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Criminal and civil probes launched into P&O Ferries sackings

P&O Ferries sacked nearly 800 seafarers and replaced them with cheaper agency workers on March 17.

The Independent UK

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

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Anger as parent firm of P&O Ferries handed £550m of UK aid cash despite mass sackings

MPs attack ‘inappropriate’ use of cash given to ‘disreputable employer’ – but aid chiefs refuse to back down

The Independent UK

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

Campaigners to protest in Newcastle over cost of living crisis and the 'shocking' sacking of 800 P&O workers

Protestors will meet at 11.30am at Newcastle's Civic Centre before a rally is held at Grey's Monument at 12.00pm on Saturday

Chronicle Live

Protests to be held across the UK amid cost of living crisis

People will take to the streets for a mass demonstration

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Protests planned over cost-of-living crisis and P&O sackings

A series of demonstrations will be held across the country, including outside Downing Street.

The Independent UK

Glasgow firm accused of helping P&O 'fire and rehire' staff and supplying 'scab workforce'

Clyde Marine Recruitment has been accused of 'desperately phoning round staff who had been disgracefully sacked' after it was confirmed some of the P&O workers who were brutally axed will return on an agency basis.

Glasgow Live

Dumfries and Galloway Council set to throw P&O off Cairnryan green freeport bid

Council leader Elaine Murray and depute Rob Davidson will propose the move at Thursday' full council meeting

Daily Record

We need laws to protect workers as P&O scandal a damning indictment of Tory rule

Record View says the implications of P&O’s shameful treatment of their workers are wider than the shattered reputation of one company.

Daily Record

'Shameful' P&O Ferries in fire and rehire row as Glasgow firm defends role

Clyde Marine Recruitment (CMR) confirmed some of the P&O workers who were brutally axed will return on an agency basis.

Daily Record

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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Waiving the right to decent pay at sea

Brief letters: Poor deal for ferry workers | Women on the plough | Signing off as Mum | Partygate fines

The Independent UK

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

Most ferry firms have welcomed the measures

Daily Mirror

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

Wales Online

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

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced measures today

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The Guardian - UK

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’

Liverpool Echo

P&O Cruises pay compensation after gay crewman repeatedly propositions passenger

The nightclub manager said he was shaken up

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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

Liverpool Echo

Port of Liverpool set for multi million pound expansion

The agreement was signed with Peel Ports Group and should be completed by the end of November

Daily Mirror

Man sails on first P&O 'ghost ship' after 'illegal' mass sackings

More than 800 members of P&O'S staff were sacked via a video call earlier this month, prompting protests and Government intervention, as they are due to be replaced by agency staff

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