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10Number 10 · New governmentStep 1/3
How hard a job?
Same economics in every mode. Harder means more systems and less warning.
BackbencherStrong economy, big majority. Arrows show what moves. Survive one term.
Easy
Prime MinisterToday's UK. Minority possible. Win re-election.
Medium
Crisis PMRecession, strikes, nervous markets. Beat Medium to unlock.
Hard
CustomToggle systems on or off. Not ranked.
After Medium
Medium adds: Trust, Corruption Heat, delivery capacity (4 reforms), narrow forecast ranges.
Next: your party
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10Downing Street · Day OneNew PM
Congratulations, Prime Minister.
The country is yours. So are its problems.

Difficulty

EasyBackbencher
MediumPrime Minister
HardCrisis PM

Your manifesto

SocialistUnions love you. Markets don't.
CentristNobody hates you. Yet.
Free-marketBusiness booms. Towns struggle.
NationalistStrong borders, dear shopping.
· · ·
· · ·
Enter Downing Street
Daily CrisisEnergy firm collapses overnight
Play · 2 min
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✎Party HQ · FoundingStep 2/3
NR
Party name
New Reform Alliance
Colour
Slogan
Fix the basics.
A country that works.
Real party names are blocked.
Next: manifesto
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✎Party HQ · Manifesto LaunchPledges 5/7
Write your manifesto.
Pick up to 7 pledges. Every one you break will be quoted back at you.
Cost per year£21bn / £25bn credible
HealthImmigrationJobsEnergyPoliceDefence
✓
Cut net migration to 200kApproval + · labour shortages −
£0
Skilled worker fast-track visaGrowth + · voters split
+£2bn
Recruit 20k overseas nursesClashes with your migration cap
£1bn
Process asylum claims in 6 monthsHotel costs − · needs staff
£0.8bn
Your manifesto reads asPatriotic Centrist
Launch
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10Number 10 · Cabinet RoomWeek 1
Week 1 · Year 1Easy · Centrist
Treasury62
Economy66
Services58
Approval63
Party80
Markets70
Six bars. Any at zero and you're out.Every choice moves them. Some effects land months later, so watch for the delayed ones.
1 of 3Got it →
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10Number 10 · Chief of StaffYear 1
You have goodwill. Spend it wisely.
Big reforms cost less in your first year. Wins top it back up.
Political capital
78 / 100Honeymoon ends in 7 months
Reforms ready to launch
Planning overhaulBig long-term growth · local anger
−30
Social care capEnds "selling your house" fear
−25
Council tax revaluationFairer · first since 1991
−40
Delivery capacity: 2 of 4 slots free.
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10Number 10 · Cabinet RoomIn office
Week 34 · Year 2Medium · Centrist
Treasury48
Economy61
Services29
Approval44
Party67
Markets55
LIVEInflation 3.8% · Gilts 4.6% · Waiting list 7.9m
+ National Health TrustUrgent

Nurses vote to strike from Monday.

The union wants 10%. Paying in full costs £3bn a year.

"I love this job. I can't afford to keep doing it."Sarah, A&E nurse, Leeds
Pay 10% £3.0bn
Offer 5% £1.5bn
Refuse £0
Why does this matter?
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The Morning PapersPress
The Daily Ledger
Tue 14 MarLate edition
PM Caves: Strike Off, Bill Lands on You
Nurses back on wards tomorrow. Treasury hunts for £3bn as markets ask how it will be paid for.
Services +9Approval +4Treasury -7Markets -3
Coming back to haunt youOther public sector unions will expect the same. Watch this space.
What other players did
Pay 41%
5% 37%
No 22%
Continue
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10Number 10 · DiaryMonth 17
MAY · YEAR 2

A quiet month. The trains mostly ran.

Inflation held at 2.4%. Nobody resigned. The papers led on the weather.

Economy +1Approval 0Services −1
Next month
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10Number 10 · Cabinet RoomRoutine
Department for TransportLow priority

Councils want to fix potholes before winter.

£300m buys roughly 1.5 million repairs. Nobody will thank you. Everyone will notice if you don't.

