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P&O Ferries: criminal investigation launched after staff sackings

Insolvency Service starts ‘both criminal and civil investigations’ over firm’s dismissal of 786 workers

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries faces criminal investigation into mass sacking of workers

The firm has been widely condemned for firing nearly 800 staff and replacing them with agency workers

Daily Record

P&O Ferries has ‘got away with it’, say unions as Shapps backtracks on action

Two-week battle to hold company to account for sacking of 786 crew members appears to end with a whimper

The Guardian - UK

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P&O Cruises takes out adverts to make clear it is not related to disgraced P&O Ferries

P&O Cruises has taken out adverts to make clear it is not linked to disgraced P&O Ferries.

Evening Standard

Glasgow firm accused of helping P&O 'fire and rehire' staff and supplying 'scab workforce'

Clyde Marine Recruitment has been accused of 'desperately phoning round staff who had been disgracefully sacked' after it was confirmed some of the P&O workers who were brutally axed will return on an agency basis.

Glasgow Live

'Shameful' P&O Ferries in fire and rehire row as Glasgow firm defends role

Clyde Marine Recruitment (CMR) confirmed some of the P&O workers who were brutally axed will return on an agency basis.

Daily Record

Grant Shapps unveils plans to make P&O Ferries 'fundamentally rethink' sackings

These include plans to create "minimum wage corridors" on ferry routes between the UK and other countries.

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Grant Shapps’ response to P&O Ferries won’t get its sacked workers their jobs back

New powers will block ferries that pay crews below minimum wage from UK ports, which P&O will probably find acceptable

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries: What will pay raise for UK crew mean for future sailings?

Most ferry firms have welcomed the measures

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries: Ports to be handed powers to stop boats docking that don't pay crew minimum wage

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said it was a warning to P&O Ferries, after the firm's no-notice sackings of 800 staff, that "the game is up" - but unions are unimpressed

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries action by government 'far too little, too late' say unions

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced measures today

Wales Online

UK ports industry dismisses plans to block ferries that employ underpaid crews

Proposal in response to outrage over P&O Ferries’ sacking of 800 workers has been called ‘unworkable’

The Guardian - UK

Plans to make P&O Ferries 'fundamentally rethink' sackings unveiled by Grant Shapps

The Government will urge ports to refuse access to boats carrying seafarers paid below the minimum wage

Birmingham Post

Grant Shapps unveils plan to make P&O Ferries ‘fundamentally rethink’ sackings

The Cabinet minister set out a series of measures in response to the redundancies.

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Grant Shapps tells regulator to disqualify ‘unfit to lead’ P&O Ferries boss

Ports will be told to refuse ferries paying below minimum wage – but union says ‘too little, too late’ plan won’t reverse mass sackings

Wales Online

P&O Ferries say Ministers are the reason ships have failed inspections

'We welcome this additional scrutiny and would reiterate that the safety of our passengers and crew is our foremost priority'

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries accuses agency of ‘unprecedented rigour’ in detaining two ships

European Causeway was held in Larne, Northern Ireland, on Friday, while Pride of Kent was detained in Dover, Kent, on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries is not the first in UK waters to hire low-cost workers

The government has long turned a blind eye to widespread pay abuses by operators working out of UK ports

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The Independent UK

Government vows to clamp down on ‘fire and rehire’ after P&O sackings

New code of practice will have ‘deterrent effect’, says business minister

Wales Online

P&O boss accused of 'corporate terrorism' as he faced another grilling

The chief executive was asked about reports of staff being escorted off by men with balaclavas and handcuffs

The Independent UK

P&O boss accused of ‘corporate terrorism’ during Holyrood appearance

The chief executive of the ferry company, which made 800 workers redundant via a pre-recorded video, was heavily criticised by MSPs.

Chronicle Live

P&O Ferries won't reverse decision to illegally sack 800 workers despite Minister's plea

Transport Minister Grant Shapps wrote to P&O Ferries saying it had “one further opportunity to reverse this decision by immediately offering all 800 workers their jobs back”

The Independent UK

Your latest international travel questions answered by expert Simon Calder

What are the prospects for easier travel restrictions for France, the US, Morocco and China?

Daily Record

P&O boss branded the 'most hated man in Britain' and accused of 'corporate terrorism'

CEO Peter Hebblethwaite was also asked if he felt any shame during an evidence session to the Scottish Parliament.

Evening Standard

P&O Ferries refuses Grant Shapps’ plea to change decision over sackings

Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite claimed the Transport Secretary’s request ‘ignores the situation’s fundamental and factual realities’

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