bibby stockholm won't go aheadin robson.m won't go ahead in your town, but doesn't necessarily get to the root of the problem. thank you very much. now let's cross live to the house of commons, where nigel farage has been speaking, not live, but he was speaking earlier . earlier. >> i call nigel farage to make his maiden speech. >> mr deputy speaker, thank you very much indeed. i believe it's customary in a maiden speech to pay customary in a maiden speech to pay tribute to your predecessor, which i am very happy to do . which i am very happy to do. giles watling, a very decent, nice , honourable man, former nice, honourable man, former actor wears his garrick club tie. nothing even vaguely conservative about him but a jolly nice chap. and it was a clean fought campaign. the right honourable member for holland and south deepings earlier made reference to clacton as being the place for a traditional engush the place for a traditional english seaside holiday, and indeedit english seaside holiday, and indeed it is , with its pi

and also for the bibby stockholm barge will be closed.has managed to stop. i'm asking where will they all go? next up, benefit fraud is costing you, the british taxpayer , billions the british taxpayer, billions of pounds every single year is the government going to do anything to stop it ? first, anything to stop it? first, we'll get the latest on the us presidential race as it looks like kamala harris will face off against donald trump. but first, it's your news with polly middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good evening to you.

here, the uk government has announced the bibby stockholm migrant barge will be closed.been used to house asylum seekers off the coast of dorset. extending the use of it would have cost more than £20 million next year. our political and investigations correspondentjoe pike has more. to be a fly on the wall of the home office in the past few weeks. a changing of the guard, of course, in terms of ministers but also a changing of the guard in policies. we have seen this rwanda scheme that civil servants put together over the last few years being ripped to pieces by the home secretary yvette cooper, and now a similarfate has befallen the bibby stockholm barge in dorset, too. now, the reason for the barge being used in the first place was about saving money on accommodation costs. between £7 million and £8 million a day was being spent on hotels to house migrants across the united kingdom, and it was thought by the then conservative government that this would be a more efficient and appropriate way to house some of those migrants. 500 migrants between the ages of 18 and 65 we

they want to reduce the demand for accommodation, like the bibby stockholm.y want to reduce the demand for hotels. millions a day being spent by the uk government on hotels across the country. but i suppose we will have to wait may be a few more weeks or months for full details from the home office on this. , ., . ~' ,, details from the home office on this. , ., ., ~ ,, , . this. joe, thank you very much. our olitical this. joe, thank you very much. our political correspondent _ this. joe, thank you very much. our political correspondent joe - this. joe, thank you very much. our political correspondent joe pike - political correspondentjoe pike there. now to the bbc�*s annual report — and an apology from the director general, tim davie, following claims that some contestants were mistreated on the tv show strictly come dancing. we'll look at that more injust a moment — but first, here are some of the other headlines from the report. the bbc now makes 99% of its original content in the uk. research suggests it's the uk's leading media brand. the highest paid p

here, the uk government has announced the bibby stockholm migrant barge will be closed.would have cost more than £20—million next year. here's the the bbc�*sjoe pike with the latest on the decision on the bibby stockholm to be a fly on the wall of the home office in the past few weeks. a changing of the guard of course in terms of ministers but also a changing of the guard in policies. we have seen this rwanda scheme that civil servants put together over the last few years being ripped to pieces by the home secretary yvette cooper, and now a similarfate has befallen the bibby stockholm barge in dorset, too. now, the reason for the barge being used in the first place was about saving money on accommodation costs. between £7 million and £8 million a day was being spent on hotels to house migrants across the united kingdom, and it was thought by the then conservative government that this would be a more efficient and appropriate way to house some of those migrants. 500 migrants between the ages of 18 and 65 were to be housed. but this project was beset with problems, notjus

we're closing down the bibby stockholm.uisitioned will say, that's wonderful. hurray! look, we've solved migration, but all it will do is look into the longer term and what it is , is longer term and what it is, is looking at numbers that already people think are too high across the country as a whole. those numbers will go up and up and up. it'sjust numbers will go up and up and up. it's just we won't call them illegal. we'll call them legal. >> yeah . and as much as you know >> yeah. and as much as you know it is a net benefit to a community, especially smaller communities, to get the use of their hotel back and not to see 100 or 200 young male asylum seekers hanging about outside hotels . that, of course, will be hotels. that, of course, will be welcomed by many communities right up and down the country. there's the other effect of that is that these people have to be absorbed. then into local authority care right across the country. and what does that mean? that means the likes of social housing, your council houses, ot

