Labour will keep the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge in use if elected next week, Yvette Cooper has confirmed.
The party has said it cannot end the use of the vessel immediately if it wins the general election, but that it wants to end the need for barges and hotels “as fast as possible”. The shadow home secretary was quizzed about Labour’s plans for Bibby Stockholm, which she has criticised in the past over its “eye watering” cost.