Fund it £0.3bn
Half now, half in spring £0.15bn
Leave it to councils £0
Why does this matter?
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The Morning PapersPress
The Daily Ledger
Wednesday 9 MayEst. 1855
Nurses back on wards as five-week strike ends
Deal at 6.5% praised as "fair and funded". Waiting lists set to fall by autumn.
What the papers sayThe Blaze: "PM'S DEAL OF THE DAY". The City Courier: "Gilts steady on costed settlement".
Who's pleased
Workers +8
Pensioners +4
Business 0
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10Number 10 · Private OfficeWeek 22
This week.
Pick one thing to make time for. The rest happens anyway.
Mon
Cabinet. Agreed the bus fares cap, no drama.Done
Tue
Visit to a Bristol bakeryApproval +1 if you go
Wed
PMQsExpect questions on bin collections
Thu
Call with the Canadian PMTrade talks ticking along
Fri
Constituency surgeryParty +1, local goodwill
Do the bakeryApproval +1
Do the surgeryParty +1
Clear the red boxDelivery faster
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10Number 10 · Cabinet RoomHard
Department for TransportWeek 12

Rail workers reject 4%. Walkout in nine days.

Set your offer. Higher settles faster but sets a precedent for others.

3%6.5%10%
Chance they accept55% to 70%
Cost per year£0.6bn to £0.9bn
Make offer6.5%
Fund itFares +3%
DelegateMinister owns it
DelayBuy 1 month
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10Number 10 · Red boxConsequence
18 MONTHS AGO · WEEK 34, YEAR 2
You refused the nurses' 10%.

Today 40,000 nurses have quit the National Health Trust.

Agency staff now cost twice as much. Waits are rising again.

Services −9Treasury −4Approval −5
Why: low pay raises leaving rates; replacing staff with agency workers costs more. Source: estimate, based on NHS workforce data.
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10Number 10 · Press officeTrust
You are about to break a pledge
"We will not raise income tax."
58
Trust is how far people believe you. It falls fast and builds slowly.
The energy shock was real, not self-made. An honest case will be heard.
Explain it openlyTrust −2 · Approval −6
Call it a "temporary levy"Trust ? · Approval −2
Say nothingTrust −8
Spin can be exposed later for a big Trust hit.
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+National Health Trust · St Aldric's HospitalWard
+National Health Trust

A&E is at breaking point.