really on that point, i rwanda gone, the bibby stockholm gone, orshortly, rwanda gone, the bibby stockholm gangs to _ what their plan is? their plan is to stop gangs to appoint _ what their plan is? their plan is to stop gangs to appoint a _ what their plan is? their plan is to stop gangs to appoint a new i what their plan is? their plan is to stop gangs to appoint a new sort i what their plan is? their plan is to l stop gangs to appoint a new sort of border routes are. they want to cut the cost of the system over the next decade, but ultimately you and i and the viewers know ultimately in terms of the number is coming to this country, that is what the government will be judged on at the next election. ., , will be judged on at the next election. . , . will be judged on at the next election. ., , . ~ election. thanks very much. we will be back with — election. thanks very much. we will be back with more _ election. thanks very much. we will be back with more headlines - election. thanks very much. we will be back with more headlines on i election. thanks very much. we will be back with mor

and eleanor bibby stockholm was never the answer. the wider issue at hand. but another embarrassment for the previous tory government . so now the time tory government. so now the time we've all been waiting for has come for me to break my silence on the issue of mps having second jobs, the labour party is expected to announce plans to change procedures in westminster to stop members of parliament from having second jobs in a bid to keep expertise out of the commons and encourage lifetime politicians. lucy powell is the leader of the commons and as an individual she is very impressive and capable. if you look at her career , it is look at her career, it is entirely as a professional politician all the way back, being advisers to party leaders and so on. she has never had what you might call a proper job, at least if wikipedia is right and she's not a bad person, but she is entirely a professional politician and she now wants to stop mps having outside interests. and it's also said to introduce fines for ex—ministers who breach the lo

bibby stockholm stopped today . bibby stockholm stopped today.ir starmer has finally stopped a boat wethersfield, to be scrapped. that was due to be the site for 1500 and the same with scampton 1700 millions and millions and millions of pounds have been lost on these schemes . these lost on these schemes. these aborted schemes. now hotels are also off the menu. that begs a simple question where on earth are these people going to go? there's only one answer, and that's what angela rayner said. every part of britain will take their fair, their fair share of migrants. this will now turn into a dispersal scheme around the uk and the public won't have a say. >> well, i'm not a politician, i'm a practitioner and i work for many different governments of many different colours, including back in the day with david blunkett and tony blair, and stuck in the immigration business for all this time . so business for all this time. so i see this through a slightly different lens. perhaps to, to some people. i mean, i think firstly you need to see what the cond

some asylum _ barge, the bibby stockholm.prison ship. one _ conditions as like a prison ship. one of— conditions as like a prison ship. one of them tragically took his own life on— one of them tragically took his own life on board last year, and while many— life on board last year, and while many want — life on board last year, and while many want it scrapped, shadow home secretary— many want it scrapped, shadow home secretary yvette cooper said just yesterday she would not end the use of the _ yesterday she would not end the use of the bibby stockholm here if lahour— of the bibby stockholm here if labour win the election. as for the possible _ labour win the election. as for the possible impact of reform uk, we really— possible impact of reform uk, we really are — possible impact of reform uk, we really are in uncharted waters. the party _ really are in uncharted waters. the party are _ really are in uncharted waters. the party are standing in six of the eight— party are standing in six of the eight constituencies in dorset,

now, it's all very well closing down the bibby stockholm.ll jettisoning the third country policy. but that means they're going to be here. so we're not actually going to send people out. i think if someone comes here illegally, we have to send them out. there should be no way that people coming to this country illegally should be allowed to stay. so there has to be a third option. we do. but as i said earlier on, the echr is the reason this couldn't happen. so we do need to have complete control of human rights laws in this country. >> we must because we're running out of time. >> we must get your view, mike, on keir starmers decision to remove the whip from seven mps who voted with that snp motion last night on scrapping the cap on child benefit. it's all a bit soviet, isn't it? control, control, control. >> no, this is a political party. we're not a club, you know. we're not a debating society. and we've just had been elected off this manifesto and we've just seen the king's speech, and that's what we were essentially voting through before

and also for the bibby stockholm barge will be closed.d to stop. i'm asking where will they all go? next up, benefit fraud is costing you, the british taxpayer , billions the british taxpayer, billions of pounds every single year is the government going to do anything to stop it ? first, anything to stop it? first, we'll get the latest on the us presidential race as it looks like kamala harris will face off against donald trump. but first, it's your news with polly middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good evening to you. well, we start with some breaking news concerning the olympic dressage champion, charlotte dujardin. you may remember her from a few years ago when she was a three time olympic champion. well, she's been handed a six month provisional ban over a video from four years ago showing her making what she's called an error of judgement during the training of a horse. earlier, it was announced she had withdrawn from the olympics over the video, which resurfaced from years ago. she, as a champion, has had to pull out of all comp

