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Daily Mirror
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Rachel Wearmouth

Boris Johnson calls on P&O Ferries boss to resign over 'brazen' comments about breaking law

Boris Johnson believes P&O Ferries boss Peter Hebblethwaite should quit after "brazen" comments about the company “knowingly breaking the law", No10 has confirmed.

It comes after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps vented fury over the ferry giant boss admitting to MPs the company broke employment law when it sacked 800 workers without notice.

The Transport Secretary told Sky News: “I thought what the boss of P&O said yesterday about knowingly breaking the law was brazen and breathtaking, and showed incredible arrogance.

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