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Government's forced adoption apology is too late
A man whose biological mother was forced to give him up for adoption said the government's apology was "far too late". Reg Barker, 66, from Mildenhall, Suffolk, found out he was adopted aged 18 and later learned that his mother from Bristol had been forced to give him up by hospital staff.

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UK government apologizes for the state’s role in decades of forced adoptions
NBC Los Angeles · 1d
UK formally apologizes for forcing unwed mothers to give up babies for adoption
'PM's forced adoption apology did not go far enough'
The husband of a woman sent to a home for unmarried mothers as a teenager has said the Prime Minister's apology for the practice of forced adoptions did not go far enough.

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Politics latest: Burnham rules out early election and says 'No 10 North' will benefit south
'I was forced to give up my baby at 17 - Starmer's apology has finally freed me of shame'
Politics latest: Burnham says Labour's manifesto allows 'movement' on tax
"We are deeply and profoundly sorry to the mothers who were told they were unfit, who were prevented from caring for the children. "They desperately wanted to help and to keep them, and who have carri...

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Keir Starmer issues state apology for decades of forced adoptions practices in UK
Gazette Series · 1d
PM tells forced adoption survivors ‘shame is ours’ as he makes formal apology
The Hill

Government set to reopen after historic shutdown: What to know

The House on Wednesday passed a bill to reopen the government, sending it to President Trump’s desk and setting up the end of the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That vote came after eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus cut a deal with ...
The Washington Post

A government shutdown is less than a day away. Here’s what you need to know.

Funding for federal agencies expires on Sept. 30, and Congress is at an impasse over how to avert a government shutdown. That means broad swaths of the federal government — from national parks to small business loans to taxpayer services — are set to ...
Forbes

Federal Government’s 2024 Budget: Where Did The Money Go?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Patton covers the financial markets, economy, and national debt. The federal government’s fiscal year ended September 30, 2024, and spending is once again in the spotlight.
CNN

The federal government has shut down — at least for a few days. Here’s what could be affected

The federal government partially shut down early Saturday as Congress did not agree on funding for several agencies before the midnight deadline. But this shutdown is likely to be less painful than the record-long impasse last fall for two main reasons.

The federal government's big fat real estate problem

The federal government is the largest owner of U.S. real estate, including more than half a billion square feet of office space. That is far more than it needs, and the cost of maintaining it has ballooned to unsustainable levels.
Forbes

The Relationship Between The States And Federal Government Is Broken

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. When America was founded, states were viewed as the most powerful unit of government. How times have changed.

Anthropic partners with California to expand AI use by government workers

State agencies will be able to access Anthropic's AI assistant Claude at a discounted price along with free training as part of an effort to use technology to make government more efficient.

Anthropic’s AI models are back online after a two-week government standoff—settling the company and administration into a fragile truce

The Trump administration lifted export controls on Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos AI models just as abruptly as it imposed them.