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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Replacements for P&O Ferries crew paid £1.80 an hour, unions say

A protest over the mass sacking by P&O Ferries outside parliament
A protest over the mass sacking by P&O Ferries outside parliament on Monday. Photograph: May James/Reuters

Seafarers from abroad brought in to replace the 800 sacked British P&O Ferries crew are being paid as little as £1.80 an hour, unions have claimed.

The news emerged as Labour accused the government of doing “absolutely nothing” when it learned of the planned sackings, as a memorandum with the “game plan” of P&O was circulated on Wednesday evening.

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