the home office phases at this hotel accommodation.— home office phases at this hotel accommodation.modation. the home office have made a commitment to _ accommodation. the home office have made a commitment to have _ accommodation. the home office have made a commitment to have hotels i made a commitment to have hotels by the end of— made a commitment to have hotels by the end of this month and it means those _ the end of this month and it means those afghans who are in those hotels — those afghans who are in those hotels don't have access to permanent accommodation at that point _ permanent accommodation at that point will— permanent accommodation at that point will be looking to local councils _ point will be looking to local councils for emergency temporary accommodation. those hotels are already— accommodation. those hotels are already closing. that is taking place — already closing. that is taking place right now and we are seeing one in_ place right now and we are seeing one in five — place right now and we are seeing one in five afghans turn to their local— one in five afghan

i'm asking has the home office been taken over by a woke blob? rvants openly defy in home secretary suella braverman home office is in dire need of a shake—up and that's without actually the gender politics which has infected the department. let's see what the panel makes of this. i'm joined by author and broadcaster christine hamilton and broadcaster and journalist danny kelly. danny and christine. now i'm you are going to have to refer to me as karen now, by the way, because i am choosing to self—identify like the home office do as karen for the home office do as karen for the next hour. now, i'll be you're not the only one who can play you're not the only one who can play this game. >> i shall be christopher. >> i shall be christopher. >> christopher and i'll be a woke blob. >> a woke up . why not? >> a woke up. why not? >> a woke up. why not? >> well, as the woke blob, why are you infiltrating the home office? >> it's insidious , isn't it? and >> it's insidious, isn't it? and it is insidious. insida is. forgive me. yes, it is insidious . and i

the home office is now awaiting those results are follow—up tests which have been carried out on the mental health officers. they are following guidance from the uk health and security agency on this. we don't yet have a timescale as to when these asylum seekers will be able to get back onto the barge, although we expect that that will be when the water supply has been tested and has been found to show that it tested and has been found to show thatitis tested and has been found to show that it is free of any further traces that could be fined this is a further blow to the government when it comes to the bibby stockholm barge. forsome it comes to the bibby stockholm barge. for some time now before this week when the first cohort got on the barge at were delays. we expect the barge at were delays. we expect the moving of the first cohort on the moving of the first cohort on the barge to be in latejuly, that was delayed. now a further

the home office have been, i think it's fair to say, fairly cagey about the numbers.vernment source confirming this morning that there were already migrants on board. and then a little later there was a press release from the home office saying, actually, they couldn't confirm that anyone was on board, but the barge was being readied. so there's a bit of, i think, confusion, you could say, or actually, just the home office being slightly, as i say, cagey, because i don't think they want to put a number on it. we understand that there could be around 50 migrants coming onto the barge within the next week or so. the capacity of the barge is 500. but i think the uk government here keen not to put a figure on it because i think they don't want to be seen to be judged. this is obviously kind of an important moment for them. this is a symbolic moment, seen, as you were hearing from your guest before, as part of the strategy of dealing with immigration here in the uk. there is concern, we heard it voiced only a short while ago, about conditions on board. but what is the gove

yes or five more years of channel crossings, that is what the home office expect. der whether you at home find that acceptable . give me your thoughts. farage at gbnews.com. well neighbouring brighton is of course east worthing and shoreham and tim loughton is the conservative member of parliament for that area and tim, your reaction to those scenes from brighton over the weekend ? the weekend? >> well, first of all, i'm pleased that sussex police mounted that operation and we need more operations like that up and down the country. as you as you say, i mean, the government has only recently trebled the fines available for people working here illegally. it's £60,000 now per employee for anybody who's found to not be working here illegally. that is not a a small amount. be working here illegally. that is not a a small amount . in is not a a small amount. in addition to which landlords can be fined if they've got tenants again who are not allowed to be in the in the country. so there are big penalties there. the trouble is we need those penalties to be enforced and we

the home office could have done these with this years ago. will put up very quickly, and you could have kit homes, but they need to find land. you need to find land, and mps don't want it in their constituency. the failure to do that means we are now paying these eye watering sums and ending up with lots of little detention centres in the hearts of communities.— communities. what do you think number 10 _ communities. what do you think number 10 will— communities. what do you think number 10 will say _ communities. what do you think number 10 will say about - communities. what do you think number 10 will say about the . communities. what do you think i number 10 will say about the optics of all this? it number 10 will say about the optics of all this? , . ' number 10 will say about the optics of all this? , . , , �* of all this? it is awful, isn't it came? why _ of all this? it is awful, isn't it came? why have _ of all this? it is awful, isn't it came? why have small - of all this? it is awful, isn't it came? why have small boats of all this?

