Everything you need to know about the Bibby Stockholm migrant barge

The Bibby Stockholm barge is set to close

Hundreds of Bibby Stockholm asylum seekers moved to hotels after Labour pledge to close barge accommodation

Following a spike in illegal Channel crossings, the government has put a call out for further space in hotels to house migrants

Labour’s latest U-Turn: Migrant hotels to reopen - costing taxpayers £4m per day

The Bibby Stockholm barge is set to close

Bibby Stockholm barge will close as Labour pledge to overhaul asylum system

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The Bibby Stockholm is now almost full with 410 people on board, LBC has learned

Mutiny on the Bibby: Migrants go on hunger strike and protests erupt on ‘hell barge’ Bibby Stockholm

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James Cleverly and Yvette Cooper on LBC's Nick Ferrari at Breakfast.

Labour won't get rid of 'incredibly expensive' Bibby Stockholm on day one, says Yvette Cooper

Forty asylum seekers aboard the Bibby Stockholm are converting to Christianity

Home Secretary ‘to look at’ claims forty Bibby Stockholm migrants are converting to Christianity

Forty asylum seekers aboard the Bibby Stockholm are converting to Christianity - as fears grow that some are using conversion as a means of staying in the UK.

Forty Bibby Stockholm migrants converting to Christianity - same loophole used by Clapham suspect

More than 60 charities call for closure of Bibby Stockholm - after death of asylum seeker on barge

More than 60 charities call for closure of Bibby Stockholm - after death of asylum seeker on barge

An asylum seeker has died on board the Bibby Stockholm barge

Asylum seeker living on Bibby Stockholm barge reveals 'everyone is furious' after migrant 'took own life'

An asylum seeker has died on board the Bibby Stockholm barge

Asylum seeker 'takes own life' on board Bibby Stockholm barge ahead of Rishi's crunch Rwanda vote

First asylum seekers reboard Bibby Stockholm after coach driver nudges past Just Stop Oil protest

First asylum seekers reboard Bibby Stockholm after coach driver breaks through Just Stop Oil blockade

Migrants will soon be moved back onto the Bibby Stockholm.

Migrants to be moved back onto Bibby Stockholm after Home Office paid £300,000 a week for empty barge

The Home Secretary was speaking to LBC's Nick Ferrari at Breakfast

'We've done well to stand up the barge': Home Secretary defends use of 'safe' Bibby Stockholm

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The cost of the Bibby Stockholm could have recruited more asylum decision makers

Empty Bibby Stockholm barge cost taxpayers more than £560,000 - enough to clear 1,000 asylum claims in backlog

The FBU is preparing a new legal challenge to ministerial plans to resume housing migrants on the Bibby Stockholm barge, moored in Dorset

Bibby Stockholm plans face fresh legal challenge over Government's 'callous disregard' for safety

Rishi Sunak has defended the use of the Bibby Stockholm barge

Rishi Sunak defends Bibby Stockholm migrant barge despite legionella bacteria discovery

Suella Barge

Suella Braverman can't be blamed for housing migrants on barge with Legionella, ConservativeHome editor says

Rishi Sunak has confidence in Suella Braverman despite Legionella discovery on Bibby Stockholm

Rishi Sunak still has 'confidence' in Home Secretary Suella Braverman despite Legionella discovery on Bibby Stockholm

Steve Barclay said he wanted migrants back on the Bibby Stockholm

Migrants must get back on Bibby Stockholm barge despite outrage over legionella, Health Secretary says

Kolbassia Haoussou hit out at the conditions on board the Bibby Stockholm barge

Asylum seeker torture survivor says legionella-hit Bibby Stockholm reminds him of unsanitary ‘refugee camp’

It is understood the migrants have been relocated to hotels.

Tory ministers hit out at ‘incompetent’ Home Office as Legionella bacteria to put barge out of action for weeks

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Tony Blair leads tributes to John Prescott

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Captain Tom's daughter faces questions over £1.5m book payment after none of the money went to charity

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Captain Tom's daughter Hannah and her husband Colin 'significantly' benefited from the foundation personally

Captain Tom's daughter and her husband saw 'significant personal benefit' from father's charity, inquiry finds
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Labour need to be wary of alienating non-doms and the rich - they could flee UK after Budget
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At 47% of the national minimum wage, how maternity pay is 'excessive' is truly beyond me.

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