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Keir Starmer gives LONG-AWAITED apology to mothers of 185,000 FORCED adoption babies

Manchester Evening News — Jul 02, 15:30 PM — 12min

The forced adoption of babies from unmarried mothers in the decades after the Second World War has been branded a “stain on our history” by Sir Keir Starmer as he made a long-awaited state apology for the historical practice.

Women whose babies had been taken from them watched on in Parliament as the Prime Minister said sorry on behalf of the Government, telling them: “The shame was never yours, the shame is ours.”

Some were seen to wipe away tears as the apology was delivered.

While there is no exact figure, it is believed an estimated 185,000 babies of unmarried mothers were adopted in England and Wales between 1949 and 1976.

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