Winter has arrived early. Beds are full.
11h 40mAverage A&E wait
7.9mWaiting list
94%Bed occupancy
38kNursing vacancies
Hospital trusts are declaring critical incidents.
"We're treating people in corridors again."Sarah, A&E nurse
Emergency winter fund · £1.2bn
Send in the army medics
Hold firm, it'll pass
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✊Union HQ · Strike BallotIndustrial
Ballot result · 71% turnout
Strike 84%
Legal threshold met. Action from Monday.
  • 10% pay rise
  • Safe staffing levels in law
  • No more agency cuts
Clap for us? Pay us!Patients before profitsWe can't wait
Open talks
Pass minimum-service law
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The Morning PapersNewsstand
The BlazeONLY 60p
Nurse
Strike
Chaos!
PM hiding in No10 bunker · PAGES 4, 5, 6, 7
The Daily Ledger
Est. 1855 · Tuesday 14 March
Government faces biggest health walkout in a generation as talks collapse
The City CourierFTSE −1.2%
Gilts wobble as investors question how a pay deal would be funded
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▶Six O'Clock NewsBroadcast
LIVE
18:02
BREAKING
Pound falls 4% after surprise borrowing plan
Gilt yields hit 5.1% · Chancellor "confident" · Opposition demands statement
Tonight's poll: who do you trust on the economy?
You
31%
Opposition
38%
Don't know
31%
"Markets are asking one question tonight: how will it be paid for?"
Economics Editor
Back to Number 10
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▶Six O'Clock News · MarketsLIVE
MARKETS BELOW 20
Borrowing costs hit a 30-year high.
Danger zone10y 6.1%
Investors doubt the £28bn of unfunded pledges. If Markets hits zero, the run ends.
Publish a costed planMarkets +12
Reverse the tax cutU-turn · Trust −6
Hold your nerveRisky
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QCabinet Office · Quarter reportQ3 · Year 2
Three months in brief.
Two quiet months skipped. One strike settled.
Treasury−6
Economy+3
Services+1
Approval−2
Party0
Markets−1
Coming upBudget Day in 6 weeks. Two delayed effects due before then.
Next quarter
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The Morning PapersPage 6
The Daily Ledger
Thursday 3 OctoberPage 6
School meals expansion: popular with parents, late in some areas
Two thirds of councils hit the September start. The rest say January.
Parents' approval+3
Council budgets−2
Delivery capacity used1 slot
Fair to sayNot a triumph. Not a scandal. It will probably be fine by spring.
Continue
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▶Six O'Clock News18:00
18:00
Tonight's running order
1
Heatwave warning for the South East
2
Bank of England holds rates at 3.75%As expected · Markets 0
3
Government confirms new rail timetableMild interest
4
A swan has been reunited with its owner
You were not mentioned. Your press team counts this as a win.
Continue
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£HM Treasury · Budget DayAnnual
Budget 2027The red box. One shot a year. The markets are watching.
Income tax (basic)21p +1
Corporation tax25%
NHS budget£192bn +4
Welfare£310bn
Defence2.5% GDP
Capital investment£70bn
OBR verdict · liveDeficit falls £6bn. Growth −0.1%. Basic rate rise breaks your manifesto: Party −12.
Deliver the Budget
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£HM Treasury · The day afterBudget
Verdicts are in
A budget that adds up.
Office for Budget ResponsibilityFiscal rules met with £9bn headroom. Debt falling as a share of GDP by year 5.
10-year gilt4.1% ↓
Pound$1.31 ↑
Markets+11
Party+5
Think tank"Tough on spending, fair on who pays. Unusually honest numbers."
Continue
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10Number 10 · Cabinet RoomReshuffle
Your Cabinet
Competence · Loyalty · Popularity · Ambition
Chancellor
Rt Hon. E. Marsh
C 8L 3P 9A 10
Plotting
Health
Dr A. Okafor
C 7L 8P 6A 4
Home Office
J. Pembury
C 3L 9P 5A 2
Gaffe risk
Foreign
R. Castellan
C 6L 6P 7A 7
Whips' reportMarsh has been dining with 40 backbenchers. Sack now and she becomes a martyr. Keep her and she may strike first.
Keep
Reshuffle
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⌂Cabinet Office · ReshuffleJunior posts
The Schools Minister is retiring. Gracefully.
No scandal. She wants to spend more time with her allotment.
Raj MehtaCompetent, loyal, slightly dull
Delivery +
Fiona ClarkeBright, ambitious, talks to journalists
Risky
Tom HaleFrom the other wing of the party
Party +2
Junior posts. Low stakes either way.
Appoint
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+National Health Trust · New hospitalDelivered
Teesside General opens on time and on budget.
400 beds. The first new hospital in the region for 30 years.
"My mum waited 14 hours last winter. Today she'd be seen in two."Darren, bus driver, Middlesbrough
Services+6
North East approval+9
Pledge: "Cut waiting lists"On track
Cut the ribbon yourselfApproval +2
Let the nurses do itTrust +2
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✉Number 10 · Post roomWeek 51
One of 3,412 letters this week
Dear Prime Minister,

I didn't vote for you. But the childcare change meant I could go back to work, and I passed my nursing exams last month.

So, thank you. I might vote for you next time.
Priya, Leicester
Working parents' approval is up 11 points since the change.
Write backTrust +1
Read it out at PMQsApproval +2 · risk of "stunt"
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✓Number 10 · Red boxPayoff
3 YEARS AGO · WEEK 8, YEAR 1
You doubled funding for engineering apprenticeships.

Today 60,000 newly qualified engineers start work.

Two car plants say they can finally hire locally. Wages in Teesside are up 4%.

