A Dorset mayor has lost a High Court fight with Home Secretary Suella Braverman over the housing of asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm.
Carralyn Parkes wanted to argue that housing migrants on the barge in Portland Harbour was illegal because it breaches planning and equality laws.
But Mr Justice Holgate ruled today that Mrs Parkes, a member of Portland Town Council and the mayor of Portland, did not have an arguable case.
Mrs Parkes, who is from Liverpool, argued housing asylum seekers on the barge was a 'breach of planning control' and said there had not been 'compliance' with environmental impact assessment duties.