it's in the home office in the home. it's in the home office's own guidance as it?h. bit of a bit of an issue. yeah. henry, thank very, very henry, thank you very, very much. i wish i could have spoken to longer instead much. i wish i could have spoken to you longer instead much. i wish i could have spoken to you know, longer instead much. i wish i could have spoken to you know, having er instead much. i wish i could have spoken to you know, having toinstead much. i wish i could have spoken to you know, having to movej much. i wish i could have spoken to you know, having to move on. of, you know, having to move on. but there we go. henry bolton there, who the former head of there, who is the former head of ukip border ukip and of course, a border control next, control expert. up next, hollywood actor bradley cooper control expert. up next, hollcaused actor bradley cooper control expert. up next, hollcaused controversyy cooper has caused controversy for wearing nose to wearing a prosthetic nose to play wearing a prosthetic nose to play a jewish character in a new fil

to asking about with the home office minister said today about - i went to asking about with the homeivals having overwhelmed at the uk and that this is one part of the strategy to deal with that. what do you make of that? is it indeed overwhelmed? i with that. what do you make of that? is it indeed overwhelmed?— is it indeed overwhelmed? i think the political _ is it indeed overwhelmed? i think the political rhetoric _ is it indeed overwhelmed? i think the political rhetoric isn't - the political rhetoric isn't being... because there is an election and there is a conservative government looking at a woke agenda to win votes. a small boat arrival is what we are having commit illegal migration act which came into force on the a couple of weeks ago, it is not just about the small boats. on the a couple of weeks ago, it is notjust about the small boats. it is to ensure that the uk becomes a hostile environment that we don't comply with our international treaty obligations to ensure that those who come to the uk to claim asylum have their asylum claims determined. whilst we were a weekend

the home office is struggling under the sheer _ for?ggling under the sheer weight _ for? the home office is struggling under the sheer weight of - for? the home office is struggling under the sheer weight of its - under the sheer weight of its backlog. that needs to be prioritised rather than quite frankly the culture war going on. afghan somehow find themselves in the narrative around small boats and the narrative around small boats and the illegal migration bill. they are a separate category, just like syrians before them. we need to make sure that we tackle the backlog. to johnny mercer's credit, he has prioritised getting afghans out of hotels. as the deadline has moved to move afghans out of hotels, those that missed that deadline risky and homeless. that is the reality we face. on housing we have 8,000 afghans who need to be moved out. whereto, we don't know. they were resettled in places like london and the south—east and they have made, after a traumatic evacuation from kabul, have made routes there, children are going to school

the home office never learns its lesson — the home office never learns its lesson.ber and _ lesson. enough from the camp of last october and november, outbreaks of scabies— october and november, outbreaks of scabies and diphtheria. here the outbreak. — scabies and diphtheria. here the outbreak, we hear even tonight that some _ outbreak, we hear even tonight that some of— outbreak, we hear even tonight that some of those who are being moved off the _ some of those who are being moved off the barge are on the 39 refugees who are _ off the barge are on the 39 refugees who are there and supposed to be moved _ who are there and supposed to be moved away tonight are already having — moved away tonight are already having sore throats and breathing difficulties. at the results in relation _ difficulties. at the results in relation to legionella were notified by the _ relation to legionella were notified by the home office on wednesday onwards — by the home office on wednesday onwards. so why is there a delay? prison _ onwards. so why is there a delay? prison barges, prison

yes or five more years of channel crossings, that is what the home office expect. onder whether you at home find that acceptable . give me your thoughts. farage at gbnews.com. well neighbouring brighton is of course east worthing and shoreham and tim loughton is the conservative member of parliament for that area and tim, your reaction to those scenes from brighton over the weekend ? the weekend? >> well, first of all, i'm pleased that sussex police mounted that operation and we need more operations like that up and down the country. as you as you say, i mean, the government has only recently trebled the fines available for people working here illegally. it's £60,000 now per employee for anybody who's found to not be working here illegally. that is not a a small amount. be working here illegally. that is not a a small amount . in is not a a small amount. in addition to which landlords can be fined if they've got tenants again who are not allowed to be in the in the country. so there are big penalties there. the trouble is we need those penalties to be enforced and w

