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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”

Chronicle Live

P&O boss branded the 'most hated man in Britain' and accused of 'corporate terrorism'

CEO Peter Hebblethwaite was also asked if he felt any shame during an evidence session to the Scottish Parliament.

Daily Record

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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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 Ferries refuses plea to reverse sackings

Re-employing the seafaring staff on their previous wages would “deliberately cause the company’s collapse”, says the boss

Insider 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

P&O Ferries boss refuses plea to reverse decision to sack 800 workers

The CEO said re-employing the workers would 'deliberately cause the company's collapse'

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P&O Ferries confirm number of fired staff who live in Scotland

Under-fire chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite will give evidence to a Scottish Parliament committee this morning

Daily Record

P&O Ferries refuses plea from Grant Shapps to reverse decision to sack workers

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

The Independent UK

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

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.

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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

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

Insider UK

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

Grant Shapps threatens P&O Ferries with ‘package of measures’ to ‘block’ plan

The ferry company sacked 800 crew members without notice on March 17.

Birmingham Post

Grant Shapps warns P&O Ferries boss of law changes to protect seafarers after 800 workers sacked

He also called on Mr Hebblethwaite to offer all 800 workers their jobs back

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.

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