UK government apologises for historic forced adoptions in England and Wales

The outgoing UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, has apologised in the Westminster parliament for historic forced adoptions in England and Wales from the post-Second World war period up to the 1970s. This apology comes three years after similar apologies were issued by the Scottish and Welsh governments, with a further apology due in the near future from the Northern Irish parliament, following the conclusion of a public inquiry thatis still ongoing there. For more on the story visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20yq332018o 

For details of the Scottish apology three years ago, visit https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2023/03/scotlands-first-minister-to-apologise.html, whilst an article about how the UK Government targeted Scotland's Gypsy Travellers community between the 1940s and 1980s, through what was known as the "Tinker Experiment", can be accessed at https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/05/scottish-gypsy-travellers-stolen.html.

Chris

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