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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
George Thompson

Reform MP says her mother took forced adoption secret ‘to her grave’

Reform MP Sarah Pochin told the Commons her mother was pressured into putting a baby up for adoption (James Manning/PA) - (PA Archive)

Reform UK’s Sarah Pochin has spoken publicly for the first time about her mother being forced to put a baby up for adoption, saying it was a secret she carried “to her grave”.

The MP for Runcorn and Helsby broke down in tears in the Commons as she spoke about the difficulty she faced in finding her brother.

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