i can see why it works for the home office, but of course it is partly an example of home office failureess the numbers more speedily. >> i mean 100% it is. there's no doubt about that. i mean, the ultimate reason why this is happening is because we've got so many people crossing the channel and of them are channel and so many of them are staying here for long because staying here for so long because we're processing them or we're not processing them or deporting whatever it is deporting them or whatever it is that we do with them. and we're also allowing them to work, also not allowing them to work, which means they've which therefore means they've just squat just got to essentially squat somewhere. completely. just got to essentially squat somewithe completely. just got to essentially squat somewithe fault completely. just got to essentially squat somewithe fault of completely. just got to essentially squat somewithe fault of the mpletely. it's not the fault of the universities. my concern would be what be though, that actually what the has done the home office has done previously just

from the home office?me office wasn't fit for purpose. it's dysfunctional . 15, 16 years later, it is no better. i've know objection to a boat being used to house asylum seekers. it's been used elsewhere in europe, but the government have to be transparent. they have to show that it transparent. they have to show thatitis transparent. they have to show that it is safe , both in terms that it is safe, both in terms of fire and as your previous contributor said, in terms of people being able to escape. if there is a fire. the government haven't been transparent. they've also rather arrogantly said this is not within the purview of the local authority, so we won't consult you and talk to you about it. so we need to be we need transparency and consultation with local authorities so that there can be authorities so that there can be a sensible discussion about it. but the home office tend to get everything wrong. >> hey, graham, lovely to talk to you this morning. thank you so much. labour mp for blackley and b

and the home office is under pressure now to make this work.asic and functional. in the past, offshore workers have stayed here and other countries have used it for asylum seekers. but fitting bunk beds has doubled its capacity and heightened concerns about inhumane, unsafe conditions. no hate, no fear. all: refugees are welcome here! broader opposition has followed local protests about the impact on this community and its public services. many still feel this is the wrong thing in the wrong place. but it's become a test of whether the government can turn its ideas, its plans and rhetoric over immigration into real, workable solutions. danjohnson, bbc news, portland. live now to the bbc�*s ellie price who is in portland dorset in the south of england for us now. the indication of when the first migrants are due to a lie. we understand one of our reporters in bournemouth says they have spoken to an asylum seeker who said they will be getting on a bus shortly and will be getting on a bus shortly and will be transported here to embark on the barge

a home office possessions. home office source has told gb news that migrants will not be moving into the bibby stockholm barge today. we understand it could be next week before any asylum seekers arrive. the first group was originally scheduled to move into the controversial accommodation in portland in dorset yesterday . the source dorset yesterday. the source also says that delay was caused by issues surrounding the health and safety of port workers , not and safety of port workers, not fire safety . the government is fire safety. the government is set to publish police guidance on dealing with low level crimes . the code will allow first time offenders who admit their offences to receive cautions instead of court sentences. offences such as shoplifting and minor theft are among those eligible, but more serious crimes like possession of bladed weapons will be excluded and a preliminary study has found that 80 tools may be able to help in the fight against breast cancer . researchers found that computer aided

where deal with the home office.eing war zones. >> these people are desperate to stay here. therefore, there's no incentive for them to go out there and commit crimes. they want to be well behaved because they want to stay here. we've we've talked to them considerably about how we integrate them in the community. we need a national effort. this is all things that portland port are telling me in various statements that they're trying to do. if they had made all that clear to you, do you think from the beginning to your group, from the beginning, do you think we'd are now? we'd be where we are now? i strongly believe in british values . values. >> one of those democracy , >> and one of those democracy, the second one, the rule of law . and now, unfortunately, the portland port chose not with their deal with the their faustian deal with the home office to abide those home office to abide by those two. and a group, we're two. and as a group, we're looking to reclaim the voice , looking to reclaim the voice, reclaim the v

the home office is being pretty defiant about this. oon as they had the information, they acted very, quickly indeed. but very, very quickly indeed. but they didn't receive they just didn't receive the information thursday information until thursday when that public. they acted that was made public. they acted immediately, just where was the hold what we're going hold up? that's what we're going to have to wait and find. >> dorset council is defending its of the situation as its handling of the situation as well. so it's all it's all still very isn't and very unclear, isn't it? and still no word as to when people will move back onto the barge. but sound are but it does sound like they are going to is still the plan. going to that is still the plan. >> it does sound like they're to going are really, going ministers are really, really to make this work. really keen to make this work. they've lot of they've jumped through a lot of holes this point. they holes to reach this point. they were had to go to the were they they had to go to the s

