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Press Association given list of 65 items from publicly owned collection that have gone missing since 2024
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Press Association given list of 65 items from publicly owned collection that have gone missing since 2024
A photograph of Benjamin Disraeli, an engraved portrait of William Wilberforce and a cartoon of Barbara Castle have all been misplaced by the UK parliamentary authorities, a freedom of information (FoI) request has revealed.
The Press Association has been given a list of more than 65 works of art that have been missing since 2024. They also include a photograph of Margaret Beckett, the UK’s first female foreign secretary and the first woman to lead Labour , and a satirical cartoon by Martin Rowson from the Conservative leadership battle of 1995.
A photograph of Benjamin Disraeli, an engraved portrait of William Wilberforce and a cartoon of Barbara Castle have all been misplaced by the UK parliamentary authorities, a freedom of information (FoI) request has revealed.
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Source: The Guardian · Mark Brown. Published 24 Aug 2026, 04:01 am.
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