Economy +7Approval +4Resilience +3
Why: skills training lifts productivity, but takes years to show. Source: IFS evaluation of apprenticeship returns.
Continue
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⚙Department for IndustryResilience
Investment confirmed
Battery gigafactory picks Sunderland.
£4bn private investment after your full-expensing tax change.
Jobs3,200
Supply chain jobs~6,000
Manufacturing made in UK
41% → 47%80% unlocks Fortress Britain
Honest footnoteTax cut cost £1.2bn this year. OBR expects it to pay back about half over a decade.
Continue
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£Department for IndustryLong game
How self-reliant is Britain?
% made or produced in the UK. Line shows where you started.
Energy62%
Food60%
Manufacturing41%
Defence70%
Medicines28%
Tech22%
In progressTwo SMR nuclear sites: first power in year 4. Bills barely move: gas is priced globally.
80% in every sector unlocks a title.
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10Number 10 · Private OfficeInsane
5 on your desk.
2 overdue
Delivery capacity · 3 of 3 used
Steelworks to close in Port TalbardBusiness · 4,000 jobs2 days
Coalition partner wants fishing quotaCoalition · red line3 days
Flooding across the Severn valleyEnvironment · crisis1 wk
OBR forecast leakTreasury · markets watching2 wks
Minister's expenses queryEthics · Heat 341 mo
Ignored items resolve themselves. Usually badly.
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⚜House of Commons · PMQsParliament
Prime Minister's QuestionsQ 3 of 5
"Will the Prime Minister tell the House why the new railway cost more than the Olympics?"
Leader of the Opposition
Backbenches: restless
"The trains now run on time. Can he say the same about his policies?"Witty · Risky
"We inherited the mess. We're fixing it."Safe · Forgettable
"I'll write to the Honourable Member."Dull · Party groans
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⚖House of Commons · Tea RoomInformal
A quiet word
Your MP for Kettlebury wants a new bypass study.
It costs £2m. It won't get built for a decade. It would make her very happy.
"I've voted with you every time. Just this once?"Helen Ashdown, MP for Kettlebury
Fine, fund the studyParty +1
Promise to "look at it"Free · small Trust risk
Politely noParty −1
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10Number 10 · Front stepLight relief
Chancellor Whiskers has caught a mouse on live TV.
The clip has 14 million views. Your approval has not moved. The cat's has.
Cat approval91%. Higher than any politician since records began.
Give the cat a titleApproval +1
Pose for photos with itRisk: upstaged
Say nothing. Let it work.Dignity intact
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QCabinet Office · Quarter reportQ2 · Year 3
Steady as she goes.
Nothing big moved. Two small things went right, one small thing slipped.
Treasury0
Economy+1
Services−1
Approval0
Party0
Markets+1
Small things
✓ Passport backlog cleared
✓ Bus fares cap started
✕ Broadband rollout three weeks late
Next quarter
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10Number 10 · AugustRecess
AUGUST · YEAR 3

Parliament is off. So, mostly, are you.

Six weeks with no votes. Where are you spending them?

