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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, attends a meeting with campaigners to discuss historical forced adoption, at Downing Street, in London, Thursday July 2, 2026.

Video. Starmer issues state apology for decades of forced adoptions in UK

Updated: 02/07/2026 - 15:18 GMT+2

Previously, the then-Conservative government declined to apologise, arguing that the state had not supported these practices. Starmer has now acknowledged the government's role in forced adoptions.

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