Editing Number 10 Policy Unit (section)

{{Short description|Body advising the British prime minister}}
{{Infobox government agency
| name            = Number 10 Policy Unit
| type            = Policy Unit
| seal            = Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
| seal_width      = 140px
| seal_caption    = Royal Arms as used by [[His Majesty's Government]]
| formed          = 1974
| chief1_name     = [[Stuart Ingham]]
| chief1_position = Director
| parent_department = [[10 Downing Street#Office of the Prime Minister|Prime Minister's Office]]
| website         = [http://www.number10.gov.uk/ 10 Downing Street]
}}

The '''Number 10 Policy Unit''' is a body of policymakers based in [[10 Downing Street]], providing policy advice directly to the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]].  Originally set up to support [[Harold Wilson]] in 1974, it has gone through a series of guises to suit the needs of successive prime ministers, staffed variously by political advisers, civil servants and more recently a combination of both.

The current Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit is [[Stuart Ingham]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 July 2024 |title= Who are the key people inside Labour’s leadership team? |url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/08/who-are-the-key-people-inside-labours-leadership-team |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=The Guardian |language=en-UK}}</ref>