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Rishi Sunak today began his first full week as Prime Minister by struggling to shove a wodge of £20 notes into a Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal tin watched by his doting wife and their pet dog.

Mr Sunak was supported outside No 10 by Akshata Murty, in her first public appearance with her husband since he won the Tory leadership battle last Monday.He was the only candidate to achieve the required 100-plus MP backers — helping him avoid a vote amongst party members.

The couple, estimated to be worth £730million, were also with Nova, their fox red labrador retriever, who also received a poppy on its collar.

After briefly struggling with putting his cash into a Poppy Appeal tin, Mr Sunak then put a poppy on his wife’s jumper before she reciprocated.The PM then put a purple collar with a poppy attached around Nova’s neck before giving him a treat.

He tweeted afterwards: ‘There is no greater sacrifice than that of those who lay down their lives in service of their country.So during this year’s Poppy Appeal, please give generously to honour our veterans — past and present — and those who continue to protect us today’.

Ms Murty, who has a £690million stake in her father’s IT company Infosys, was seen on Saturday overseeing the family’s belongings being moved into No 10, including beds and other furniture.

The Sunaks have moved back into Downing Street after he quit as Chancellor to help bring down Boris Johnson. The family got Nova last year because Rishi and Akshata’s children Krishna and Anoushka begged them to get a dog after they took a liking to Mr Johnson’s Jack Russell Dilyn.

The 17-month-old dog is said to be a fan of roast chicken and napping in his owner’s red boxes.

It is his first full week as Prime Minister — facing questions about his decision to bring Suella Braverman back as Home Secretary, calls for a U-turn over a climate summit snub and concerns about national security at the heart of Government.

The Prime Minister is considering reversing his decision not to attend the United Nations climate conference in Egypt next week, with environment minister Mark Spencer saying Mr Sunak would go ‘if his diary allows’.

While Mr Sunak is focusing on domestic issues, including preparations for the November 17 autumn statement, he also faces political challenges including the backlash over the reappointment of Ms Braverman.

The Government’s climate tsar Alok Sharma said he was ‘disappointed’ by the decision not to attend the Cop27 summit, while Tory former chancellor George Osborne asked why Mr Sunak would ‘trash’ the party’s record on the environment.

With US President Joe Biden expected to attend, and reports suggesting Mr Sunak’s arch-rival Boris Johnson could go to the summit, the Prime Minister is weighing up whether to go.

Mr Spencer said the possibility of Mr Johnson going was not a ‘consideration’ for the Prime Minister.

‘I think, actually, he’ll be looking at how much he’s got in his inbox,’ he told LBC.

‘But I think the fact that Boris is thinking of going is a demonstration of how seriously the Conservative Party and the Conservative Government takes these things.’

Mr Spencer told Sky News he would like to see the Prime Minister go to Cop27 ‘if he’s got time’ but ‘he’ll make that call and I’m sure it’ll be the right one’.

Meanwhile, the way Tory ministers have handled sensitive information remained in the spotlight.

Ms Braverman was forced to quit as Home Secretary under Liz Truss after she emailed a potentially market-sensitive draft written ministerial statement to veteran backbench Tory Sir John Hayes, a fellow Right-winger, from a personal email account.

But less than a week later she was back in the role in Mr Sunak’s first Cabinet.

In another information security issue, it emerged in the Mail on Sunday that Ms Truss’ personal mobile phone was hacked by Russian agents while she was foreign secretary.

Mr Spencer said Ms Truss ‘clearly was hacked’ but suggested all ministers used personal phones even if there was ‘some little man in China’ listening in.

‘We all talk on personal phones, don’t we, you know?I ring my wife, maybe there’s some little man in China listening to the conversations between me and my wife.

‘But, you know, you’ve just got to be careful about what information you use on which phone and you get a lot of help and support from the security services on that.’

Labour will seek to question Ms Braverman about her conduct and issues relating to national security in the Commons, while the Home Secretary is also in the spotlight over conditions at the Manston migrant processing centre in Kent.

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said full details around the breach of the ministerial code which led to Ms Braverman’s initial resignation needed to be set out to MPs.

She told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: ‘There is a blunt immediate question, which is how many other security breaches have there been? How many other security lapses has she been involved in? And that’s the most important question.’

Another issue dating to Ms Truss’ chaotic seven-week period in charge could also come back to cause trouble in Tory ranks, with Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle expected to receive a report on the stormy scenes in Parliament on the evening before her resignation.

Tory MPs were reportedly manhandled in the voting lobbies as Ms Truss’ administration forced them to oppose a Labour motion on fracking, events which contributed to the collapse in support for the prime minister.

On Saturday Ms Murty wore fluffy slippers as she oversaw movers unpacking the family’s furniture into No10.

A casually dressed Ms Murty, wearing grey leggings, a light grey jumper and a black fluffy gilet as well as her £42 White Company faux fur sliders, oversaw workers from Bishop’s Move unloading what seemed to be an upright piano, a double mattress and a barbecue, as well as smaller boxes of possessions.

The Sunak family has chosen to return to the No10 flat — where they lived while Mr Sunak was Chancellor of the Exchequer — instead of moving into the more spacious flat in No11 as has been the custom for prime ministers since 1997, when Sir Tony Blair swept to power.

As two moving vans parked outside the house this morning, the newly appointed Chairman of the Conservative Party Nadhim Zahawi was also photographed walking past in a matching navy tracksuit and a green baseball cap.

