Number 10 Policy Unit

Number 10 Policy Unit

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Policy Unit overview
Formed	1974
Policy Unit executive	Eleanor Shawcross, Director
Parent department	Prime Minister's Office
Website	10 Downing Street

The Number 10 Policy Unit is a body of policymakers based in 10 Downing Street, providing policy advice directly to the British Prime Minister. Originally set up to support Harold Wilson in 1974, it has gone through a series of guises to suit the needs of successive prime ministers, staffed variously by political advisers, civil servants and more recently a combination of both.