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P&O Ferries rejects plea from Grant Shapps for U-turn on sackings

Ferry firm’s boss says complying with minister’s request would cause company’s collapse

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries refuses plea to reverse sackings

Re-employing the seafaring staff on their previous wages would “deliberately cause the company’s collapse”, says the boss

Insider UK

P&O boss refuses to reinstate 800 sacked staff as row with Government escalates

P&O Ferries chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite insisted the firm would not U-turn on the decision to fire hundreds of seafarers to replace them with cheaper agency staff

Daily Mirror

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P&O Ferries boss refuses plea to reverse decision to sack 800 workers

The CEO said re-employing the workers would 'deliberately cause the company's collapse'

Birmingham Post

P&O Ferries confirm number of fired staff who live in Scotland

Under-fire chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite will give evidence to a Scottish Parliament committee this morning

Daily Record

P&O Ferries refuses plea from Grant Shapps to reverse decision to sack workers

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

The Independent UK

P&O boss won't reverse order to sack 800 staff as that would 'collapse company'

Peter Hebblethwaite has told Transport Secretary Grant Shapps he will not reverse the decision

Wales Online

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What it was like aboard the first P&O ferry trip after 800 crew sacked - and what we discovered

Joe Gerrard ventured to Rotterdam aboard a P&O ferry to see what it was like after hundreds were sacked last week

Manchester Evening News

Lebedev criticises Labour as MPs debate releasing security advice behind peerage – as it happened

Latest updates: Peer says opposition criticism of him is based on ‘pure innuendo’; government may be forced to release security advice on Lebedev

The Guardian - UK

Stock markets rally on Russia-Ukraine talks, oil prices dip – as it happened

Investors cheered by signs of progress in peace talks, while UK grocery inflation hits 11-year high amid cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK

Second P&O ferry is detained over safety concerns after firm sacked 800

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has confirmed that it is holding P&O ferry The Pride of Kent following a safety inspection, after another ferry was detained last Friday

Daily Mirror

Second P&O ferry detained after safety inspection, coastguard agency says

The firm sparked outrage after sacking 800 seafarers without notice on March 17, amid plans to bring in cheaper agency staff.

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries boss to appear before Holyrood committee

Peter Hebblethwaite will face the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.

The Independent UK

Sainsbury’s will do well to take the low-pay pressure seriously

It’s hard to see why the supermarkets have resisted real living wage accreditation for so long

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The Independent UK

MPs call for P&O Ferries boss to be axed as Government moves to stop sackings

Transport minister Robert Courts said Peter Hebblethwaite’s position at the head of the company was ‘untenable’.

The Independent UK

P&O must be stripped of licence to operate and its boss struck off, senior MPs tell Grant Shapps

Pressure on transport secretary to get tougher with rogue firm after questions raised over his ‘block’ on redundancies

Daily Record

P&O bosses warned to take sacked crews back or be blocked from UK ports

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he would bring in legislation to close the loophole allowing ferry companies to dodge UK minimum wage rules.

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries has last chance to rehire sacked staff, says Grant Shapps

Firm must lift this week’s deadline for workers to reply to redundancy offers, says transport secretary

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Insider UK

Grant Shapps threatens P&O Ferries with package of measures to ‘halt sackings’

Scottish protests against the mass sackings are taking place this week

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps threatens P&O Ferries with ‘package of measures’ to ‘block’ plan

The ferry company sacked 800 crew members without notice on March 17.

Birmingham Post

Grant Shapps warns P&O Ferries boss of law changes to protect seafarers after 800 workers sacked

He also called on Mr Hebblethwaite to offer all 800 workers their jobs back

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries: New legislation could lead to company shut down with loss of 2,000 jobs

‘We will be taking steps to protect all mariners who are working in UK waters and ensure that they are paid the living wage,’ says Boris Johnson

The Guardian - UK

Bank of England governor warns swings in commodity prices pose risk to market resilience – as it happened

Bailey warns commodity markets are area of greatest fragility in financial system as oil prices fall on Shanghai lockdown; Russian stocks drop and rouble strengthens

Wales Online

P&O Ferries’ rivals to meet Government officials after staff sackings

DFDS and Stena Lines will hold talks with the Department for Transport

Daily Mirror

Grant Shapps preparing to ban P&O from using UK routes unless workers paid minimum wage

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has written the head of P&O Ferries to shame the boss into reversing the firm's bombshell decision about workers and to urge him to reverse cuts and pay staff minimum wage

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