Cornwall, phone onApproval +1
Abroad, phone offRisky if a crisis hits
Stay and workDelivery +, "workaholic"
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§Manifesto tracker4 of 7 kept
You promised
"We will get waiting lists below 6 million."
DELIVERED
5.8m
Down from 7.9m when you took office
Trust +6Approval +5
Keep all 7 for a full term to earn Promise Keeper.
Continue
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✎By-election · StourmouthResult
Result
Held. Majority down a bit.
Normal for a mid-term by-election. Turnout 38%.
New Reform
36%
Liberal Centre
29%
National Right
18%
Others
17%
Majority8,900 → 3,100
Party0
Continue
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⚖House of Commons · DivisionTonight 10pm
Second reading
Planning Reform Bill
Yours 287
?
Against 306
You need 39 more votes. Who can you win over?
Liberal Centre31Wants: local veto
Green Left18Red line: greenbelt
Your rebels12Want: housing cash
Accept Liberal Centre amendment+31
Pull the billParty −4
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⌂Cabinet Office · Coalition talksDay 3
The Liberal Centre will join. At a price.
Their leader, Ellen Marchbank, sets three demands.
✓
Deputy PM and the Home OfficeParty −3 · your MPs wanted it
✓
Referendum on voting reformCould end single-party majorities
✕
Scrap your migration cap pledgeBreaks a manifesto pledge · Trust hit
Majority with them+14 seats
Counter: 2 of 360% they accept
Accept allCoalition formed
Govern as minorityVote by vote
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▶Six O'Clock News · SportCelebration
Good news, for once
Team GB finish second in the medal table.
41
33
29
Your school sport funding trained 6 of the gold medallists.
Extra bank holidayApproval +6 · Economy −1
Victory paradeApproval +3 · £20m
Fund more school sportLong-term health +
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▶Six O'Clock News · PoliticsLIVE
18:04
POLL
Government opens 9-point lead, the biggest in a decade.
New Reform
32%
Labour Union
23%
National Right
17%
Projected: majority of 40.
Call an early electionGamble
Bank it, keep governingPolitical capital +10
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▶Six O'Clock News · Poll trackerMonth 41
Five parties, no majority.
Vote share, and what that wins under first past the post.
New Reform
23%
Labour Union
21%
National Right
19%
Liberal Centre
13%
Green Left
10%
Farmers' Alliance NEW
6%
Projected seats
254
188
131
52
Pensioners drifting to the National Right after the triple lock change.
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✓On the Campaign TrailElection
Stronger.
Fairer.
Paid for.
Pick your slogan. The press will quote it back.
12days to polling
41%your poll
£2.4mcampaign fund
Projected seats · 326 for majority
304 YouHung parliament
Marginal seat, MidlandsFactory visit · workers +, business +
Go
TV debateHigh risk, high reward
Prep
Retirement village, KentPensioners +, young −
Go
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▶Six O'Clock News · Election special04:12
EXIT POLL CONFIRMED
New Reform largest party. 22 short of a majority.
304
176
110
60
Change since last time +50Majority line 326
Declaration · Hartlepool EastNew Reform GAIN from Labour Union. Swing 8.4%.
ShockFarmers' Alliance takes its first seat in Herefordshire North.
Open coalition talks
Govern as minority
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✓Election night · Result05:40
RE-ELECTED
A majority of 84.
The first government in 20 years to increase its majority after a full term.
368
130
72
Your best momentWaiting lists below 6 million, as promised.
Swing seatHartlepool East holds with a 12,000 majority.
Second term: new cabinet
Share result
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§The National Archive · VerdictAfter 2 terms
How history will judge you
A−
"The Builder. Left the country stronger than they found it."
Debt to GDP98% → 91%
Waiting list7.9m → 4.6m
Energy made in UK55% → 74%
Pledges kept12 of 14
Real wages+9%
In the textbooksRemembered for the apprenticeship boom and the first new hospitals in a generation.
Share your legacy
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Number 10 · Final record

Re-elected with a majority of 84.

Britain 74% energy self-sufficient under my government. Waiting lists halved. Debt falling.
Days in office3,612
DifficultyHard
ManifestoGreen Centrist
Rank this week#14
Share card
Challenge a friend with this seed
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10Number 10 · Leaving Downing StFinal
HardSocialist
No-confidence vote lost

Ousted by your own party.

412 days in office · Outlasted a lettuce by 363
"Popular with the public, terrifying to the markets. You nationalised the railways and the pound never recovered."
You governed most like
Harold Wilson
Big plans, bigger strikes
+38%Debt
61Approval
4Strikes
You beat 3 of 7 friends in The Office Cabinet
Play again
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≡The National ArchiveYour record
Your record
23 governments · 5 re-elections
SPENDTAX UPLONG TERM SAVEPOPULISTREFORMER
You govern most like
Clement Attlee
Built things. Spent a lot. Left a legacy.

