Goodbye Tony Blair, hello Gordon Brown

Anti-war campaigner John Howson ensures Tony Blair faces protests right until the end as he leaves Downing Street for his final Prime Minister's Questions Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty

Journalists from around the world who assembled outside Number 10 for his final day in office watch as removal men take away the Prime Minister's remaining possessions Photograph: Bruno Vincent/Getty

Removal men take a prime ministerial exercise bike out of Number 10 Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty

Gordon Brown is driven to the Treasury this morning ahead of his last appearance as Chancellor at Prime Minister's Questions Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

Tony Blair strides out of Number 10 shortly after 11am to shouted questions from reporters on his way to the House of Commons Photograph: Tom Hevezi/AP

The soon-to-be former Prime Minister gets into his official car for one of the last times Photograph: Bruno Vincent/Getty

The convoy drives through the heavy black gates of Downing Street to be confronted by protesters on its way up Whitehall Photograph: Bruno Vincent/Getty

An anti-Blair protester is dragged away by police outside the gates of Downing Street Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty

In an appearance which mixed humour and tributes, Mr Blair makes his last public appearance after 10-years as Prime Minister Photograph: APTN/AP

Mr Blair receives a standing ovation from both sides of the House at the end of his final Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons Photograph: PA

Mr Blair poses for photographs on the steps of Number 10 with his wife Cherie and their children, (from left) Euan, Kathryn, Leo, and Nicky, before the prime minister is driven to Buckingham Palace Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP

The Blair family pose for photographs on the steps of Number 10 in an echo of the scenes of 1997 before the prime minister tenders his resignation to the Queen Photograph: Bruno Vincent/Getty

Mr Blair steps into his official Jaguar to go to Buckingham Palace as his wife delivers a final barb to the waiting media Photograph: Andrew Parsons/PA

No longer prime minister, Mr Blair waits in the first class carriage of a GNER train at Kings Cross to travel his constituency of Sedgefield where he expected to resign as an MP Photograph: Felix Clay/freelance

Mr Brown walks out of the Treasury with his wife, Sarah, to be driven to Buckingham Palace Photograph: Linda Nylind/freelance

Mr Brown, still Chancellor, sweeps away from the Treasury, his power base for 10 years, to be asked to form a government by the Queen Photograph: Linda Nylind/freelance

The public presses against the Downing Street gates to catch a glimpse of the new prime minister after he arrives back from Buckingham Palace Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty

After walking from his official car, Mr Brown makes his first speech as prime minister to the massed ranks of the media in which he emphasises the need for change Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Mr Brown poses with his wife, Sarah, outside their new home before he gets on with the "work on change" Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian

After a 55-minute audience with the Queen, prime minister Gordon Brown and wife Sarah pose for the cameras outside the famous front door of 10 Downing Street Photograph: Andrew Parsons/PA

Mr Brown walks through the door of Number 10 for the first time as prime minister Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian