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FoI request reveals cost of work at Manston centre in Kent, where cartoon murals meant to welcome children were painted over UK politics live – latest updatesThe Home Office spent more than £1,500 of public money painting over cartoon murals that were …
Move designed to demonstrate PM’s commitment to ‘stop the boats’ policy criticised by legal expertsLawyers who “coach” people to lie in their asylum applications will be targeted as part of a new government-led panel tasked with pursuing more prosecuti…
Internal document warns ‘large numbers’ could be affected if disease breaks out on barge planned to house asylum seekersMinisters hope to move asylum seekers on to the controversial Bibby Stockholm barge on Monday despite warnings in an internal health…
Deputy PM ‘confident’ asylum barge will soon be used and that fire safety concerns will be taken into accountUK politics live – latest updatesChecks are still taking place on a barge designed to house asylum seekers, with the first group due to be hous…
In today’s newsletter: From overcrowding to fire safety concerns, the government’s floating facility in Dorset has been plagued with problems, and now faces a delay. What’s behind the Home Office’s latest debacle?• Sign up here for our daily newsletter…
Fire Brigades Union questions large numbers kept on Bibby Stockholm and lack of exit pointsSuella Braverman is facing demands from firefighters for an urgent meeting over the safety of a giant barge meant for asylum seekers amid a deepening row over wh…
FBU to write to Home Office with overcrowding concerns after first group’s arrival delayed due to safety issues on Dorset-based vesselFirefighters have accused ministers of attempting to house asylum seekers on a “potential deathtrap” after health and …
As with the Rwanda plan, the PM has been frustrated in his attempts to house asylum seekers on a giant bargeIt should have been the week when another key element of Rishi Sunak’s plans to tackle small boat Channel crossings finally fell into place.Inst…
Exclusive: Officials carry out last-minute inspections after reports Bibby Stockholm could become ‘floating Grenfell’The Home Office has been forced to delay moving people seeking asylum on to a controversial giant barge in order to carry out last-minu…
Fire safety concerns and lack of lifejackets noted on the 500-capacity barge, moored in Portland, DorsetMinisters are planning to send the first 50 people to a controversial barge used for housing asylum seekers next Tuesday, but there have been fresh …