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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

P&O Ferries ‘should hand back £11m in furlough cash’, says Grant Shapps

PA Wire

P&O Ferries should hand back the money paid by taxpayers for staff furlough during the coronavirus pandemic, the transport secretary has said.

On 17 March, the major ferry operator suspended all services and told nearly 800 crew that they were being made redundant and replaced by cheaper agency crew.

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