Yesterday, Ms Murty, a British-born Indian heiress and fashion designer, was spotted leaving the couple’s London home sporting a black baseball cap, a white long-sleeved sweatshirt, black tracksuit bottoms and black sliders.

Speculation was rife over whether the family would revert to previous living arrangements, with Mr Sunak splitting his time between Downing Street and his house in west London.

In April Mr Sunak, his wife Akshata Murty, their daughters Krishna and Anoushka and family labrador Nova moved out to be closer to the children’s £22,000-a-year private school.

Coming around the same time that news emerged that Mr Sunak’s wife, Akshata Murty, had claimed ‘non-dom’ tax status, reportedly saving her millions, there was speculation the move was linked to a wish to avoid media attention, although Mr Sunak denied that at the time. 

But earlier this week, Mr Sunak’s press secretary told reporters: ‘They will be moving into the No 10 flat, where they used to live.’

Asked whether the family plans to redecorate the flat, his press secretary said: ‘Not that I’m aware of.’ 

It means that they will not live in the flat above No11, which was renovated by Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie for an estimated £200,000 in the so-called ‘wallpapergate’ scandal — which notoriously involved gold wallpaper that cost thousands of pounds.

However, Mr Sunak is still keeping the London townhouse, and if he wants to get away from Downing Street, he will be able to spend weekends at the Prime Minister’s official country estate, Slot Gacor Terpercaya Chequers, with his family, as well as spending time at their London properties and their constituency home in North Yorkshire.

Mr Sunak, whose family has an estimated wealth of £730million, will also have to decide whether to draw his full prime ministerial salary of £164,080 or to take a voluntary pay cut as a symbolic gesture in the current cost of living crisis.

Downing Street has been home to the leader of the UK Government since 1735 and has been the headquarters from which the nation’s leaders have navigated world wars, financial crises and pandemics.

Sir Tony Blair was the first to do opt for the No11 flat when he entered office in 1997 — and his successors Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson opted to follow suit.

The chief whip of the ruling party has also been known to live at 9 Downing Street (although the official residence of this position is Number 12).

After housing Prime Ministers for nearly 300 years, it is perhaps unsurprising that the building has had several renovations — as well as an intense restoration.

The building was determined to have serious structural problems at the end of the Second World War, including sloping walls and twisted door frames.

Eventually, during Harold MacMillan’s tenure, 10 Downing Street was restored in a project costing around £1million which took three years to complete.Since then, the structural problems seem to have largely been kept at bay however some of the building’s most famous reception rooms have been renovated by different leaders.

During her 11 years in office, Margaret Thatcher oversaw renovations to the White Drawing Room and the Terracotta Room — both of which are used to host important guests.

The latter, on the first floor of Number 10, was actually called the Blue Room when Mrs Thatcher first took office in 1979 — but she decided she preferred the warm tones of an orange hue in the reception space.

The renovation was carried out at the end of the 1980s when Mrs Thatcher was close to the end of her time in office and she hired interior designer Quinlan Terry to carry out the work.The space itself was first used as a dining room by Sir Robert Walpole, who was the UK’s first prime minister.

Having lived at 10 Downing Street for so long, Mrs Thatcher left her mark on the residence and now has a room named after her in the property.

The Thatcher Room was used as her personal study during her time in office, and a painting of her hangs on the wall inside.

It’s not just the interior of Number 10 that has an impressive history — with the property’s rose garden being the site of several historic press conferences over the years.

When Sir Tony left office in 2007, to hand over the reins to Mr Brown, he hosted a farewell reception there.

In more recent memory, the British media gathered in the rose garden during the pandemic, to attend a press conference hosted by Mr Johnson’s former adviser, Dominic Cummings, after it was revealed he had broken lockdown rules to drive from London to Durham after he had tested positive for Covid in 2020.

Slipper-ing to Downing Street!Rishi’s billionaire wife Akshata Murty dressed down in £42 White Company sliders and £50 faux fur H&M gilet as she moved back into No 10

She may be the heiress with a billionaire father, but Rishi Sunak’s wife ditched the designer labels over the weekend to show off her love of high street brands. 

Akshata Murty, the daughter of Indian IT mogul Narayana Murty, was snapped overseeing movers unpacking the family’s furniture into No10 on Saturday.

Ms Murty, who is more often seen dressed up in designer labels, opted for a casual look for the occasion — pairing grey leggings, a light grey jumper and a £50 black fluffy H&M gilet with her £42 White Company faux fur sliders.

She was pictured overseeing workers from Bishop’s Move unloading what seemed to be an upright piano, a double mattress and a barbecue, as well as smaller boxes of possessions.

The Sunak family has chosen to return to the No10 flat — where they lived while Mr Sunak was Chancellor of the Exchequer — instead of moving into the more spacious flat in No11 as has been the custom for prime ministers since 1997, when Sir Tony Blair swept to power.

Akshata’s off-duty mum style included a pair of new White Company slippers.

Described online as ‘stylish and versatile’, the brand say they can be worn as ‘nightwear as loungewear and daywear’ and suitable for ‘milder weather’. 

Ms Murty, who owns a £430million stake in her Indian tech billionaire father’s IT business, has raised eyebrows with her high-end wardrobe. 

In December 2020, the IT heiress wore a box-fresh pair of £445 Gucci trainers, a REDValentino shearling and leather coat costing £1,630 and a leather skirt worth more then £1,000, for a date night with her husband in upmarket Mayfair.