The loss of so many provincial and regional newspapers has had a significant impact. According to this government research, they provides "essential information that national news outlets and other sources cannot" and are "vital to local democracy". National Provincial with a preface by the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, highlights the importance of these papers, in this case the fictional Yorkshire Guardian. The painting shows the Final Run of the Brecon Printing Press in 1992 by Peter Culpitt Evans.