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Teenage Rapists Detained For Four Years After Unduly Lenient Sentence Reviewed By Appeal Court Judges

Two 15-year-old boys who were spared custody for the rape of two girls in Fordingbridge have been sentenced to four years’ detention after the Court of Appeal ruled their sentences were “unduly lenient”..
PM Tells Forced Adoption Survivors Shame Is Ours As He Makes Formal Apology

The forced adoption of babies from unmarried mothers in the decades after the Second World War has been branded a “stain on our history” by Sir Keir Starmer as he made a long-awaited state apology for the historical practice..
Defence Funding Plan Faces Fresh Scrutiny Over Where Cuts Will Be Made

Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to boost defence spending by £15 billion is facing fresh scrutiny, after Downing Street was unable to say where exactly the cuts required to pay for it will come from..
Mothers And Children To Finally Hear Government Say Sorry For Forced Adoptions

Survivors of historical forced adoption are to get the state apology they have spent decades campaigning for when Sir Keir Starmer says sorry in Parliament..