Starmer issues formal state apology for UK's historical forced adoption scandal

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has formally apologised on behalf of the British state for the historical forced adoption scandal that occurred in the decades after World War II. In a parliamentary statement, he told survivors that the shame belonged to the state, not to them. An estimated 185,000 babies of unmarried mothers were adopted in England during this period, with many women coerced or pressured into giving up their children. Survivors watching from the gallery were visibly emotional during the apology.

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