P&O Ferries have claimed they did NOT break a key law when sacking 800 crew - after a legal change that was signed off by Tory Chris Grayling.
The ex-Transport Secretary, nicknamed ‘Failing Grayling’, approved a law in 2018 that said ships registered abroad do not have to tell the UK government about redundancies.
Instead, they only have to notify the “competent authority” in the country where the ship is registered. P&O’s ships are registered in the Bahamas, Cyprus and Bermuda.
