‘Hugely significant’: those affected by forced adoptions welcome apology but demand more remedy

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has apologized to victims of forced adoptions—thousands separated from their children in Britain. While survivors say the acknowledgement is deeply significant, they're demanding more than words: mental health support and concrete remedies. Ann Keen, a former Labour MP, was one of those separated. When she became pregnant at seventeen in nineteen sixty-six, she was sent to an unmarried mother's home. The conditions were harsh and punitive. Now, decades later, she and others are pushing the government to back its apology with action.

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