Sam Blewett
15 March 2021, 5:09 pm
The first images of Downing Street’s new White House-style media briefing room have emerged after criticism that more than £2.6 million had been spent on the renovations.
The images published by ITV News on Monday show the room in No 9 Downing Street has been kitted out with cameras and rows of chairs for journalists.
Union flags flank a lectern from where the Prime Minister’s press secretary, Allegra Stratton, will field reporters’ questions and act as the face of the Government.
Allegra Stratton (Aaron Chown/PA)
Labour said “we were expecting something a bit more impressive” given the sums spent on the long-delayed project, as revealed by the PA new agency.