this is a problem of the home office is on making in a system that is unable to deal with the claims in the system more than six months, some of the people have been there for years and while they are claiming asylum, they are not allowed to work and claim benefits may need somewhere to live and we have that many in the system, thatis and we have that many in the system, that is why the usual dispersal accommodation is not merely been enoughin accommodation is not merely been enough in the home offices at these other types of accommodation in the hotels, we know there is a record number of asylum—seekers and hotel rooms which is been commissioned by the home office and that is costing £6 million a day and we have seen an effort to put some on the barge and that hasn't worked out so well so far and the government looking at all possible ways of trying to find all possible ways of trying to find a reasonably inexpensive way of housing these people until such time that their claims to be sorted out. the overall effect of all this is that asylum system is hugely expensive and in the last

the home office says disease.assessments take place . no assessments take place. no individuals on board the barge individuals on board the barge in dorset have presented any symptoms of legionnaires . symptoms of legionnaires. meanwhile, the home office has confirmed 755 people crossed the engush confirmed 755 people crossed the english channel in 14 small boats yesterday . that's the boats yesterday. that's the highest daily figure so far this yeah highest daily figure so far this year. as we reported yesterday, it brings the total number of people to have made the crossing to 100,000. that's since numbers were recorded in 2018. the health secretary says the latest four day strike by junior doctors, which started today, serves only to harm patients . serves only to harm patients. it's the fifth time they've staged a walkout this year in an ongoing dispute over pay. according to the nhs, almost 835,000 appointments have been postponed . and since industrial postponed. and since industrial action began in december

in the meantime, the council says it told the home office on tuesday about the legionella problem. member of staff who just happened to be on a call and they didn't get official notification until the wednesday. in the meantime, tests were being carried out by the uk health security agency, the home office saying they were the ones ultimately responsible and they didn't change their guidance as regards the potential risk of legionella until late on thursday evening so it wasn't until friday the migrants removed but this really is the flagship, as it were, of the policy the government has been trying to push to move people from hotels and into accommodation deemed less comfortable, really. and regardless of who is responsible for the legionella problem it feeds the perception that the government is pretty and confident with this particular policy. we pretty and confident with this particular policy.— pretty and confident with this particular policy. we are seeing this one disaster, _ particular policy. we are seeing this one disaster, shall- particular policy. we are seeing this one

the home office home office. the home office isn't connected well enough with the of defence.istry of defence. what's neededis the ministry of defence. what's needed is a national level. borders coordinator who has the experience and knowledge to pull all this together and make it happen. under the prime minister's direction. that's what's needed , not one ministry what's needed, not one ministry and i don't think there'll be too much opposition to it. >> think there'll be too >> i don't think there'll be too much. couldn't be much. i mean there couldn't be because can see, because as far as i can see, labour dems, they're labour and the lib dems, they're only all we need only policy. this is all we need to on the human to be tougher on the human traffickers. many we're traffickers. how many we're going have to park it there, traffickers. how many we're goi|friend. ave to park it there, traffickers. how many we're goi|friend. i'mto park it there, traffickers. how many we're goi|friend. i'm sorry,( it there, traffickers. how many we're goi|friend. i'm sorry, butthere, trafficke

now the home office is a government department with a vast reach. as being fairly dysfunctional at the best of times. but as you said, three camps, really, the civil servants themselves, then the home secretary suella braverman supporters and then the immigration minister, robert jenrick, a huge amount of blame being thrown around small boats. week was pretty much a disaster as we know now. suella bravermans, people are saying , bravermans, people are saying, well, i told you not to go ahead with this. what was the point when there were no new announcements? why would you do this? the government wanted to push the fact that actually small boat crossings are down on where they were this time last yeah where they were this time last year. they feel that they are making some progress, but then that was totally undermined , that was totally undermined, wasn't it, by the fiasco really of the bibby stockholm barge? they'd put a handful of migrants on. they'd only been on a couple of days when legionella bacteria was found in the water and they had to be ta

i just wouldn't mind your analysis of the home office. ink it was 17 years ago, john reid wasn't fit for reid said it wasn't fit for purpose. the phrase i'm always told about the home office is that basket case. do you that it's a basket case. do you agree with that? it need agree with that? does it need total this time? total reform this time? >> the home office >> i know the home office reasonably well. it's 40,000 people. of them are people. some of them are geniuses and some of them aren't. it has a very, very aren't. so it has a very, very difficult job. some of the work they do , they do very well. they do, they do very well. let's just take this issue of illegal migrants picking them up, bringing them in and processing them , understanding processing them, understanding who has arrived and making sure people don't get here, unaccounted for. they do a pretty good job. >> i mean, yes , historic high of >> i mean, yes, historic high of 100,000 coming in by the channel over several years, though, since 20 still much higher than it was p

