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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Simon Goodley

P&O Ferries boss asked if he is ‘modern-day pirate’ for paying staff £4.87 an hour

A middle-aged, grey-haired man in dark suit and tie sits on a green chair and speaks into a microphone
Asked whether he could live on £4.87 an hour, Peter Hebblethwaite replied: “No, I couldn’t.” Photograph: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA

The boss of P&O Ferries has been asked if he is “a pirate” who appears to be “robbing staff blind” – as he confirmed to MPs that the group’s seafarers had been receiving pay rates even lower than he had previously told parliament.

Peter Hebblethwaite previously appeared in front of a joint transport and business committee in March 2022 to respond to P&O Ferries sacking 786 staff and replacing them with low-paid agency workers.

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