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They added: "We continue to work across government and with local authorities to identify a range of accommodation options. The government remains committed to engaging with local authorities and key stakeholders as part of this process."

"We continue to work across government and with local authorities to look at a range of accommodation options," a Home Office spokesperson said.

Details about any deal to use the barge have not yet been confirmed, but a Home Office spokesperson said: "The pressure on the asylum system has continued to grow and requires us to look at a range of accommodation options which offer better value for money for taxpayers than hotels."

The Home Office recently said it "continued to work across government and with local authorities to identify a range of accommodation options".

A working farm run by TV presenter Kate Humble, just a few miles from her own smallholding, Humble By Nature offers a range of accommodation plus a cafe majoring in homemade burgers.