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Graham Hiscott & Rachel Wearmouth & Aletha Adu

Sacked P&O ferry crews replaced by 'Indian seafarers paid £1.80 an hour', union claims

Sacked P&O ferry crews at Dover have been replaced by Indian seafarers paid the equivalent of £1.80 an hour, a union has claimed.

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, said it amounted to “shocking exploitation”.

It came as MPs voted 211 to zero to support a Labour bid to end fire and rehire practices – but Conservative MPs did not take part in the vote.

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