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Sebastian McCormick

Leeds Tory MP slams government treatment of Ukrainian refugees as a 'disgrace'

A Leeds MP accused the Home Office of failing to do enough for Ukrainian refugees and branded their response to the crisis a ‘disgrace’.

Alec Shelbrooke, the Conservative MP for Elmet and Rothwell gave a fiery speech in the House of Commons and asked the Home Office Minister Kevin Foster to tell his officials to ‘get a grip’.

He said: “Does the Home Office recognise that this is a war of the likes that has not been seen for 80 years in Europe?

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