The dramatic departure of Sue Gray last week forced Sir Keir Starmer into an early revamp of his Downing Street operation.
But a changing of the guard is not the only interior changes that have been made since the Prime Minister moved into No 10 just over 100 days ago.
Sir Keir has wasted no time in purging the paintings that were mounted on the No 10 walls during the Conservative reign as he looks to put his own stamp on Downing Street.
The Prime Minister first provoked anger when he took down a portrait of Margaret Thatcher last month because he doesnt like people staring down at me.
But it has since emerged that Sir Keir has also removed portraits of William Gladstone, Elizabeth I and Walter Raleigh.
The paintings of the former PM, the last Tudor monarch and explorer appear to have been shifted as the PM has a portrait overhaul.
Sir Keir Starmer is putting his stamp on Downing Street by purging a number of paintings
Sir Keir Starmer first provoked anger when he took down a portrait of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
He has since taken down a portrait of William Ewart Gladstone in the wake of slave trade accusations
A No10 spokeswoman said: The change of artwork is long planned, since before the election, and is timed to mark 125 years of the government art collection.
However, there have long been attacks on Gladstone over his familys involvement in slavery - with calls for statues to be removed and civic buildings renamed.
Elizabeth I is regarded as an early champion of the trade, while Raleigh was an early colonialist - and also reputed to have brought tobacco to England for the first time.
The changes in No10 can be seen in photos of Sir Keirs recent meetings compared to when Rishi Sunak was in office.
A picture of talks with Volodymyr Zelensky last week clearly shows two other paintings where images of Elizabeth and Raleigh had been.
The relocated Elizabeth painting is believed to be by the Flemish artist Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger in 1592, according to the Telegraph.
Raleigh tried to establish a British settlement in North Carolina, but ultimately failed amid clashes with Native Americans.
The Gladstone painting believed to have been removed from No10 is a copy of a work by John Everett Millais.
Although he did not hold Caribbean plantations personally, Gladstones father John was a significant slave owner.
Early in his political career Gladstone supported compensation for slave owners to get out of the trade - something that was also backed by many opponents of slavery.
Sir Keir has also removed a portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh (pictured). He tried to establish a British settlement in North Carolina, but ultimately failed amid clashes with Native Americans
This portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch, has also been removed by Sir Keir
A picture of talks with Volodymyr Zelensky last week clearly shows two other paintings where images of Elizabeth I and Raleigh had been
Later he advanced proposals to help secure the effectual exclusion of slave-grown sugar from domestic markets.
Towards the end of his life, Gladstone also named the abolition of slavery as one of the ten great achievements of the previous sixty years on which the masses had been right and the classes had been wrong.
Gladstone, who served as PM for four separate terms totalling 12 years in the late 19th Century, was also responsible for major progressive reforms including extending voting rights to millions of Britons and introducing the secret ballot.
He championed home rule for Ireland and working-class rights.
Lord Lexden, a political historian, told the Sunday Telegraph: A prime minister who removes a portrait of Gladstone, one of the greatest men to serve our country, makes a grave error.
He added: I hope that he is not bowing the knee to those who attack Gladstone as a supporter of slavery.
Sir Keir has been criticised by Tories for rehanging a £100,00 likeness of Lady Thatcher that had been in Sir Keirs study.
Speaking to the BBC last month Sir Keir confirmed he has a longstanding aversion to portraits hanging over him while he works.
I use the study for quietly reading most afternoons ... where there is a difficult paper, he said.
This is not actually about Margaret Thatcher at all. I dont like images and pictures of people staring down at me.
Ive found it all my life. When I was a lawyer I used to have pictures of judges. I dont like it. I like landscapes.
This is my study, it is my private place where I got to work. I didnt want a picture of anyone.
The Thatcher portrait has since been hung in a first-floor meeting room.