Bibby Stockholm barge towed away, 18 months after arriving in Dorset

Vessel commissioned by previous Tory government to house asylum seekers was decommissioned in November

Eighteen months after it arrived at Portland Port in Dorset, the empty asylum seeker barge Bibby Stockholm has been towed away from its mooring.

The barge, which only ever provided accommodation for about 400 single male asylum seekers a night at maximum occupancy, has cost the taxpayer at least 34.8m, according to the National Audit Office.