number 11 Downing Street, where the Chancellor of the Exchequer works
Tony Blair referred to the downing street properties as ‘Tardis like’ for their internal dimensions. Pictured: the boardroom in Number 11
A ground floor meeting room in Number 11, downing Street, photographed in 2009
The spacious ground floor of No 11 has armchairs, sofas and a glass panelled bookcase
The Downing street properties feature high ceilings large windows and chandeliers
The apartment above the finance minister’s office in No 11 has been home to PMs and their families since 1997, when Tony and Cherie Blair, who had a young family, chose it over the two-bedroom flat above the more famous black door.
The tradition was upheld by subsequent Prime Ministers, with Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah, and David and Samantha Cameron and their children enjoying the more spacious home above Number 11.
But Mr Johnson, whose children are grown up, shares the spacious living quarters with only Ms Symonds, 31.
Mr Javid by contrast has a wife and small children, but he is thought to have spent more time at the large family home in Fulham which features added security since he was made home secretary last year.