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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rob Merrick

Plan to stop P&O undercutting minimum wage will not ‘undo’ sackings as promised, Grant Shapps told

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A plan to stop P&O Ferries undercutting the minimum wage as it recruits new staff, is not enough to “undo” its mass sackings as promised, a union is warning the government.

Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, is poised to change the law to shut the ferry operator out of UK ports unless it abandons “sweatshop” pay rates as low as £5.15 an hour.

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