BIBBY LEGAL TEST CASE WITHIN DAYS
The Sunday Mirror|September 24, 2023
Portland mayor's crowdfunded challenge over Home Office 'bypassing planning regulations'
MATTHEW DRESCH
BIBBY LEGAL TEST CASE WITHIN DAYS

A LEGAL challenge against plans to house 500 asylum seekers on the cramped Bibby Stockholm barge is set to go before a judge at the Royal Courts of Justice.

The vessel, moored in Portland Port in Dorset, has been empty since the first 39 on board were evacuated over fears of a deadly legionella outbreak.

Now Portland mayor Carralyn Parkes has launched legal action as a private citizen, claiming the Home Office should have obtained planning permission for the accommodation.

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