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Company that manages Bibby Stockholm given £100m Defra contract

Defra says contract with Australian firm CTM is for staff accommodation and travel, but offers no further detail

The Guardian - UK

Scotland Office spends 'eye-watering' amount on travel and plush hotels in a year

THE Scotland Office has spent an “eye watering” £290,000 on travel in the space of a year, the Sunday National can reveal.

The National (Scotland)

Didn't get Glastonbury tickets? Here are other routes into the festival

That’s right, you don’t need to attempt a break-in to have fun this summer

Evening Standard

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ASX finishes flat as experts say RBA will hike again

Australian shares gave up their gains after a hotter-than-expected domestic inflation report dramatically increased the odds of another rate hike next month.

AAP

Bibby Stockholm: ministers accused of playing Russian roulette with asylum seekers’ lives

Charity condemns plan to return people to the barge despite inspection finding failings in its plumbing system

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm: Timeline of government chaos over controversial migrant barge

Row erupts over response to discovery of Legionella bacteria on barge as asylum seekers evacuated just days after boarding vessel

The Independent UK

Lessons may be learned after Legionella detection on asylum seeker barge – No 10

The Government is standing by the use of barges to house migrants, amid a blame game about the response to the situation on the Bibby Stockholm.

The Independent UK

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Health Secretary defends action over Legionella-hit asylum seeker barge

Traces of Legionella were found on the Bibby Stockholm, leading to the removal of all the asylum seekers on board.

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: Health secretary claims asylum seekers was cleared as soon as ministers knew of Legionella

Government facing questions after council claims officials told of bacteria four days before asylum claimants moved

Evening Standard

Bibby Stockholm: Government workers were told about deadly legionella and still moved migrants onboard

Discovery led to eventual removal of 39 people on board on Friday

The Independent UK

Council says Home Office contractors told of Legionella on day of barge transfer

Dorset Council has said a Home Office official was told about the preliminary results on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

The architecture of the UK’s brutal new refugee policy is literally and figuratively Australian

Turns out it’s not just the intellectual architecture of the UK’s ‘stop the boats’ rhetoric that comes from Australia, but the logistics as well.

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Government quietly awards travel firm £1.6bn contract for asylum barges and accommodation

Exclusive: Fury over astonishing sum to operate barges and run services to house asylum seekers in Britain

The Independent UK

In Mexico, US complaints help union organizing efforts

It has been nearly two years since the United States began pressing Mexico over labor rights violations, by using rapid dispute resolution methods contained in the U.S.-Mexico Canada free trade agreement

The Independent UK

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