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Evening Standard
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Amy Gibbons

P&O offers over £36 million in compensation to sacked staff with dozens set for £100,000-plus payouts

Signs erected near the Houses of Parliament, in Westminster, in protest against the decision by P&O Ferries to sack nearly 800 of its staff (Kirsty O’Connor/PA) (Picture: PA Wire)

P&O Ferries has announced it is offering over £36 million in compensation to sacked staff, with 40 employees in line for packets of more than £100,000.

It comes after nearly 800 workers were fired without notice last week, sparking backlash from across the political spectrum.

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