10 Downing Street: 1894 – installation of electric lighting and first telephones. Following Disraeli’s departure William Gladstone redecorated the building and oversaw the installations.
10 Downing Street: 1902 – first motor-car driven onto Downing Street. Arthur Balfour brought the first car and since then, Prime Ministers have looked to select British marques for their official car.
10 Downing Street: In 1930 - John Logie Baird installed one of his prototype 'televisors' for Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald to view the test transmissions that the BBC were regularly broadcasting.
10 Downing Street: 2002 – dedicated video conferencing suite was installed. This followed the events of 9/11 and allowed the Prime Minister and his team to be in face to face contact with counterparts around the world