Chancellor Philip Hammond is forced to keep his pet dogs Rex and Oscar locked up to PROTECT them from Larry the vicious Downing Street cat

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has been pressured to lock up his pet canines - to maintain them protected from vicious Larry the cat.

Philip Hammond moved his canines, a Welsh terrier referred to as Rex and a dachshund named Oscar, into Quantity 10 a number of days in the past however relations with Larry have gotten off to a foul begin for the pooches.

Mr Hammond confessed to associates that he has needed to hold Rex and Oscar locked up in a room upstairs, whereas Larry patrols his area downstairs at Quantity 10.

Larry the cat, pictured left, shouldn't be afraid to defend his territory at Quantity 10, which means Rex and Oscar, seen proper along with his spouse Susan Williams-Walker and a good friend, should be locked away

A good friend of the Chancellor informed the Telegraph: 'The canines aren't free to roam round the home. The cat is in every single place.

'Larry fights, he's fairly feisty. The dachshund is fairly small and I'm not in any respect certain if it actually got here to a punch up who would come off finest.' 

Associates of former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne stated he had saved Lola, his Bichon Frise, away from Quantity 10's cat when he moved her into the constructing in 2013.  

In keeping with the paper, Downing Road officers had been involved for Larry's security when the Chancellor determined to usher in his canines, however the moggy has been ready to mark his territory. 

Philip Hammond moved his two canines into Quantity 10 however he has been pressured to maintain them locked up so they do not get harm by Larry the cat

Larry has been well-known for clashing with Palmerston, the Overseas Workplace's cat, and the 2 have been photographed swiping violently at one another in Downing Road.

Each had been delivered to their political properties from Battersea Canines and Cats house in south London. 

Larry has turn out to be recognized for his feisty nature and has clashed with Palmerston, the cat from the Overseas Workplace, on quite a few events 

Whereas David Cameron needed to show his love for Larry, Theresa Could and Mr Hammond confessed they had been canine folks not too long ago. 

Although Downing Road has its fair proportion of pets, they're banned from the halls of Westminster, a lot to the frustration of MPs who say they've a mouse drawback within the Home of Commons. 

Tory chief whip Gavin Williamson retains his pet tarantula on his desk in his Commons workplace and refuses to maneuver him till the mouse drawback is handled. 

Some £103,000 was spent on pest controls throughout parliament final 12 months - together with using a full time 'pest management technician'.

However regardless of greater than 1,700 'bait stations' being laid sightings have been on the rise.

There had been 169 reviews of mice by June this 12 months - in comparison with 223 in the entire of 2015.

Minister for the Disabled Penny Mordaunt was reminded by the Serjeant-at-Arms that she couldn't have pets within the constructing when she introduced certainly one of her cats in to assist with the mouse drawback. 

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