# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1926-uk-general-strike-newsprint-requisition)
- Source: News Print (Hansard, 10 May 1926). https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1926/may/10/news-print
- 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.

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