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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Ministers urged to digitise adoption records to help reunite families

This week, ITV's Long Lost Family: The Mother and Baby Home Scandal will feature the searches of people including mixed-race and disabled adoptees affected by forced adoptions, which the UK government has refused to formally apologise for. Away from the cameras, campaigners say digitising records across the UK will help survivors struggling to trace relatives and reveal the risk of inherited health conditions or from anti-lactation drugs used in homes.
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fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Ministers didn't do cost review of council mergers

The government relied on an outdated CCN report and did not carry out its own analysis of council reorganisation cost savings.
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fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Tories win Broxtowe by-election by five votes

Conservative Judy Couch won the Nuthall East and Strelley by-election by five votes, defeating Reform UK candidate Neil Isted after a recount.
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