The prime minister apologised in the Commons on Tuesday to women forced to give up their babies and to those separated from their mothers at birth by a system of forced adoptions that targeted unmarried women between 1949 and 1976. Starmer said the state bore responsibility for ‘funding and legitimising’ the practice
‘The shame is ours’: Keir Starmer issues formal state apology over forced adoptions ► https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/02/keir-starmer-issues-formal-state-apology-over-forced-adoption-scandal
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