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P&O DID deliberately break law over shameful mass sackings as CEO in shameful admission

P&O boss Peter Hebblethwaite admits the firm deliberately broke the law to sack 800 staff as ferry fatcat says he’d do it again and also admits replacements’ low pay

Daily Mirror

Sulky Sunak is as thin-skinned as any other politician with eye on top job

Chancellor is unable to luxuriate in ‘Dishy Rishi’ applause after poorly received spring statement

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries may not regret breaking law, but the UK should regret dealing with its owner

Dubai’s DP World has proved itself an unfit partner for Britain’s freeport programme

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P&O Ferries CEO acknowledges ignoring UK rules in firing 786

The head of a ferry operator at the center of a bitter labor dispute stunned U.K. lawmakers when he acknowledged that the company chose to ignore the law and labor contracts when it fired 786 workers without consulting with them in advance

The Independent UK

The P&O Ferries 'fire and re-hire' scandal, what we know now, and could it happen again?

It's a week since P&O Ferries staff were escorted off vessels by balaclava wearing security guards starting a 'fire and rehire' scandal in the UK

Chronicle Live

P&O Ferries boss asked by Bristol MP if he's 'clueless or a shameless criminal'

P&O CEO Peter Hebblethwaite admitted that the company broke the law in not consulting with trade unions over redundancies

Bristol Post

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.

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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

Chronicle Live

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

Insider UK

P&O boss to appear before Holyrood committee over sacking of workforce

The ferry company’s chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite will appear before the committee on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

P&O boss admits company broke law as MPs demand immediate action

MPs investigating the sacking of 800 staff by P&O Ferries were left stunned by an admission by the company boss that they ignored the 'sham' of redundancy consultations demanded by law.

Daily Record

‘No powers’ to prosecute P&O despite firm admitting it broke law in sacking 800 workers, government concedes

It is up to ‘the individuals concerned’ to take the firm to a tribunal, minister tells MPs

The Independent 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 Guardian - UK

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”

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Daily Record

Furious protest at Scottish port over P&O's "illegal" sacking of staff

Sacked workers among protestors at ferry operator's Scottish base. They were replaced by £2 an hour foreign workers, leading to legal action against P&O by unions and UK government

The Independent UK

P&O sackings ‘absolutely outrageous’, union boss tells MPs

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the RMT, said the ferry operator is guilty of ‘flagrant breaches of the law’.

Edinburgh Live

Family's P&O Cruises once-in-a-lifetime holiday in tatters as daughter, 12, refused boarding

The P&O agent said Niamh would not be allowed to travel with the family and the holiday would be cancelled - leaving mum Sharron in floods of tears at the loss of their dream trip.

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries - live: CEO says firm broke the law but would ‘make this decision again’

‘I would make this decision again, I’m afraid,’ says Peter Hebblethwaite of mass sackings

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The Guardian - UK

Exploiters such as P&O watch out – there’s a new wave of trade unionists coming for you

Trade unions are shackled by restrictive laws, but they can still challenge militant capitalism, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Cost of living crisis hitting economic outlook as firms hike prices – as it happened

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Wales Online

P&O chief executive to be quizzed by MPs over crew dismissals

Peter Hebblethwaite will appear before a joint hearing of transport and business committees

The Independent UK

P&O chief executive to be quizzed by MPs over sackings

Peter Hebblethwaite will appear before a joint hearing of transport and business committees.

Daily Record

Former P&O captain slams "callous" company betrayal of staff

Former captain Val Plant reveals there may be too few officers to train foreign workers - queries how P&O can get appropriate safety certificate

Wales Online

easyJet pledges to fast-track P&O ferry staff for airline jobs - full list of vacancies

Besides cabin crew vacancies at the airline, other roles are available at easyJet’s London Luton Airport headquarters

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of ‘half-arsed bluster and waffle’ on workers’ rights

PM ‘all mouth no trousers’ over P&O Ferries scandal, says Labour leader

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