PRIME Minister Sir Keir Starmer issued a belated apology today on behalf of the British state for its role in the forced adoption of babies.“We are truly sorry,” the PM told mothers and children who were victims of the policy between 1949 and 1976.An estimated 185,000 babies were taken from their mothers in what Sir Keir described as “a stain on our history.“The shame is not yours. The shame was never yours. The shame is ours.”

PRIME Minister Sir Keir Starmer issued a belated apology today on behalf of the British state for its role in the forced adoption of babies.

“We are truly sorry,” the PM told mothers and children who were victims of the policy between 1949 and 1976.

An estimated 185,000 babies were taken from their mothers in what Sir Keir described as “a stain on our history.

“The shame is not yours. The shame was never yours. The shame is ours.”

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