Keir Starmer issues formal state apology over forced adoption scandal

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has formally apologized for the British government's role in historic forced adoptions, according to The Guardian. The government acknowledged it failed to adequately protect mothers and children, and bore direct responsibility for funding and legitimizing a system that separated families. After decades of campaigning by those affected, the state now recognizes its institutional complicity and its failure to prevent ongoing harm.

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