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P&O Ferries boss admits firm broke law by sacking staff without consultation

CEO tells MPs P&O aims to halve costs under ‘new model’ using seafarers paid just £5.15 an hour

The Guardian - UK

P&O admits paying new ferry workers below UK minimum wage

Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite said the average pay of the new crew is only £5.15 per hour.

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries boss admits firm broke law - and claims they warned Tories last YEAR

Chief Executive Peter Hebbelthwaite claimed the firm warned Transport Secretary Grant Shapps last year that P&O would be "needing to make changes to our business this year”

Daily Mirror

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Using your mobile phone in the car will be illegal tomorrow and could risk £200

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said that the changes will make it 'easier' for authorities to prosecute drivers for using their mobile phone when behind the wheel of a vehicle.

Daily Record

Two years that shook the travel industry

Today marks two years since travel was turned on its head by the Covid-19 pandemic. Simon Calder looks back at an extraordinary 24 months for the international travel industry

The Independent UK

Londoner’s Diary: Exit stage left Meghan, and enter Camilla as new National Theatre patron

In today’s Diary: Britain’s theatre scene glitters at the National Theatre / Rathbone’s Folio judges know how to celebrate / Rylance remembers meeting Bob Dylan / Francis Fukuyama suffers the never-ending end of history

Evening Standard

P&O to pay £36.5m in compensation to 800 sacked workers

Staff who accept payouts are understood to have to sign non-disclosure agreements

The Guardian - UK

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Emiliano Sala coroner urges government to crack down on illegal flights to save lives

Coroner Rachael Griffin has written to Grant Shapps and Nadine Dorries urging them to take action to stop the market in illegal ‘grey’ flights

Evening Standard

Grant Shapps heralds seizure of Russian billionaire’s superyacht by Gibraltar

The Transport Secretary said he is doing “all I can to cripple Russia’s aviation and shipping industries” following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries could face prosecution over sackings, minister says

Business minister Paul Scully says firm could face ‘unlimited fine’ if it has flouted laws

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries: 'We cannot allow this to stand' says MP Jonathan Reynolds

The Stalybridge and Hyde MP said the Government 'should have moved' to stop 800 sackings in advance

Manchester Evening News

Sacked P&O ferry crews replaced by 'Indian seafarers paid £1.80 an hour', union claims

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transportunion, said it amounted to “shocking exploitation”.

Daily Record

Stena Line to run extra sailings from Northern Ireland to Scotland due to P&O Ferries crisis

The move will help retailers such as Marks and Spencer and Asda

Belfast Live

P&O Ferries ships will be blocked from sailing if they fail safety checks, says Government

Grant Shapps confirmed P&O Ferries could face “criminal prosecution and unlimited fines”

Wales Online

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Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries: Tories 'show contempt' for workers as MPs ignore bid to end fire and rehire

MPs refuse to back a Labour motion to strengthen workers' rights - and give P&O staff their jobs back - after "shameful" mass sacking of 800 workers without consultation or warning

Liverpool Echo

Tory ministers accused of 'endorsing thuggish fire and rehire tactics of P&O'

It came as Tory MPs abstained in a vote that would pave the way to end P&O-style fire and rehire practices

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner and John McDonnell condemn ‘disgrace’ of P&O sackings at protest

Speeches near Parliament Square from members of the Opposition and trade union leaders were met with applause.

The Independent UK

Safety checks for P&O vessels amid claims new crews earning below £2 an hour

Sacked P&O workers watched in the House of Commons public gallery.

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P&O Ferries: Tory ministers told to trigger immediate 'criminal action' against firm for sacking 800 workers

Labour's Lou Haigh said the Government can bring legal action straight away under the Trade Union Act after firm's "shameful" actions

The Independent UK

Government knew of ‘game plan’ for P&O Ferries mass redundancies, says Labour

‘There is no excuse for what we saw last Thursday,’ said the transport secretary, Grant Shapps

Wales Online

UK Government ministers 'knew of P&O Ferries' plans to slash jobs'

The Sunday Times newspaper said it received a leaked memo written by a Whitehall official

The Guardian - UK

UK grounds plane ahead of inquiry into possible Russian links

Aircraft owned, operated or chartered by anyone connected with Russia are banned from flying to and landing in UKRussia-Ukraine war – latest updates

The Independent UK

Private jet grounded while possible Russian links are investigated

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he had taken ‘rapid action’ in the case.

The Independent UK

Revoke licences of P&O Ferries, union urges Shapps

Nautilus International’s general secretary Mark Dickinson said the action taken by the firm was “deplorable”.

Evening Standard

Plane grounded over ‘possible links’ to Russia

A private jet has been grounded while possible links to Russia are investigated.

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