no ten says the home office, is still trying to clarify exactly when officials knew, there were healthssues, concerning the barge being used to house migrants, moored off the dorset coast. there are growing questions about who was responsible, for moving asylum seekers onto the vessel, the bibby stockholm, before it was given the all—clear, for the legionella bacteria, which was later discovered in the water supply. here's dan johnson. only the water safety people were stepping aboard the bibby stockholm today. the 39 asylum seekers are now back in hotels. yeah, it was very scary... this is one, fearing for his safety on a number of levels. it was a strange experience to be safe and then there is bacteria, they found it in the water. it is kind of off, but what can i say? i have to go with the others. it is only a week ago the first people were moving in. but the same day tests showed bacteria in the water and council officials met the contractor operating the vessel and on wednesday further samples were taken and there was a further meeting on thursday and people were moved on friday.

in a statement the home office — safe facility., safety, security and fire checks had all been carried out. to add to the government �*s problems, the small boat migrants detected yesterday were 755 the highest daily total this year. it pushes the 2023 total two 5826 —— this year. it pushes the 2023 total two 5826 -- 15,826. the this year. it pushes the 2023 total two 5826 —— 15,826. the overall two 5826 ——15,826. the overall number since the home office started counting channel crossings in 2018 has now topped more than 100,000. they clearly haven't completed the safety _ they clearly haven't completed the safety checks — they clearly haven't completed the safety checks properly _ they clearly haven't completed the safety checks properly and - they clearly haven't completed the safety checks properly and the - safety checks properly and the entire — safety checks properly and the entire future _ safety checks properly and the entire future of _ safety checks properly and the entire future of whether- safety checks properly and the

needs is home office cinema , but what the home office cinema, but what the home office needs to do.s cases is to process these cases quickly as possible, not leave them there when they become totally difficult. >> to trace, get it done >> then to trace, get it done properly won't need properly and you won't need these expenses . that's these sort of expenses. that's where is. this where the problem is. and this is students is the issue of the students anses is the issue of the students arises well , because the arises here as well, because the numbers going because arises here as well, because the numiencompass)ing because arises here as well, because the numiencompass parts because arises here as well, because the numiencompass parts of)ecause arises here as well, because the numiencompass parts of the use arises here as well, because the numiencompass parts of the home office. >> but if you if you use the barge we've said , look, barge and as we've said, look, it's going to one day's worth it's going to be one day's worth of immigrants go on of immigrants that can go on there. peo

but the home office is that way.s concerned about the number who do from what not do abscond from what is not detained an accommodation. the hotels that people are placed in, people are to free come and go and the home office is clearly concerned would include children in tagging children. well, this is something that has not the papers and not appeared in the papers and i would very surprised if the would be very surprised if the home office were to go for this. again, this isn't a plan that has been published or press released. these this is speculation that the home office has responded to saying that nothing is off the table. so these of details have these sorts of details have not been . been got into. >> okay, tom, for now, thank you. >> coming up, we'll update you on breaking news. we've got on that breaking news. we've got the whole of britain's air traffic system down traffic control system down because of a technical issue and the traffic services unit the air traffic services unit down at swanwick in hamps

more in a port with capacity for 500 people, the home office wants to move em out of hotels. are 50,000 asylum-seekers in hotels. we would need 100 barges to open the rooms. the government is pinning its hopes on stopping the flow, criminalizing those, detain them, possibly moving them to rwanda. they are often stuck in the courts and ministers are concerned the problem will get worse before it gets better. >> the u.k. is not the only country that is dealing with the border in the sea. australia had a similar policy focused on stopping boats by placing them in offshore detention centers. a former australian foreign minister was one of those who developed the policy. he was a consultant that helped form the u.k. wanda policy. this is what he said on why the u.k. must be tough. >> if you understand what's going on it, you understand how this will work. basically, young men are paying organized crime groups thousands of euros to undertake very dangerous journey acrs the channel. they throw their documents into the sea so they can't be checked when they arrive. they think that is

the home office had to requisition rooms in hotels.ere are around 50,500 asylum seekers in hotel rooms, up 3,000 in three months, and at a cost of about £6 million a day. and ministers agree that is unacceptable. so where to put all these people the government increased payments to local authorities who accommodate asylum seekers but many councils are still reluctant to take them. ministers looked at former military and prison sites. wethersfield in essex. raf scampton in lincolnshire. northeye in east sussex. and even catterick in the prime minister s constituency in north yorkshire was talked about. but local opposition and legal challenges mean that, as i speak, only wethersfield has seen any asylum seekers arrive , and only 46 of them. which leads us to the bibby stockholm, moored in a private port with capacity for 500 people the home office wants to move out of hotels. but remember there are 50,000 asylum seekers in hotels, so we would need 100 barges to empty all those rooms. the government is pinning its hopes on stopping the f

