Chequers into the estate. In July 2018, Prime Minister Theresa May held a Cabinet meeting at Chequers to agree the UK's approach to Brexit which became known as the proposed "Chequers plan". Downing Street and Chequers are about apart. The Ridgeway National Trail crosses the private drive. Notes Bibliography Chequers Chequers, or Chequers Court, is the country house of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A 16th century manor house in origin, it is located near the village of Ellesborough, halfway between Princes Risborough and Wendover in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, at the foot of the Chiltern Hills. It is about
Ministers of the Crown Act 1937 the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, which was set at £10,000 a year. This was only the second time that the Prime Minister had been mentioned in an Act of Parliament, after the Chequers Estate Act 1917, which granted him a country residence at Chequers. The other officials covered by the Act fell into two categories – heads of department, and under-secretaries. Heads of certain departments, such as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, received £5,000 a year regardless of their membership in the Cabinet, while others such as the Lord Privy Seal received £3,000, with an increase to £5,000