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British government lags public on desire to help Ukrainians. Why?

When Gavin Price first saw the images of Ukrainians fleeing war, he immediately began the task of rallying Aberfeldy, a Scottish town of just 2,000 people, to offer them assistance.

Within days, the pub landlord and football manager produced his own register of local homeowners offering holiday homes and spare bedrooms. “Our whole community wants to help as best as they can, in whatever small means possible,” says Mr. Price, who is currently working to bring a young Ukrainian mother and her newborn child to Scotland.

But the British government has not been making it easy.

Since the

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