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PM tells MPs ferry firm could face fine as its boss apologises over sudden firing of 800 staff

One minister says windfarms are ‘not cost-effective’ and some prefer a push for fracking

Ex-transport secretary quietly created exemption for mass redundancies on ships registered overseas

The Dubai government-owned ferry operator at the center of a bitter labor dispute in Britain says it didn’t break the law when it fired 786 crew members without advance notice because they all worked on ships registered outside the U.K. P&O Ferries also acknowledged that the way the dismissals were…

P&O Ferries has agreed to pay more than £36million in compensation packages to nearly 800 workers dismissed last week without notice following an investigation into the sacking scandal

Company is offering more than £36m in compensation to sacked staff, with 40 employees in line for payments of more than £100,000

Peter Hebblethwaite claims firings did not break law

It’s a messy compromise, but the west needs to avoid a recession that would hit its longer term green plans

Letter to business secretary calls firm’s sacking of 800 workers ‘scandalous’ and a criminal offence

Kwasi Kwarteng told the firm it acted 'appallingly' after sacking 800 workers over a video call on Thursday to replace them with agency crews.

Business secretary suggests company appears not to have followed processes for large-scale redundancies