'Our main concerns are focused around those large numbers trying to pass through narrow doorways.' BenSelby_, the assistant general secretary of the Fire Brigade Union, has raised concerns about safety on board the Bibby Stockholm barge. 📺 Sky 501
In pictures: Food loaded on board the Bibby Stockholm - despite delay to people moving in
A Home Office source told Sky News this morning that the fire safety issues have been resolved, and the latest delay is"because the Health and Safety Executive is looking at working practices for port authority workers" .
Mr Selby said there are only two"adequate" escape routes on to the dockside, and the evacuation area for residents of the barge is"far too small" and leaves a"significant concern" about people needing to flee by potentially jumping in the water. "We don't want to be in the case right now. We feel like we're looking down the barrel of another possible disaster.He confirmed the union will be writing to the Home Office to set out its concerns.Labour Party chair Anneliese Dodds was asked on Sky News about the story on the front page of today's Daily Mail that Just Stop Oil activists have been"boasting" that their tactics has shaped Labour Party policy.
But asked if Labour would revoke the new oil and gas licences if it comes to power, Ms Dodds said the party"won't overturn existing licences" after the"damage that has been done to our country's economic reputation in recent years". We've just been speaking to Labour Party chair Anneliese Dodds who has responded to Energy Secretary Grant Shapps's assertion that it would be"mad" not to invest in new oil and gas.
Presenter Jayne Secker pointed out that business has said there will be job losses without new investment in the fossil fuel industry, but Ms Dodds disagreed completely. Presenter Jayne Secker interrupted to point out the Conservative Party has been in power for 13 years, not Labour, but Mr Shapps appeared visibly annoyed at the intervention.
"Our absolute desire is to get this cracked - we're working very hard on it," he said, and called on opposition parties to stop their attempts to"frustrate" the government's efforts.Energy Secretary Grant Shapps has insisted that granting dozens of new oil and gas licences is the only sensible policy for the UK to pursue during the transition to net zero.
He also said importing liquid natural gas"contains four times the amount of carbon" than the oil and gas we can get ourselves from the North Sea. A Home Office source has told Sky News this morning that there were fire safety issues related to a door, but those issues have now been resolved. The government claims it is getting a grip of the problem, and a minister told Sky News this morning opposition parties and lawyers are to blame for the difficulties in actually reaching the goal.
There remains significant discomfort on both sides of the chamber over the limits imposed on modern slavery claims, as well as the treatment of children.The policy of deporting illegal migrants to Rwanda was first proposed in April last year by former home secretary Priti Patel under Boris Johnson's premiership - and not one person has yet been sent there.
The government is appealing to the Supreme Court, and it says it is still committed to the policy - but it is unclear if or when a flight might actually take off.Another element of the government's plans is to move asylum seekers out of pricey hotels and on to barges in ports around the UK in a bid to dissuade people from coming here.
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