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‘Stain on our history’: Starmer issues government apology over forced adoption scandal – UK politics live

Between 1949 and 1976, an estimated 185,000 babies were taken from unmarried mothers and placed for adoption in England and Wales Starmer said what happened to the mothers, and their children, should never have happened. He said: What happened to them, and...

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Between 1949 and 1976, an estimated 185,000 babies were taken from unmarried mothers and placed for adoption in England and Wales Starmer said what happened to the mothers, and their children, should never have happened. He said: What happened to them, and...

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Between 1949 and 1976, an estimated 185,000 babies were taken from unmarried mothers and placed for adoption in England and Wales Starmer said what happened to the mothers, and their children, should never have happened. He said: What happened to them, and...

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