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SHOCKING: 4 - What They Never Told You

One year on, has P&O Ferries got away with illegally sacking all its crew?

Despite outrage at the time, no staff have been reinstated, no law reforms initiated, and no sanctions started against directors or owners

The Guardian - UK

Labour unveils five-point plan to prevent repeat of P&O ‘brutal mass firing and rehiring’

Exclusive: ‘Never again should any company think they can treat workers with such contempt and be given the green light,’ says Angela Rayner

The Independent UK

UK Government criticised over ‘free pass’ for employers a year on from P&O sackings

Hundreds of workers were sacked last year but TUC says no meaningful action has followed

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Union condemns Government amid P&O sackings anniversary protest

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said it is a ‘national disgrace’ that no action has been taken to punish ‘rogue company’ DP World.

The Independent UK

French general strike hits London travellers

Dozens of flights and trains were cancelled and ferries were delayed due to French workers taking industrial action.

Evening Standard

Children returning from school trips delayed for six hours amid Calais strikes

Home Office rejects suggestions strikes by Border Force staff in Calais, Dunkirk, Dover and Coquelles impacting wait times

The Guardian - UK

Dover-Calais ferries halted for most of day due to French strikes

Warning that ‘the port and local road network in and around Dover may be busier than usual’ on eve of half-term getaway

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New 'fire and rehire' rules 'not going to stop' another P&O-type scandal, union warns

Labour's Angela Rayner and the Trades Union Congress have slammed the Government's "shameful" new rules to tackle fire and rehire practices, saying it is just a "reheated" and "repeated" regulation

Daily Mirror

Dover-Calais ferry services suspended due to French industrial action

P&O Ferries said it has an ‘optimised’ sailing schedule in light of the 24-hour strike

Evening Standard

Inside UK politics' most unreal year yet - from Partygate to Liz Truss disaster

Four Chancellors, three Prime Ministers, two monarchs - and your mortgages went pear-shaped. And that's without the tractor porn. Here's our review of the year for 2022 - Britain really did have a large one

Daily Mirror

TUC seeks changes to draft law to help seafarers after P&O Ferries scandal

Sacking of nearly 800 crew in favour of low-paid agency workers in March led to calls for loopholes to be closed in seafarers’ wages bill

The Guardian - UK

It is beyond belief P&O winning awards despite mass sackings, union says

The company sparked public anger when it fired hundreds of workers without notice in March.

The Independent UK

Man sacked by P&O Ferries wins payout after taking company to court

He has donated the money to help other families during the cost of living crisis

Wales Online

P&O Ferries boss shamed after firing 800 staff will no longer attend speaking gig

Bosses said Peter Hebblethwaite, chief executive of P&O Ferries, was 'no longer able to participate' at the 'Power and People' Interferry conference in Seattle

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The Independent UK

Travellers heading to UK suffer six-hour delay at Port of Calais

P&O Ferries used extra ships for passengers who missed their crossing

Wales Online

Grab a ferry good deal with £75k worth of free tickets available in autumn giveaway

Big Ferry Fortnight will take place from September 5-19 to showcase Britain’s extensive network of ferry routes and the benefits of travel by sea

Daily Record

Talks to take place to form enterprise area at Dumfries and Galloway port

Council bosses and Scottish Government officials are due to meet over plans to boost economic prospects at Cairnryan

Daily Mirror

'Ludicrous' queues at Calais see band stage impromptu gig on roof of van

Fed-up travellers got out their cars to listen to the pop-up concert by Bristol Street Music, who set their instruments up on the roof of their white transit van

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Fury as P&O faces no criminal action over mass sackings of 800 workers

The Insolvency Service said it had determined there was "no realistic prospect of a conviction"

The National (Scotland)

P&O won't face criminal proceedings after sacking nearly 800 staff without notice

THE Insolvency Service has determined P&O Ferries will not face criminal proceedings over its actions in firing almost 800 workers earlier this…

The Independent UK

Insolvency Service says P&O will not face criminal action over mass sackings

The company sparked public anger and was hauled in front of MPs to answer questions when it sacked hundreds of workers without notice in March.

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries escapes criminal prosecution over sacking of 786 workers

Lawyers advised Insolvency Service there was ‘no realistic prospect of a conviction’

The National (Scotland)

P&O Ferries owner reports record profits months after sacking 800 staff

P&O Ferries has been accused of acting like a “corporate gangster” for celebrating record profits just months after it sacked 800 UK-based…

Insider UK

Union outrage as owner of P&O Ferries makes record profit

TUC boss accuses ferry company's owners of behaving like 'corporate gangsters'

Belfast Live

Dog friendly seaside cafe to close as cost of living crisis hits hard

A £4,000 electric bill covering just 10 weeks was the deciding factor

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