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Stephen Hayward & John Siddle & Phil Cardy

P&O's millionaire chief slammed over 'only the fittest survive' jibe after 1,100 sacked

The millionaire head of shamed P&O Ferries declared “only the fittest survive” months before the cruel sacking of 800 workers, in comments blasted by a union boss.

Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite made the remark last May after axing an initial 1,100 jobs in response to Covid.

The boss, who lives in a Cotswolds farmhouse set in six acres, said of the 2021 cull: “Only the fittest survive and we had to get fitter.”

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