The War On News

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Claim

Claim 926

Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill said it had become necessary to requisition provisionally all the newsprint adapted to the presses used for the government's newspaper.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement
Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill said it had become necessary to requisition provisionally all the newsprint adapted to the presses used for the government's newspaper.
Field
action
Value
Newsprint requisitioned for the government's paper
About
incident 1926-uk-general-strike-newsprint-requisition
Source
News Print (Hansard, 10 May 1926)
Publisher
News Print (Hansard, 10 May 1926)
Method
primary document
Checked
2026-09-26
Confidence
high
Status
current
Source date
1926-05-10

Quotation from the source

It has become necessary to requisition provisionally all the news print available which is adapted to the presses employed by the Government newspaper.