Labour MP calls for ministers to apologise over historic forced adoption scandal

Labour MP calls for ministers to apologise over historic forced adoption scandal

Around 185,000 children were given up by unmarried mothers between 1949 and 1976 who had been ‘railroaded’ into the decision The UK Government should apologise for the forced adoption scandal, a Labour MP has said, as he called for all documentation on historic adoptions to be kept. Adam Jogee (Newcastle-under-Lyme) said a minister should issue an apology on behalf of the Westminster Government to the unmarried mothers who gave up around 185,000…