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P&O Ferries CEO refuses to hire back 800 fired employees

‘We have made this difficult decision in the knowledge that it would be highly unpopular and, for some, difficult to reconcile,’ writes Peter Hebblethwaite

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries rejects plea from Grant Shapps for U-turn on sackings

Ferry firm’s boss says complying with minister’s request would cause company’s collapse

The Guardian - UK

P&O boss refuses to reinstate 800 sacked staff as row with Government escalates

P&O Ferries chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite insisted the firm would not U-turn on the decision to fire hundreds of seafarers to replace them with cheaper agency staff

Daily Mirror

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P&O Ferries agency crew 'living in floating prison' and paid less than £3 an hour

Most crew members on the Pride of Rotterdam were contracted agency workers, earning less than minimum wage on 12-hour days for seven days a week

Wales Online

P&O boss won't reverse order to sack 800 staff as that would 'collapse company'

Peter Hebblethwaite has told Transport Secretary Grant Shapps he will not reverse the decision

Wales Online

What it was like aboard the first P&O ferry trip after 800 crew sacked - and what we discovered

Joe Gerrard ventured to Rotterdam aboard a P&O ferry to see what it was like after hundreds were sacked last week

Manchester Evening News

On board the first P&O ferry where staff earn little more than £3 an hour

A reporter sailed on the first P&O ferry following the mass crew sackings and this is what they discovered

Liverpool Echo

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Lebedev criticises Labour as MPs debate releasing security advice behind peerage – as it happened

Latest updates: Peer says opposition criticism of him is based on ‘pure innuendo’; government may be forced to release security advice on Lebedev

The Guardian - UK

Second P&O ferry is detained over safety concerns after firm sacked 800

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has confirmed that it is holding P&O ferry The Pride of Kent following a safety inspection, after another ferry was detained last Friday

Daily Mirror

Second P&O ferry detained after safety inspection, coastguard agency says

The firm sparked outrage after sacking 800 seafarers without notice on March 17, amid plans to bring in cheaper agency staff.

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries boss to appear before Holyrood committee

Peter Hebblethwaite will face the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.

The Independent UK

Len McCluskey urges unions to use ‘leverage’ against P&O after sackings

The former Unite general secretary was speaking during a visit to Glasgow.

The Independent UK

MPs call for P&O Ferries boss to be axed as Government moves to stop sackings

Transport minister Robert Courts said Peter Hebblethwaite’s position at the head of the company was ‘untenable’.

The Independent UK

P&O must be stripped of licence to operate and its boss struck off, senior MPs tell Grant Shapps

Pressure on transport secretary to get tougher with rogue firm after questions raised over his ‘block’ on redundancies

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Daily Record

Unions descend on P&O's recruitment firm as they demand jobs to be reinstated

Big turnout at Clyde Marine Recruitment but company claims it knew nothing of the plan to replace workforce with foreign workers

Daily Record

P&O bosses warned to take sacked crews back or be blocked from UK ports

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he would bring in legislation to close the loophole allowing ferry companies to dodge UK minimum wage rules.

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries has last chance to rehire sacked staff, says Grant Shapps

Firm must lift this week’s deadline for workers to reply to redundancy offers, says transport secretary

Evening Standard

P&O Ferries: Cheap travel isn’t a human right — a fair wage is

My travel over Easter is sorted, thank you. Train and boat to Dublin for me and two teenagers: £130 one way with Trainline, including a weird administration fee. So, you get to take as much luggage as you can physically carry and the chance to play cards on board. A…

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Grant Shapps threatens P&O Ferries with package of measures to ‘halt sackings’

Scottish protests against the mass sackings are taking place this week

The Independent UK

Plan to stop P&O undercutting minimum wage will not ‘undo’ sackings as promised, Grant Shapps told

Law change looms to end ‘sweatshop’ pay - but transport secretary told to go further to ensure workers are rehired

Daily Record

P&O boss to be grilled by MSPs in Scottish Parliament over sacking of 800 seafarers

MSPs on the Net Zero, Energy & Transport Committee will quiz Peter Hebblethwaite on what happened in the lead up to and the aftermath of the sackings earlier this month.

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries: New legislation could lead to company shut down with loss of 2,000 jobs

‘We will be taking steps to protect all mariners who are working in UK waters and ensure that they are paid the living wage,’ says Boris Johnson

Wales Online

P&O Ferries’ rivals to meet Government officials after staff sackings

DFDS and Stena Lines will hold talks with the Department for Transport

Daily Mirror

Grant Shapps preparing to ban P&O from using UK routes unless workers paid minimum wage

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has written the head of P&O Ferries to shame the boss into reversing the firm's bombshell decision about workers and to urge him to reverse cuts and pay staff minimum wage

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries’ rivals set to meet with officials after mass sacking of staff

DFDS and Stena Lines have been invited to meet with Department for Transport officials on Monday.

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