Bosses at P&O are giving workers abroad a bumper pay rise, weeks after the firm “pleaded poverty” and sacked 800 UK staff.
More than 100 employees in the Netherlands will get a 5% rise, despite the company claiming in March it had to replace UK seafarers with agency staff because it was running out of money.
The news was met with fury by unions and Labour, who blasted the Government’s lack of action.
