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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

Furious protest at Scottish port over P&O's "illegal" sacking of staff

Sacked workers among protestors at ferry operator's Scottish base. They were replaced by £2 an hour foreign workers, leading to legal action against P&O by unions and UK government

Daily Record

P&O sackings ‘absolutely outrageous’, union boss tells MPs

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the RMT, said the ferry operator is guilty of ‘flagrant breaches of the law’.

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Family's P&O Cruises once-in-a-lifetime holiday in tatters as daughter, 12, refused boarding

The P&O agent said Niamh would not be allowed to travel with the family and the holiday would be cancelled - leaving mum Sharron in floods of tears at the loss of their dream trip.

Edinburgh Live

P&O Ferries - live: CEO says firm broke the law but would ‘make this decision again’

‘I would make this decision again, I’m afraid,’ says Peter Hebblethwaite of mass sackings

The Independent UK

Exploiters such as P&O watch out – there’s a new wave of trade unionists coming for you

Trade unions are shackled by restrictive laws, but they can still challenge militant capitalism, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

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P&O chief executive to be quizzed by MPs over crew dismissals

Peter Hebblethwaite will appear before a joint hearing of transport and business committees

Wales Online

P&O chief executive to be quizzed by MPs over sackings

Peter Hebblethwaite will appear before a joint hearing of transport and business committees.

The Independent UK

Former P&O captain slams "callous" company betrayal of staff

Former captain Val Plant reveals there may be too few officers to train foreign workers - queries how P&O can get appropriate safety certificate

Daily Record

easyJet pledges to fast-track P&O ferry staff for airline jobs - full list of vacancies

Besides cabin crew vacancies at the airline, other roles are available at easyJet’s London Luton Airport headquarters

Wales Online

Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of ‘half-arsed bluster and waffle’ on workers’ rights

PM ‘all mouth no trousers’ over P&O Ferries scandal, says Labour leader

The Independent UK

Holidaymaker feared she had lost her false teeth forever after leaving them on P&O ferry

Kash Henry, 31, had spent an enjoyable day touring Rotterdam with her friend Heidi when the latter realised her teeth were missing

Daily Mirror

P&O protestors call for boycott of services during demonstration at Cairnryan Port

Dozens of protestors are at Cairnryan Port as they call for the immediate reinstatement of P&O workers

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Woman feared she had lost her false teeth forever after leaving them on a P&O ferry

'Everyone was stressing, getting texts from family about P&O sacking staff and she was panicking about her lost teeth'

Nottingham Post

P&O Ferries appear to have 'broken the law' Prime Minister says

800 workers were sacked by the company

The Independent UK

PM’s ‘half-arsed bluster and waffle’ over workers’ rights criticised by Starmer

The Labour leader said Boris Johnson was ‘all mouth and no trousers’.

Daily Record

P&O 'broke the law' says Boris Johnson as he promises action on mass sackings

The Prime Minister was accused of 'half-assed bluster' by Labour's Keir Starmer who claimed Johnson was too spineless to take action against the P&O parent company.

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The Independent UK

Prime Minister says it appears P&O ‘broke the law’ over sackings

The company’s chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite issued an apology for the impact of sacking 800 workers.

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson: it looks like P&O Ferries sackings broke law

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

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson says P&O Ferries have 'broken the law' as shamed boss FINALLY apologises

Boris Johnson said at PMQs that 'it looks to me' as though P&O Ferries has 'broken the law' - but furious Keir Starmer blasted the Prime Minister's 'half-arsed waffle' saying he was 'all mouth and no trousers'

The Independent UK

‘I wish there was another way and I’m sorry’: P&O Ferries CEO apologises for mass sackings

‘Once we knew it was the only way to save the business, we had to act,’ says Peter Hebblethwaite

Liverpool Echo

Holidaymaker stranded without her teeth after P&O Ferries sack their staff

Heidi panicked when she realised she had left her false teeth on board

The Independent UK

P&O able to legally sack 800 staff without telling government ‘because of Chris Grayling law change’

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

Liverpool Echo

Protesters block road to Port of Liverpool and chant 'shame on P&O'

Demonstrators shouted "Shame on you P&O"

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