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Boris Johnson tells petrol retailers to ‘pass on’ fuel duty cut

Motorists have complained that some retailers are dragging their feet in making the price change

Evening Standard

P&O Ferries boss called on to quit by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps after 'knowingly breaking the law'

The chief executive admitted that the new crews are being paid below the UK's minimum wage apart from on domestic routes

Birmingham Post

Transport Secretary calls for P&O Ferries boss to quit

Grant Shapps said chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite should resign after his ‘brazen’ comments about ‘knowingly breaking the law’.

The Independent UK

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Downing Street urges P&O Ferries boss to resign after 800 sackings

Government promises legislation to force company to reverse move and pay crew minimum wage

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson calls on P&O Ferries boss to resign over 'brazen' comments about breaking law

Boris Johnson has backed Transport Secretary Grant Shapps' call for chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite to quit over “breathtaking” comments about the company “knowingly breaking the law”

Daily Mirror

Go-Ahead retains UK's largest rail contract despite "appalling breach of trust"

The Government has decided that Go-Ahead's Govia joint venture will continue to operate the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern rail services

Birmingham Post

Boris Johnson says ‘brazen’ P&O Ferries CEO should resign immediately over sackings

Boris Johnson has backed calls for the “brazen” P&O Ferries chief executive to resign over the sacking of 800 staff.

Evening Standard

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P&O Ferries - live: Boris Johnson calls for CEO to resign

PM backs Grant Shapps in calling for Peter Hebblethwaite to quit

The Independent UK

Inflation pressures hit consumer confidence; Moscow stock market falls back – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

The Guardian - UK

Grants Shapps calls for P&O CEO to resign after he knowingly broke law over staff sackings

Transport secretary says company boss showed ‘brazen, breathtaking, incredible arrogance’

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson news – live: ‘Millions left out’ in mini budget, as Shapps admits fuel prices still ‘crazy high’

Former Labour PM warns ‘this is an emergency’ as parents choose between turning up heating or feeding children amid rising cost of living

The Independent UK

Loophole allowing drivers to escape punishment for using mobile phone closes

New rules ban virtually all hand-held use of mobile phones on Britain’s roads

Wales Online

New mobile phone driving law comes into force today affecting all UK motorists

Anyone caught using their hand-held device while driving could face a fine of up to £1,000 as well as six points on their licence - with legislation getting even tougher from today

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries boss reveals new crew paid just £5.50 an hour as he admits law was broken

The firm replaced 800 seafarers with cheaper agency staff last week

Manchester Evening News

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Manchester Evening News

‘It’s a betrayal’ – Gasps as councillor tears up document during EXPLOSIVE town hall row

The disgreement arose after plans were revealed for Bolton Council to bid to house a national railway centre in the town centre

The Independent UK

Law will be changed to ‘undo’ P&O’s mass sacking of its workers, government vows

The law will be changed to “undo” P&O’s mass sacking of its workers, the government is vowing – just hours after a minister warned that would harm the economy.

Chronicle Live

P&O Ferries boss admits firm broke law as he apologies - but says he would make same decision to sack 800 staff again

Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite claimed the sacking of 800 people was necessary or P&O would have been unable to continue operating

Insider UK

P&O admits breaking the law over sackings

Chief executive is due to be grilled by MSPs next week, after a first round today in Westminster

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Wales Online

P&O Ferries admits breaking law over mass sackings

The workers were dismissed without notice

The Independent UK

P&O admits breaking law over sackings

The company replaced its crews with cheaper agency workers last week.

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries boss admits firm broke law by sacking staff without consultation

CEO tells MPs P&O aims to halve costs under ‘new model’ using seafarers paid just £5.15 an hour

The Independent UK

P&O admits paying new ferry workers below UK minimum wage

Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite said the average pay of the new crew is only £5.15 per hour.

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries boss admits firm broke law - and claims they warned Tories last YEAR

Chief Executive Peter Hebbelthwaite claimed the firm warned Transport Secretary Grant Shapps last year that P&O would be "needing to make changes to our business this year”

Daily Record

Using your mobile phone in the car will be illegal tomorrow and could risk £200

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said that the changes will make it 'easier' for authorities to prosecute drivers for using their mobile phone when behind the wheel of a vehicle.

The Independent UK

Two years that shook the travel industry

Today marks two years since travel was turned on its head by the Covid-19 pandemic. Simon Calder looks back at an extraordinary 24 months for the international travel industry

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