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Criminal and civil investigations launched into P&O Ferries over sacking of 800 workers

The Insolvency Service launched the investigations earlier today

Wales Online

Criminal investigation launched into P&O Ferries for sacking 800 workers

The Insolvency Service has begun criminal and civil investigations into P&O Ferries after the mass sacking of workers shocked the nation - and the firm's boss said he'd do the same again

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries: criminal investigation launched after staff sackings

Insolvency Service starts ‘both criminal and civil investigations’ over firm’s dismissal of 786 workers

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P&O Ferries faces criminal investigation into mass sacking of workers

The firm has been widely condemned for firing nearly 800 staff and replacing them with agency workers

Daily Record

P&O Ferries has ‘got away with it’, say unions as Shapps backtracks on action

Two-week battle to hold company to account for sacking of 786 crew members appears to end with a whimper

The Guardian - UK

Grant Shapps unveils plans to make P&O Ferries 'fundamentally rethink' sackings

These include plans to create "minimum wage corridors" on ferry routes between the UK and other countries.

Daily Record

Grant Shapps’ response to P&O Ferries won’t get its sacked workers their jobs back

New powers will block ferries that pay crews below minimum wage from UK ports, which P&O will probably find acceptable

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P&O Ferries: What will pay raise for UK crew mean for future sailings?

Most ferry firms have welcomed the measures

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries: Ports to be handed powers to stop boats docking that don't pay crew minimum wage

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said it was a warning to P&O Ferries, after the firm's no-notice sackings of 800 staff, that "the game is up" - but unions are unimpressed

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries action by government 'far too little, too late' say unions

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced measures today

Wales Online

UK ports industry dismisses plans to block ferries that employ underpaid crews

Proposal in response to outrage over P&O Ferries’ sacking of 800 workers has been called ‘unworkable’

The Guardian - UK

Plans to make P&O Ferries 'fundamentally rethink' sackings unveiled by Grant Shapps

The Government will urge ports to refuse access to boats carrying seafarers paid below the minimum wage

Birmingham Post

Grant Shapps unveils plan to make P&O Ferries ‘fundamentally rethink’ sackings

The Cabinet minister set out a series of measures in response to the redundancies.

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps tells regulator to disqualify ‘unfit to lead’ P&O Ferries boss

Ports will be told to refuse ferries paying below minimum wage – but union says ‘too little, too late’ plan won’t reverse mass sackings

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P&O Ferries is not the first in UK waters to hire low-cost workers

The government has long turned a blind eye to widespread pay abuses by operators working out of UK ports

Wales Online

£38 million Russian superyacht with its own pool seized at Canary Wharf, London

It is the first Russian yacht of its kind to be taken in British waters

Liverpool Echo

UK seize £38m Russian-owned superyacht with 'infinite wine cellar'

The vessel includes an 'infinite wine cellar' and fresh-water swimming pool

The Independent UK

Government vows to clamp down on ‘fire and rehire’ after P&O sackings

New code of practice will have ‘deterrent effect’, says business minister

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Russian-owned £38m superyacht impounded in London

It is the first operation of its kind in UK waters

The Independent UK

Johnson warns Putin could ‘twist the knife’ as Russian forces falter

Britain is to step up military support to Ukraine amid fears the Russian president will try to inflict more damage on the country.

Evening Standard

UK seizes superyacht of unknown Russian businessman docked in London

The superyacht, known as Phi, was boarded by UK authorities in Canary Wharf

The Independent UK

UK detains £38m superyacht owned by Russian businessman and docked in London’s Canary Wharf

The luxury vessel was in London for a superyacht awards ceremony

Daily Mirror

Mystery Russian superyacht worth £38m seized in London in 'warning to Putin'

UK officials boarded Phi - owned by a Russian businessman - in Canary Wharf, east London, on Tuesday and detained it under sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine

Chronicle Live

P&O Ferries won't reverse decision to illegally sack 800 workers despite Minister's plea

Transport Minister Grant Shapps wrote to P&O Ferries saying it had “one further opportunity to reverse this decision by immediately offering all 800 workers their jobs back”

Evening Standard

P&O Ferries refuses Grant Shapps’ plea to change decision over sackings

Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite claimed the Transport Secretary’s request ‘ignores the situation’s fundamental and factual realities’

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