the government is to stop using the bibby stockholm barge to house asylum seekers.wed when it expires injanuary. our correspondent dan johnson reports. it was supposed to reduce the asylum accommodation bill and send a message that migrants wouldn't be housed in hotel luxury. but it was repeatedly delayed and there were questions over conditions on board and its value for money. it drew protests and was likened to a floating prison. i think it has been an extravagant use of public funding... so those who opposed it are welcoming this news. this idea of the performance of cruelty, being cruel at others' expense. and i feel happier that the current government have decided to end that. what i would really love to see is guarantee, is an assurance that people, especially people from trauma, will now be looked over, looked after in a way that's filled with human dignity. the first asylum seekers had to be evacuated last summer after only one week, when legionella bacteria was found in the plumbing. one asylum seeker from albania, leonard farruku, took his own life in his

even with a departure date, the bibby stockholm still divides this community.ways sat alongside fears for this area. my children would love to live on that barge, because there's 200 rooms — they could run wild. but at the moment, they're stuck in one room. do you know what i mean? we cope, because we have to. you really think you'd be better off living on there? i do, yeah, i really do, because you know what? they get given food, they get a free bus, they get everything handed to them. we've got plenty of people in this country that need help before we start helping other people, and it'sjust disgusting at the end of the day that the government are overlooking everyone in this country to bring in others. it was supposed to show migrants wouldn't be housed in hotel luxury and bring down accommodation bills, but there were delays, a legionella outbreak and an albanian asylum—seeker, leonard farruku, is believed to have taken his own life. questions, too, over its value for money. they should have... rather than investing all of this money in this hideous folly t

like labour to axe the bibby stockholm under asylum overhaul.e go oh my god look labour they're closing. they've stopped rwanda and now they're closing the barges and they just want to let everybody in. there's a slight, misunderstanding of the story, which is the fact they're saying, no, we're going to clear all the asylum seekers by then, so we won't need it because it's costing us a lot of money. right. so that's the idea. it was always up for renewal come january. so they're just not renewing it. and that's going to save us money. they're also saying that we're going to save 7 billion over the next decade, on top of the 750 million set aside for rwanda. and they're going to do that by cutting down the, the asylum, numbers, not numbers, like by processing all the asylum claims. and they're going to do that really cleverly by just letting everyone in. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so genius at this point, i don't think that's the worst scheme. what do you think, kerry? i mean, yes. what else has worked? >> is it nothing. nothing has worked. no, no. lab

they started by making an announcement over the bibby stockholm they're going to close that down.hey're going to fast track asylum claims. theo. is this going to work? >> it is remains to be seen whether it's going to work. look, what they're trying to do is two things. they're trying to take the heat out of the situation. so they're closing down the bibby stockholm. it was, of course, subject to a number of challenges. there were huge problems with it in terms of legionnaire's disease and of course, fire safety on board the bibby stockholm. so labour, the government wants to take the heat out of the immigration debate. and also you know, i'd point you to you'd have seen some of those home office memes, cards on the internet where they talked about irregular migration rather than illegal migration. they're trying to dampen down. what's the difference? well i think the word illegal is seen to be more contentious. i think it seemed to be, it seemed to be more inflammatory. so what they're trying to do is they're trying to try and dampen down the debate. so it's not such an immigrati

even with a departure date, the bibby stockholm still divides this community.at alongside fears for this area. my children would love to live on that barge, because there's 200 rooms — they could run wild. but at the moment, they're stuck in one room. do you know what i mean? we cope, because we have to. you really think you'd be better off living on there? i do, yeah, i really do, because you know what? they get given food, they get a free bus, they get everything handed to them. we've got plenty of people in this country that need help before we start helping other people, and it'sjust disgusting at the end of the day that the government are overlooking everyone in this country to bring in others. it was supposed to show migrants wouldn't be housed in hotel luxury and bring down accommodation bills, but there were delays, a legionella outbreak and an albanian asylum—seeker, leonard farruku, is believed to have taken his own life. questions, too, over its value for money. they should have... rather than investing all of this money in this hideous folly that is

