First Lord of the Treasury that office; in this case, the Second Lord of the Treasury usually served as Chancellor. As of 1841, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has always been Second Lord of the Treasury when he was not also Prime Minister. By convention, the other Lords Commissioners of the Treasury are also Government Whips in the House of Commons. 10 Downing Street is the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, and not of the Prime Minister. Chequers, a country house in Buckinghamshire, is the official country residence of the Prime Minister, used as a weekend and holiday home, although the
Chequers plan Chequers plan The Chequers plan, also known as the Chequers deal or Chequers agreement, is a white paper concerning Brexit, published 12July 2018 by the Government of the United Kingdom under Prime Minister Theresa May. It lays out the type of relationship the UK seeks to have with the European Union (EU) after Brexit. Its official title is The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union. In July 2018, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Brexit Secretary), Dominic Raab, described it as a "detailed proposal for a principled, pragmatic and ambitious future partnership between the