Transport secretary Grant Shapps has called for the boss of P&O Ferries to resign after his “brazen” comments about “knowingly breaking the law” and vowed to force the company to “U-turn” and pay its crews the minimum wage.
Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite admitted the ferry giant broke employment law when it sacked 800 workers without notice.
The Transport Secretary told Sky News on Friday: “I thought what the boss of P&O Ferries said yesterday about knowingly breaking the law was brazen and breathtaking, and showed incredible arrogance.