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uk government announces that it's not renewing the contract for the use of the controversial bibby stockholmve people to talk to, we have phone calls to make, and we have an election to win. cheering. dozens killed after israeli airstrikes hit southern gaza — as the israeli prime minister travels to washington for high—level meetings. the bbc director general confirms morejob cuts — and apologises for alleged mistreatment of contestants on strictly come dancing, as the annual report is published. hello, welcome to bbc news now — three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. some breaking news here in the uk. interviews and reaction. in the past hour the government has announced that it's not renewing the contract for the use of the bibby stockholm barge, which has been used to house asylum seekers.

uk government announces — that it's not renewing the contract for the use of the controversial bibby stockholmhest at frankland prison, in durham. he's been described as conscious and talking. keeping an eye on the situation in delaware, ione wells is there, we are expected to see for the first time in five days since that dramatic announcement on sunday, expecting to see the first pictures ofjoe biden as he heads back to washington, but we will keep on that but we can look at all the sports headlines with gabbing.

and actually the bibby stockholm shouldn't be used at all.labour government is saying, well, we've inherited a situation which is so bad i'm afraid we can't see any option but to continue the use of these temporary facilities on places like the bibby stockholm. but it's clear that that that line isn't going to last forever. at some point, the labour party is going to have to come up with a solution for this. so at the same time as trying to stop the thousands of migrants who are hundreds of migrants who are coming in every day, thousands who are coming in every week, the labour party is also dealing with the issue of living conditions for the ones who are already here, and olivia utley . already here, and olivia utley. >> it gives me no satisfaction to say it once again, but the bibby stockholm is the only boat they ever managed to really stop. utterly. thank you very much for joining stop. utterly. thank you very much forjoining us in the much for joining us in the studio. now coming up, we'll be heading to sunny skegness , where heading to

they started by making an announcement over the bibby stockholm they're going to close that down.hey're going to fast track asylum claims. theo. is this going to work? >> it is remains to be seen whether it's going to work. look, what they're trying to do is two things. they're trying to take the heat out of the situation. so they're closing down the bibby stockholm. it was, of course, subject to a number of challenges. there were huge problems with it in terms of legionnaire's disease and of course, fire safety on board the bibby stockholm. so labour, the government wants to take the heat out of the immigration debate. and also you know, i'd point you to you'd have seen some of those home office memes, cards on the internet where they talked about irregular migration rather than illegal migration. they're trying to dampen down. what's the difference? well i think the word illegal is seen to be more contentious. i think it seemed to be, it seemed to be more inflammatory. so what they're trying to do is they're trying to try and dampen down the debate. so it's not such an immigrati

gone too the bibby stockholm, the barge which was housing migrants in dorset. claims, and the backlog that still exists while investing in a new border security command, that will get counter terrorism—style powers to disrupt the gangs that perpetuate the problem. this morning that plan got the support of neil basu, formerly the lead for counter terrorism policing, at the national police chiefs' council. it's rather sad to hear there is fighting over the border border security issues in parliament yesterday, and i think migration is a national security issue and ought to be cross party agreement on it. i'm pleased to see the end of her wand up because that seemed to be a policy that was targeting the victims. this new policy is obviously targeting the suspects, the perpetrators, and i think that is exactly the right thing to do. joining us now is former chief immigration officer for border force, kevin saunders. kevin, good to speak with you. there is we know a very small working model for counter terrorism in this country which the government emulates i guess.

i think it is. this bibby stockholm barge in dorset. i think it is . where are dorset.to be housed with? >> at least that's what i was wondering. if they're going to shut down the barge. there are people on it . where are they people on it. where are they going to go? >> there is nothing in the papers. there's nothing reported to say where they're actually going to put them or house them. they've had they've had men commit suicide off this barge. they've had legionella off this barge. >> it's going to be put back in. >> it's going to be put back in. >> you know, holiday inns and who knows. >> but they've got six months by then. they may process the claims. i mean, the last government was refusing to process asylum claims. yeah. the numbers of people in accommodation paid for by us, paid for by us without me choosing to do that, going back to your point earlier on, at huge expense, 8 million a day, they weren't processing the claims. the number was just going up and up and up and it was completely ludicrous. they were saying, we don't want people to come, but effectively

and today they've scrapped the bibby stockholm barge , which stockholm barge, which accommodated hundredsumably in favour of a suite at the holiday inn express. labour are going to smash the criminal gangs abroad. good luck with that. and go after people working in nail bars and car washes. now the nail bar raids will only scratch the surface and the car wash policy won't wash with anyone. it's a load of froth and foam in what looks like a perfect political storm. ed miliband is going to destroy our energy independence by banning oil and gas exploration in the north sea. only for us to buy it back more expensively from international bad actors abroad, whilst betting the house on flaky renewables . the labour flaky renewables. the labour honeymoon is over, folks, and the bickering has already begun. okay, let's get reaction from tonight's top panel. i'm delighted to welcome columnist and broadcaster esther krakue. good to see her. of course, it's been a while since we broadcast together. i'm also delighted to welcome in the studio former conservative special adviser to michael gove. i thin

