Clearly these concerns are worrying local people. The government has repeatedly said that the barge is going to be better value for british taxpayers because of the huge costs of housing Asylum Seekers and hotels, i think it is about £6 million a day at the moment. Do we know how much it cost a housing Asylum Seeker on the barge . We a housing Asylum Seeker on the barae . ~. ,. ,. , barge . We are told it is cheaper. There was barge . We are told it is cheaper. There was a barge . We are told it is cheaper. There was a report barge . We are told it is cheaper. There was a report recently barge . We are told it is cheaper. There was a report recently thatl there was a report recently that suggested it might only be a little bit cheaper. The government has been very cagey and giving us an exact number over what it will cost because i suspect it has been done before so they dont entirely know. There are concerns that the costs of maintaining a barge should be more than a building on land
This programme contains some Strong Language and some discriminatory language. Election night fever, as bbc gets ready to bring you the results of the last big vote before the General Election. Will it be boom time for starmer . Or will it be doom time for sunak . The bbc s Election Programme kicks off in an hours time. You can see just a few of their many live points warming up. With a pick n mix of votes under the count tonight, to discuss them well be joined by the chair of the labour party, a Senior Cabinet Minister and the personification of political analysis, professor sirjohn curtice. Well also talk to the person most likely to be the new First Minister of scotland, john swinney, now that kate forbes has thrown her weight behind him. And with the looming prospect of deportation flights to rwanda, a warning you will hear strong and discriminatory language as a protestor is racially abused attempting to stop Asylum Seekers being moved out of hotels by government contactors. Shout
will be with us throughout the day from the edinburgh fringe. let s take you back to the coast, to dorset, because we are seeing live pictures of the stockholm barge. we know the first asylum seekers have been moved onto the barge in the last few hours and the home office is saying more will be moved on later today. this is the floating accommodation block that has stocked off the coast of dorset, this is portland harbour. there have been concerns because of health and safety worries over the past three weeks. we now understand those concerns have been dealt with at the home office has moved the first asylum seekers on board and we will have full coverage from there throughout the day. australia are playing denmark in the football and australia 1 0 up in that match in sydney. see you soon.