A visit to the Queen, a speech in Downing Street, then what? In a special documentary Matt Chorley speaks to those who know what it is like to move into No10.

Contributors include Tony Blair, the former prime minister;

Anji Hunter, Blair’s former gatekeeper;

Gus O’Donnell, the cabinet secretary to Blair, Brown and Cameron;

Stewart Wood, foreign policy adviser to Brown;

Gabby Bertin, press secretary to Cameron;

and Katie Perrior, May’s director of communications.

For more, read Matt Chorley’s feature in The Times Magazine or at thetimes.co.uk

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