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As we mark the 100th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's birth, her extraordinary reign will be marked by a permanent memorial.
Queen Elizabeth II was born on 21 April 1926, so 2026 does mark the centenary (100th anniversary) of her birth. The sitting is dated 22 April 2026, the day after the anniversary.
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Today my thoughts are with the family of Stephen Lawrence, murdered in a racist attack 33 years ago today.
Stephen Lawrence was murdered in a racially motivated attack on 22 April 1993 in Eltham, south-east London. From 22 April 1993 to 22 April 2026 is exactly 33 years.
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The due diligence document said Mandelson remained on the board of the Kremlin-linked defence company Sistema long after Putin's first invasion of Ukraine in 2014.
Russia's annexation of Crimea and incursion into Ukraine began in 2014. Reporting confirms Peter Mandelson joined the board of the Russian conglomerate Sistema and remained a director until 2017 - well after 2014. Sistema is a conglomerate whose subsidiary RTI supplies Russian defence/early-warning technology, so the 'defence company' framing is broadly accurate though Sistema is a diversified group.
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The previous Conservative government let the UK's last ammonia plant, based in Billingham, close in 2023.
CF Fertilisers UK announced on 25 July 2023 the permanent closure of its ammonia plant at the Billingham complex, which was the UK's last domestic ammonia production facility; the site has since relied on imported ammonia.
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Lord Carrington held himself accountable for the failures of Foreign Office officials and resigned in 1982 when Argentina invaded the Falklands, even though he was later cleared of responsibility.
Lord Carrington resigned as Foreign Secretary on 5 April 1982, taking responsibility for the Foreign Office's failure to foresee Argentina's 2 April 1982 invasion of the Falklands. His resignation is the classic cited example of the constitutional convention of ministerial accountability; he was widely regarded as not personally at fault.
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In December, for the first time in over three decades, defence ministers met the families of those killed in the 1994 RAF Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre.
RAF Chinook ZD576 crashed on the Mull of Kintyre on 2 June 1994, killing all 29 on board (25 passengers and 4 crew). The dating of the crash to 1994 is correct; questions over the aircraft's airworthiness remain a long-standing controversy.
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In 1777, Bootham Park Hospital was given in trust to the people of York. Since it closed in 2015, NHS Property Services has squandered 5 and a half million pounds keeping the building empty.
The Grade I listed Bootham Park building in York was completed in 1777 and closed suddenly in 2015 after the CQC identified serious patient-safety issues. Reporting indicates roughly £5.5 million has been spent maintaining the empty site since closure, consistent with the MP's figure.
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Between 2010 and 2024, the number of children living in poverty increased by 700,000.
The core claim is correct in direction and magnitude but the number is understated for the stated end year. On the relative low-income (after housing costs) measure, children in poverty rose from about 3.6m in 2010/11 to 4.3m in 2022/23 (+700,000), but the latest HBAI figures for FYE 2024 show about 4.5m, an increase of roughly 900,000 since 2010/11. So '700,000' matches 2022/23 rather than 2024.
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We're capping ground rents at £250 to cut costs for almost 4 million leasehold properties.
The government's proposal caps ground rents at £250 a year (moving to a peppercorn after 40 years). The House of Commons Library estimates around 3.8 million leasehold properties in England and Wales carry a ground-rent obligation and would benefit, which supports 'almost 4 million'.
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We are committed to delivering 1.5 million homes this Parliament.
Delivering 1.5 million new homes over the Parliament (the equivalent of 300,000 a year) is a stated Labour manifesto and government commitment. Independent trackers note delivery is currently behind the pace needed, but the commitment itself is accurately stated.
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Since 2017, local police numbers in Glasgow have fallen by 9%, leaving 214 fewer local officers serving communities.
I report trimestrali ufficiali di Police Scotland sugli organici per divisione confermano il numero assoluto ma non la percentuale: la divisione Greater Glasgow (G Division) aveva un organico locale («total local resource complement») di 2.666 agenti al 31 marzo 2017 e di 2.452 al 31 dicembre 2025 — esattamente 214 agenti in meno, come afferma l'oratore. Il calo però è dell'8,0% (214/2.666), non del 9%; anche prendendo il trimestre successivo (31 marzo 2026: 2.449 agenti, −217) il calo è dell'8,1%. Nessuna baseline 2017 produce il 9% (Q3 2017: 2.626; Q4 2017: 2.588 darebbero cali ancora minori). Dato assoluto corretto, percentuale sovrastimata.
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Today vigils are being held across Westminster for the 22 women who are diagnosed with lobular breast cancer every day.
Campaign and parliamentary sources consistently state that about 22 people in the UK are diagnosed with lobular breast cancer each day (it accounts for roughly 15% of breast cancers). The figure matches figures cited in the House of Commons.
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President Trump's war with Iran has already pushed up inflation in our country to 3.3%.
ONS confirms the figure: CPI rose by 3.3% in the 12 months to March 2026, up from 3.0% in February, with the data released on the morning of this PMQs (22 April 2026). The largest upward contribution came from transport, primarily motor fuels (petrol +8.6p/litre, diesel +17.6p/litre between February and March), consistent with an energy-price shock. The 3.3% figure is exact; attributing the rise specifically to the Iran conflict is the speaker's framing, though the fuel-driven composition of the increase supports it.
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