so why can't the home office get to grips with this ? office get to grips with this?ink it really boils down to this. >> they don't have the knowledge or the expertise. >> and i'm not i'm not trying to be funny here, but you know, if you bring somebody in from border force to a planning unit within the home office , what within the home office, what does border force know about combating transnational organised crime as far back as the middle east or the sahel and maghreb of africa? >> what does what do such people civil servants, for example, know of that subject ? what do know of that subject? what do they know of logistical planning of this scale? they don't know what is required. as i have done for other countries. i have brought in multiple agencies from across the government , from across the government, international working groups answering directly to the cabinet. sometimes even the president , to enable president, to enable coordination and the correct authority that's needed to move the machinery. you bring them all in. you create a strategic planning group

the home office have a home office have issued a statement always statement saying, we have always beenut the unprecedented pressure being put on system, brought on our asylum system, brought about increase about by a significant increase in illegal in dangerous and illegal journeys country . we journeys into the country. we continue across continue to work across government local government and with local authorities identify a range authorities to identify a range of accommodation options. the government remains committed to engaging authorities engaging with local authorities and stakeholders as part of and key stakeholders as part of this process. huddersfield university have also issued a statement on this. huddersfield has sufficient student accommodation to meet the needs of our students and there are current vacancies available for any students affected by this who have not already been rehoused. please contact hud. let's at hudack uk. presumably people just coming across the channel on a dinghy could log into some fi and do that as well. but back to that breaking news with our

it is only days since a home office minister guaranteed the barge was a safe. i a home office ministerd the barge was a safe.— the barge was a safe. i can absolutely _ the barge was a safe. i can absolutely assure - the barge was a safe. i can absolutely assure you - the barge was a safe. i can absolutely assure you that | the barge was a safe. i can - absolutely assure you that this is a safe facility. ina in a statement, the home of his has said health and wealth of individuals on the vessel is our utmost priority, environmental samples on the bibby stockholm have shown legionella which requires further investigation. as a precautionary measure all 39 asylum seekers who arrived on the vessel this week are being disembarked while further assessments are being undertaken. who; while further assessments are being undertaken. ~ , .,, while further assessments are being undertaken. ~ , , , ., undertaken. why were those tests not carried out in — undertaken. why were those tests not carried out in advance? _ undertaken. why were those tests not carried out in advance? we _ undertaken. why

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who might not have been able to five days a week in the office like parents or carers, people with long—term conditions, not people sitting at homeople who want to be in the office more for him working from home all the time is not conducive to their careers. young people who want to get on and make networks, their homes want to be as suitable for homes want to be as suitable for home working as people who have had houses for 20, 30 years. so the challenge for employers is configuring workplaces where people can come in different amounts of time according to their needs but most importantly, getting people in work at the right time so they can do the meaningful collaboration together. it's no good if you say, you must be in the two days but you don't know which two days teams are going to be in. that needs to happen in meaningful ways. you going to be in. that needs to happen in meaningfulways._ going to be in. that needs to happen in meaningfulways. in meaningful ways. you are saying a lot of it is about _ in meaningful ways. you are saying a lot of it is about structure _ in meaningful ways. you are saying a lot of it is about

tougher fines for businesses and landlords, who knowingly support illegal migrants — the home officees the move will deter small boats crossing the channel. giving former department store is virtually a whole new lease of life. i am at this form at debenhams in

. _ the backlog of asylum cases in the uk has risen to a new record high, according to home office figurese were waiting for a decision on whether they will be granted refugee status at the end ofjune — that is up 44% from last year. our home editor mark eastonjoins me. so, mark, the prime minister's promised to tackle the asylum backlog, but this isn't good news. no, it is not. the cost of the asylum system we can see today has rocketed. in the last financial year, almost £4 billion, almost double the cost of the previous year, going back ten years it was 500 million. a big problem there. a lot of that money is going on hotels, a record 50,000 asylum seekers currently accommodated in hotels or stop until the home office makes a decision on their claim, they are not allowed to work and they are not allowed to work and they need to be housed. as you say, they need to be housed. as you say, the prime minister promised to eradicate the backlog by the end of this year. that was later clarified as the 121,000 people who were in the backlog lastjune. that legacy backlog has fallen with the help

