Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing Shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy has urged the government to step up protection for Britons and Afghans eligible to come to the UK after claims they had been 'shot at, beaten and raped' as they queued to be evacuated at Kabul airport.
The Wigan MP shared a letter on social media that she had sent to under-fire Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab about the 'crisis' facing evacuees as she sought additional assistance for those on the ground.
The senior Opposition figure said Labour MPs had been hearing of people being 'shot at, beaten and raped' while they wait to be called forward at the airport, while the Baron Hotel in the city, where many British nationals are
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