Home secretary Theresa May caught the heel of her shoe in a pavement crack on her way into No 10 this morning. She quickly recovered by telling the waiting press, "There's a photo for you."

After removing her kitten heel and prising it out of the crack, she continued on to her meeting with a straight face.

Former home secretary Jacqui Smith took to Twitter to express her sympathy.

"When I got my first ministerial job in 1998, my shoe fell off as I walked back down Downing Street," Smith wrote.

One must tread carefully in Downing Street, it seems.

Read our interview with the home secretary from the lastest issue here.

(h/t @TimGattITV)

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