it's that the home office say that it is . i really office say that it is. and as a kid and i never had one as luxurious as that. you know, the fact they make out it's floating prison is it's a floating prison is incorrect. locals are incorrect. the locals are telling they'll be to free telling us they'll be to free come to shore and come and go as they i think this is they please. i think this is a complete of british complete failure of british statecraft. us know what you >> right. let us know what you think. you will think. i know you will gbviews@gbnews.com still come gbviews@gbnews.com still to come with high rents and with high crime, high rents and sky high house prices, is there currently exodus from london currently an exodus from london as more and more people are moving the country? moving out into the country? britain's newsroom will bring you the detail. is gb news. >> welcome back to the show. it's 1125. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. with me, martin dalby and the delightful bev turner. thank you very much. >> i'm celebrating . i'm

they could at least try to fight the home office on it, couldn't they ? makes it impossible for people who have come to britain illegally to be housed before every single brit in the local area has good quality housing. they should put that to a public vote and watch as the result comes in way above 90% in favour. now i am a big fan of the phrase charity starts at home, but in this case charity apparently starts by putting illegal migrants in british homes. vaiews@gbnews.com. and the responses to this have been absolutely staggering. i'm just going to read one out now. i won't name you. it says myself and children, including and my two children, including one learning disability, one with a learning disability, have the social housing have been on the social housing list for six years and this lady has sent in evidence of that, which do have in front of me. which i do have in front of me. i've on the sofa for all i've slept on the sofa for all this time. we are now being evicted because our landlord has sold flat. can't afford sold the flat. we can't affor

the home office has proposed £285m of new funding to ressettle refugees to resettle refugees into longterm accomodation. let's now go live to our political correspondent jonathan blake for the latest update. talk the latest update. us through what is happening here. talk us through what is happening here. ~ ., talk us through what is happening here. ~ . ., here. when the taliban returned to ower in here. when the taliban returned to power in 2021. _ here. when the taliban returned to power in 2021, many _ here. when the taliban returned to power in 2021, many thousands - here. when the taliban returned to power in 2021, many thousands of| power in 2021, many thousands of afghans came to the uk, many of whom had worked to the british government they are. it was under a specific resettlement scheme, where they have the right to live and work in the country and many were housed in what was intended to be a temporary basis in hotels and that was paid for partly through government funding. vets that scheme is coming to an end and back in april they government wrote two people who were in th

i the home office would stand legally. i don't the home office would stand legally .patrick, legally. i don't know, patrick, because it has a legal duty to ensure that asylum seekers are not destitute, that they are not made homeless. however, they may have a case to argue argue that they have offered accommodation in that accommodation . an offer in that accommodation. an offer has not been accepted. >> no , exactly. and that is >> no, exactly. and that is a really fascinating point because initial really it sounds quite tough, doesn't it, to paraphrase very much so. lee anderson saying that you can get on the barge or you can politely return to france if you do decide not to france if you do decide not to get on this barge. from what i could gather, the government was saying at the minute, well, we might make you homeless , but we might make you homeless, but that then put the focus that would then put the focus onto the local authority who would then have to find housing for you, which doesn't really actually help because the local authority could then still house

the home office says policing has received record investment and it expects forces to take the issueavies has this report. this person is stealing from thejohn lewis store in cardiff. it's brazen. they're filling a black bag full of goods. but they've been caught by security. they were convicted. and there's been a lot more of this across wales in the last year. adrian works in the retail giant's security team. he's just dealt with an incident. ijust had an incident with a female and unfortunately the female escalated the situation and it required one of my team to intervene and escort the lady from the shop having explained to her what our policies are. how often does that happen? fairly often. more often than you would like. i would like to say daily, but we're probably not far off a daily occurrence. wales's largest retail centre cardiff saw more than 30% rise in violence and abuse towards staff from 2021 to 2022 and a nearly 70% rise in shoplifting, with one industry body saying there were more than a million thefts from shops reported last year. shops likejohn lewis are using th

the home office minister happen. the home office minister sarah dines.poke sarah dines. i think, misspoke or misheard when she was interviewed on this this morning talking about the final aspiration for 500. but not that they would be here by this weekend. this is always is was planned to be a process that would be over weeks and months to get up to that 500 incremental to ensure that they can get them housed and functioning within the barge safely. remember of course, there is all of the concerns that have been raised about the fire safety guidelines within the barge and perhaps at 500 is just too much for this barge to cope with that. previous numbers were about half that volume within the barge itself. so let's see what happens in the weeks ahead, whether the home office actually revise eases the number downwards. but at the moment, at least, they are still seeing that it's their intention to get up to 500 people. on the bbc's stockholm, an interestingly clearly there is a drive by the government on the issue of illegal migration, those coming across

