Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made a formal apology to thousands of mothers and children who were victims of historic forced adoption policies.
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Around 185,000 babies were taken from unmarried mothers and put up for adoption in England and Wales between 1949 and 1976.
The prime minister met campaigners in Downing Street Thursday morning who've spent decades fighting for a state apology.
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