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Union boss warns Starmer’s attacks on Haigh ‘unacceptable’ in P&O investment row

Exclusive: Allies of transport secretary Louise Haigh are rallying to her support after Keir Starmer appeared to criticise her following the decision of P&O Ferry’s owner to cancel plans for £1bn investment in the UK

The Independent UK

P&O owner to attend UK investment summit despite minister’s criticism

Keir Starmer rebuked transport secretary, Louise Haigh, for describing P&O Ferries as a ‘rogue operator’

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries’ owner pulls news of £1bn port investment after ministers criticise firm

Transport secretary denounced DP World over mass sackings while bringing in protections for workers at sea

The Guardian - UK

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P&O Ferries pull £1bn UK investment after Labour’s ‘cowboy’ attack

Transport secretary Louise Haigh’s threat to boycott company over firing 800 workers triggers cancellation of announcement for major expansion of London Gateway port ahead of major government summit to attract investors to Britain

The Independent UK

New UK laws to stop repeat of P&O mass sackings scandal go before parliament

Labour clamps down on poor working conditions at sea with laws on collective dismissal and minimum wage on cross-Channel ferries

The Guardian - UK

Eurotunnel breakdown triggers six-hour waits at Calais

The delays occured on the final Sunday of the holidays for many schools

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries agrees deal with cross-Channel rival to reduce queues at Dover

Tie up with Irish Ferries will allow passengers to board next available crossing from either operator

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National sovereignty is little defence against the global hunt for profits

Capitalism seems to enable companies to see staff as expendable units, not humans

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries boss asked if he is ‘modern-day pirate’ for paying staff £4.87 an hour

Peter Hebblethwaite appears in front of MPs two years after saying lowest-paid agency worker would earn £5.15 an hour

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries seafarers told they will benefit from new French pay rules

Rivals had feared P&O could challenge legislation closing loopholes that allowed low wages

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries boss to be questioned by MPs on working conditions

Ferry company has agreed to sign commitment it will pay maritime workers at least UK minimum wage

The Guardian - UK

Cross-channel ferry crews must be paid at least £9.95 an hour under French law

New minimum wage law to be brought in two years after P&O Ferries replaced hundreds of workers with low-cost crew

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries has paid some crew less than half UK minimum wage

Company is using legal loophole UK government promised to close two years ago, Guardian analysis suggests

The Guardian - UK

Nothing has been done to stop repeat of P&O Ferries scandal, unions say

Despite UK government outrage the ‘legal loopholes remain and operator has been let off the hook’, says joint statement

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The Independent UK

Eurostar chaos: How can I get home and what are my rights?

A total of 41 trains were cancelled, leaving upwards of 30,000 passengers with no immediate way to reach their destination – and uncertain about their entitlement to compensation

Evening Standard

Carnival UK assures union it has no plans to dismiss crew and rehire them

The leading cruise ship operator said it is ‘categorically not making any redundancies’ and will ‘not dismiss and re-engage staff’.

The Guardian - UK

P&O Cruises and Cunard threaten to fire and rehire more than 900 UK staff

Cruise firms could dismiss crew unless they accept salary cuts and flexible working arrangements

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries' latest push to recruit agency staff from overseas after axing UK workforce

P&O Ferries admitted breaking the law by sacking hundreds of people without notice last year, but it has now set up a crewing agency in Malta to recruit further staff from overseas

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The Independent UK

P&O Ferries’ new hybrid ship arrives in Dover

The company expects the vessel, named Pioneer, to cut fuel usage on the Dover-Calais crossing by 40% compared with ships in its current fleet.

Belfast Live

Dog stolen in Glasgow found straying in Ballymena is back home where she belongs

Issy was found straying almost 150 miles away from home

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries: prospect of fine over mass sackings is ‘less than remote’

Dubai-owned ferry operator predicts inquiry into its sacking of 786 workers last year will not result in ‘related economic outflow’

Wales Online

P&O bosses confident it will avoid fine for sacking 800 staff without notice

A union said it would be a 'scandal'

Insider UK

Bosses at P&O Ferries confident of avoiding fine for mass sackings

Some 786 P&O workers were made redundant without consultation

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries bosses set to avoid punishment after sacking 800 seafarers without notice

786 of the company’s workers were made redundant without consultation on March 17 2022

The Independent UK

Holidaymakers forced to wait for hours amid large queues for trains and ferries

People faced 90-minute waits at the Port of Dover on Good Friday.

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