it is only days since a home office minister guaranteed the barge was safe. that this is a safe facility. in a statement the home office has said, "the health and welfare of individuals on the vessel is our utmost priority. environmental samples from the water system on the bibby stockholm have shown levels of legionella bacteria which require further investigation. as a precautionary measure all 39 asylum seekers who arrived on the vessel this week are being disembarked while further assessments are undertaken. why weren't those tests carried out in advance? we were told health, safety, security and fire checks had been carried out. surely that would have been picked up then? to add to the government's problems the official count of small boat migrants detected yesterday was 755, the highest daily total this year. it pushes the 2023 total to 15,826, slightly lower than this time last year, but hardly evidence that home office policies are any kind of deterrent. the overall number since the home office started counting channel crossings in 2018 has now topped

the home office is morning.nt support for those who refused to spend their first night on the vessel. 20 refused to spend their first night on the vessel . 20 asylum night on the vessel. 20 asylum seekers did not embark after their transfer orders were reversed. >> justice secretary alex chalk has acknowledged it is frustrating , saying that just 15 frustrating, saying that just 15 migrants have boarded the 500 capacity barge amid a series of legal challenges as well. let's get the latest with our home and security editor mark white. mark good to see you from portland in dorset there, some latest figures, nearly 173,000 asylum seekers in march were awaiting a decision that is the equivalent of 345 bibby stockholm homes. so they need to get the government a lot more people on board these barges . barges. >> yeah, but these people are already in accommodation. remember, they've been in accommodation for a number of years. these are legacy de backlog figures of people who have arrived on the boats since 2018 in the

but the process side, yes, there has obviously been a challenge in home office in how you in the homeage this. if the numbers are going and obviously the going down. and obviously the independent certain bent independent takes a certain bent on stories , let's have on these stories, let's have a look what's with look at what's happening with those i'm sure those numbers, because i'm sure the prime minister will be scrutinised on this, especially in and the in the next six months and the next months. if the next 12 months. so if the numbers going down, the numbers are going down, the prime minister will stand up and say numbers are going say how the numbers are going down. think there's down. but i think there's a strong enough political focus on this because do have to do this because we do have to do the right thing around getting this yeah. the right thing around getting thisand yeah. the right thing around getting thisand dovetail h. the >> and mike dovetail into the next on the cover of the next story on the cover of the express, which is sabotage by next story on the cover of the

but home office wanted taking. but home office wanted that day expedited .at day expedited. and, you know, they did. they give very short notice to a lot of families. and you know, when you're moving children and everything else, it isn't fair. and they didn't take into consideration the impacts that that would have on these families. no absolutely not. >> and also now for nothing as well, really for absolutely nothing. you've just been massively inconvenienced for a plan that they must have known was never going to work and is not working as well, is the thing. and the idea now that people will be able to come to this country and be bused to essentially where you used to live and then asked , have you live and then asked, have you got relatives that you can go and live with to which most of them, i imagine if they've got a brain cell saying then brain cell saying yes and then they there . meanwhile, it's they go there. meanwhile, it's your family, your your military family, your taxpaying family who has had to be inconvenienced i >> -- >> it's been a milita

he said recent events reveal a lot about the home office.s been revealed as the startling incompetence of the home office itself, which rather famously, many years ago, john reid, who took over it, talked about it being not fit for purpose. and i'm afraid you're seeing that here. it's really hard to understand how, at all layers, this could not be could not be caught earlier, the legionnaire's disease issue. but the other issue it shows up is a rather more generic incompetence. even working properly, the bibby barge would only take effectively one day's rivals. so it is not a solution to the problem. and all this is going to go on until the home office manages to process these arrivals more quickly. i approach a breaking news earlier about the women's world cup but now it sits time to have a full look at today's sport with mite bushell. i'm still recovering from that penalty shoot—out! hello again, we start with the big transfer story and the confirmation of england captain, harry kane's move to german champions bayern munich. it's expected

home office down on scams.ing in the shadow economy is a major pull factor for those embarking on often dangerous illegal journeys to uk . nhs hospitals in to the uk. nhs hospitals in england will get a £250 million boost from the government to increase capacity as part of the urgent emergency care recovery plan . the money will create 900 plan. the money will create 900 beds to relieve pressures and help cut waiting times. 30 nhs organisations will benefit from the investment . the majority of the investment. the majority of schemes will be completed by january to help deal with winter pressures. the royal college of nursing, however, has questioned who will staff the new beds, given the recruitment problems in nursing. but health minister will quince says they've taken that into account. >> is a key component >> staffing is a key component of this plan. the additional staffing numbers will come from that £1 billion budget, so the additional revenue funding which will flow through nhs england through to those