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Grant Shapps told about P&O ‘challenges’ but not redundancies in November meeting

The Department for Transport said that Mr Shapps was not told about any plans to lay off workers

Wales Online

Tory minister Grant Shapps missed key 'window of opportunity' to help doomed P&O staff

Grant Shapps insisted he was not told of plans for mass lay-offs after minutes of a November meeting with top execs were published, but Labour said the government should have grasped the chance to intervene

Daily Mirror

Talks between RMT and P&O over sackings end after 20 minutes

The union is calling for a boycott of P&O services over the sackings.

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P&O Ferries: questions raised over Grant Shapps’ meeting with DP World

Dubai meeting in November revealed in departmental minutes

The Guardian - UK

Shapps told about P&O ‘challenges’ but not redundancies in November meeting

New minutes show the Transport Secretary was told a new ‘low-cost competitor’ would cause issues.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson backs calls for P&O chief executive to stand down after admitting sackings broke the law

Peter Hebblethwaite admitted breaking employment law over the sacking of 800 workers without notice.

Chronicle Live

How P&O Ferries broke the law – and what the consequences might be

P&O admits choosing an illegal course with its mass sackings, but will ministers do anything about it?

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Downing Street calls for P&O Ferries chief executive to quit after ‘brazen’ comments

But spokesperson refuses to guarantee firm will be prosecuted under planned changes to the law

The Independent UK

PM backs calls for ‘brazen’ boss of P&O Ferries to quit

Peter Hebblethwaite admitted there was ‘no doubt’ his firm should have consulted unions before sacking 800 staff, but it did not.

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries boss urged to quit after 'brazen' comments about breaking the law

Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite has been blasted after he admitted the firm broke the law

Daily Record

Evening Standard Comment: We must help equip Ukraine to fight on

Throughout the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Joe Biden has been careful to avoid a dangerous escalation, or as he put it, World War III.

Evening Standard

Government calls on P&O boss to resign after admitting sackings were 'illegal'

The ferry company sacked 800 workers without notice last week

Liverpool Echo

Boris Johnson backs call for P&O Ferries boss to resign over mass sackings – as it happened

Latest updates: the prime minister supports an earlier call by the transport secretary for Peter Hebblethwaite to step down, his spokesman says

The Guardian - UK

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

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The Independent UK

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 Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

Union leaders hold talks with P&O to demand reinstatement of sacked seafarers

Rail, Maritime and Transport union bosses welcomed the public and political support for its campaign after almost 800 workers were sacked.

The Independent UK

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

PM backs Grant Shapps in calling for Peter Hebblethwaite to quit

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

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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’

Daily Mirror

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

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

Chronicle Live

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

Manchester Evening News

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

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

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