Honours

Survived Hard3 strikes, no caveBalanced budgetDay 21 streak? ? ?? ? ?
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§The National Archive · Honours7 of 24
Your honours.
Hidden ones stay hidden until earned.
✓Promise Keeper
All pledges kept
£Balanced Books
Surplus year
⚖Survivor
Full term
RFortress Britain
80% Resilience
☂Crisis Hand
3 shocks handled
✉Red Envelope
Secret unlock
7Week Streak
Daily Crisis
?Hidden
?Hidden
A hintThe red envelope only comes to the popular…
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#The National Archive · RankingsThis week
All timeThis weekDaily CrisisHardRegion
1
The Rt Hon Sir PickleHard · Free-market · 2 terms
9,840
2
Member for Much WitteringHard · Centrist · Re-elected
9,120
3
Baroness TeacupMedium · Green · Re-elected
8,775
4
Lord Upper GrumblingHard · Socialist · Ousted yr 4
8,410
5
The Member for FogbottomMedium · Nationalist
8,002
· · ·
212
The Member for Little SnoringMedium · Centrist · 1,208 days
6,330
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◆Your Cabinet · FriendsSocial
The Office Cabinet
7 members · Week 3 of the season
Longest servingEconomyDisasters
1
DaveIron Chancellor · Free-market · Hard
2
SophieSteady Hand · Centrist · Medium
3
YouBig Spender · Socialist · Hard
4
TomChaos Agent · Nationalist · Medium
Breaking in your cabinetTom just crashed the pound by abolishing income tax. Markets at 4.
Order! Order!Resign!Hear, hear
Decision splitNurses' strike: 4 of you paid up, 3 refused.
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◆Cabinet Meeting · 4 playersWeek 12
Cabinet decisionCloses in 6h
Fund the new hospital programme?
£8bn over 4 years. Health wants it. Treasury doesn't.
You · PMCasting vote
Dave · ChancellorAgainst
Sophie · HealthFor
Tom · Home OfficeThinking…
Your secret objectiveWin re-election with the NHS bar above 60. Dave's objective is hidden. So is his loyalty.
For
Against
Overrule

Lookalike branding: recognisable by colour and layout only. All names, logos and mastheads are original.

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✉Private CorrespondenceSecret
☭
Hand delivered · Number 10

A red envelope has arrived.

Comrade, your people adore you and the markets survived. History offers you a different 1945.

Open: Britain Goes Red
Unlocked by 0.9% of players
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★People's Ministry · 1945 alt historyMonth 9
9Months the regime has survived
Bread queues now 2 hours long.
Engineers are leaving. The black market sets the real price of eggs.
Ration everything+1 month · Trust −10
Close the borders+2 months · Trust −15
Allow private marketsRegime −20
What really happened: Soviet shortages, 1980s
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§The National ArchiveScenarios
Take over in a crisis.
Real starting figures. You are a fictional PM.
1976
The IMF CrisisSterling falling, inflation 16%
Hard
1984
The Miners' StrikePit closures, a year-long walkout
Medium
2008
The CrashBanks failing by the hour
Hard
2016
The ReferendumThe country has voted to leave
Medium
2020
PandemicLockdown, furlough, vaccines
Hard
2022
Mini-Budget AftermathGilts in freefall
Hard
Sandbox: present day, random events
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§The National Archive · 1976History
You chose
Cut spending by £2bn. No IMF loan.
What really happenedThe government borrowed $3.9bn from the IMF and made deep spending cuts.
Your inflation, 197713.1%
Real inflation, 197715.8%
Your sterling$1.79
Real sterling$1.75
Source: ONS, Bank of England historic series.
Continue
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⚙Number 10 · Private OfficeSettings
Settings.
Show me on public leaderboardsOff still counts your stats anonymously
Dark modeLate-night briefing
Reduce motionNo ticker scroll or bar easing
Larger text
Daily Crisis reminder08:00
NicknameThe Member for Little Snoring
Edit ›
Sign in to keep historyGoogle or Apple · coming soon
Later
Version 0.1 · Privacy note · Sources and methodology
‹ Back39. Settings and privacyNext ›
10Number 10Yr 2
Week 34 · Medium · Centrist
Treasury48
Economy61
Services29
Approval44
Party67
Markets55
58
Trust
Keys: 1 · 2 · 3 to choose, W for why
LIVEInflation 3.8% · Gilts 4.6% · Waiting list 7.9m · Debt £2.71tn
+ National Health TrustUrgent

Nurses vote to strike from Monday.

The union wants 10%. Paying in full costs £3bn a year.

"I love this job. I can't afford to keep doing it."Sarah, A&E nurse, Leeds
1 · Pay 10% £3.0bn
2 · Offer 5% £1.5bn
3 · Refuse £0
Pledges
✓ No income tax rise
✓ Cut waiting lists
! Net migration 200k
✓ 1.5m homes
Coming due
Junior doctors' deal reviewed in 3 months.
Polls
NR 23 · LU 21 · NRt 19 · LC 13
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