and they've closed things like the bibby stockholm barge.y're taking away the plan to put people in army camps. all the things that were disincentivizing people to come to this country. they've got rid of. it's a free for all. you can have an amnesty. we don't. if you let everyone stay. you don't really need to worry about the echr because they're not going to stop you letting everyone stay. >> whether the numbers jake berry can possibly be higher than they were under the last few years of rishi sunak, i don't know. well, 15% of people who've entered our country illegally have entered in the last three weeks, 15%. since when ? when? >> since keir starmer became prime minister. yeah. in fact, he hasn't even been prime minister. we've had three weeks. >> we've had a couple of calm weeks, i must ask. interesting decision, wasn't it? you know, the first division, the two child cap and its knock on impact on benefits . seven labour impact on benefits. seven labour mps oppose the government line. to be fair on a manifesto they've just been elected

and they've closed things like the bibby stockholm barge.y're taking away the plan to put people in army camps. all the things that were disincentivizing people to come to this country. they've got rid of. it's a free for all. you can have an amnesty. we don't. if you let everyone stay. you don't really need to worry about the echr because they're not going to stop you letting everyone stay. >> whether the numbers jake berry can possibly be higher than they were under the last few years of rishi sunak, i don't know. well, 15% of people who've entered our country illegally have entered in the last three weeks, 15%. since when ? when? >> since keir starmer became prime minister. yeah. in fact, he hasn't even been prime minister. we've had three weeks. >> we've had a couple of calm weeks, i must ask. interesting decision, wasn't it? you know, the first division, the two child cap and its knock on impact on benefits . seven labour impact on benefits. seven labour mps oppose the government line. to be fair on a manifesto they've just been elected

and they've also cancelled bibby stockholm this week because they say magically , somehow the backloggone by january. >> the boat that had listeria in the water, you thought that was so great, we should pay for it again. >> so by saying that somehow the backlog is going to be gone by january, that to me implies all they're going to do is say everybody can stay to get rid of the backlog. >> i mean, the key issue is this do you actually think we can solve the immigration problem? just by sort of sharper, better execution of policy, a beefed up border force? that seems to be what? >> that's not all they're doing. >> that's not all they're doing. >> that's not all they're doing. >> that's not all they're proposing. they're going to work with europe. they're going to have digital fingerprinting. they're going to have so many other i understand that anybody who disagrees with you is guilty of childish point scoring. >> that's not that's reasonable, really. unlike you, reasonable for people to suggest that if we don't change the legal and constitutional framework, then it's going to be very

and the thing about this i struggle with is even, for example, the bibby stockholm that is now slightlys are all going on hunger strike. they're not going to eat now. and it's like, hang on a minute, okay?it and it's like, hang on a minute, okay? it may be there's a lot of people there, but you are somewhere you have food, you can actually go on hunger strike. there are people in this country who are queuing up for food banks who literally cannot afford to live. so i think this is very worrying. and i think that the labour, the labour government, i think, need to consider who their voters are. >> sean, i think i'm right in saying, do you do you sit on housing? do you in the london assembly? i certainly you should have a bit of insight into this. i mean, is this way off the mark here? is it way off the mark to suggest that under labour's current plans, when you group together their asylum plans and their housing plans , that that their housing plans, that that could well mean more homes permanently for asylum seekers around the country. >> let's split the two things up. no matter what ha

no, no, but but can i just say, lizzie, this week we had people on the bibby stockholm complaining goingod and they can eat food, you know, at they can eat food, you know, at the taxpayers expense because they felt it was overcrowded. now we know that the quality of the accommodation is good. maybe there's too many people on there, but at least be gracious and thankful that you have somewhere to live. it's absolutely appalling. >> we've got our own veterans sleeping rough on the streets, which is absolutely shocking. and you know what keir starmer isn't doing enough, matthew. >> it's weak, poor banging on about smashing the gangs yet. >> we need to do it. lizzie. >> we need to do it. lizzie. >> he's got no costing, no deadlines, no targets. it's not enough. >> we've got 15,000 illegals to date this year. that's up 13% as it was last year. >> and the uk will most likely exceed the figure of 29,000. >> they keep on coming . another >> they keep on coming. another 85 have come today. >> we need to smash the gangs. >> we need to smash the gangs. >> they aren't strong enough. >> they aren't s