Rishi Sunak has switched on the lights of the Downing Street Christmas tree. Standing outside No 10 alongside his wife Akshata Murty, he joked: “As Prime Minister, I’ve got to say, it would be very nice if sometimes you could just click a button and everything would turn out to be brighter. “It’s one of the rare chances I’m going to get to do that.” Mr Sunak then started a countdown before flicking a switch on the gates outside No 10 to turn on the tree’s lights. Christmas carols were played as over 100 guests attended a festive market in Downing Street on Thursday afternoon (30 November).