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Port of Dover working to clear backlog after travellers left waiting for as long as 14 hours

Frustrated passengers have described the situation at the port as ‘carnage’ and ‘a shambles’

Evening Standard

Extra night sailings to try and clear Port of Dover traffic backlog

The port declared a critical incident amid high volumes of coach traffic heading to France for the Easter holidays.

The Independent UK

Dover delays: Coaches full of children stuck for 12 HOURS as thousands in Easter getaway

Fed-up passengers and worried parents took to social media to criticise the delays at Dover this morning, as thousands travel through the port on Easter getaways and school ski trips

Daily Mirror

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‘Frustrated’ Dover officials blame ‘lengthy French border processes’ as travellers stranded for over 16 hours

Critical incident declared as travellers stuck in gridlocked ‘carnage’ at port

The Independent UK

Dover ferry passengers warned of severe delays as travellers stranded for over 12 hours

‘Lengthy French processes and sheer volume’ of travellers to blame for long waits as Easter getaway begins

The Independent UK

‘Never seen anything like this’: Travellers stranded in Dover following ‘critical incident’

The Port of Dover said on Saturday morning that coach traffic heading to France was suffering ‘significant delays’

Evening Standard

Port of Dover declares critical incident as high levels of traffic sparks delays

P&O Ferries and DFDS Seaways also reported delays to ferry and coach services, citing bad weather and hold-ups at French border controls as partly responsible for the queues

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Port of Dover declares critical incident as Easter getaway and bad weather leads to long delays

There's reports of two hour waits at border control

Manchester Evening News

Port of Dover declares critical incident as high levels of traffic cause delays

Operators also reported delays to services, citing bad weather and hold-ups at French border controls as partly responsible for waits and queues.

The Independent UK

Legislation aimed at boosting seafarers’ pay gets royal assent

The Seafarers’ Wages Bill was introduced after P&O Ferries sacked nearly 800 staff in March last year.

The Independent UK

Government should invest in maritime tech, cleaner fuels and workforce – MPs

The Transport Select Committee has published a report into the UK’s maritime sector.

The Independent UK

One year on, has P&O Ferries got away with illegally sacking all its crew?

Despite outrage at the time, no staff have been reinstated, no law reforms initiated, and no sanctions started against directors or owners

The Guardian - UK

Labour unveils five-point plan to prevent repeat of P&O ‘brutal mass firing and rehiring’

Exclusive: ‘Never again should any company think they can treat workers with such contempt and be given the green light,’ says Angela Rayner

The Independent UK

UK Government criticised over ‘free pass’ for employers a year on from P&O sackings

Hundreds of workers were sacked last year but TUC says no meaningful action has followed

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Union condemns Government amid P&O sackings anniversary protest

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said it is a ‘national disgrace’ that no action has been taken to punish ‘rogue company’ DP World.

Evening Standard

French general strike hits London travellers

Dozens of flights and trains were cancelled and ferries were delayed due to French workers taking industrial action.

The Guardian - UK

Children returning from school trips delayed for six hours amid Calais strikes

Home Office rejects suggestions strikes by Border Force staff in Calais, Dunkirk, Dover and Coquelles impacting wait times

The Independent UK

Dover-Calais ferries halted for most of day due to French strikes

Warning that ‘the port and local road network in and around Dover may be busier than usual’ on eve of half-term getaway

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New 'fire and rehire' rules 'not going to stop' another P&O-type scandal, union warns

Labour's Angela Rayner and the Trades Union Congress have slammed the Government's "shameful" new rules to tackle fire and rehire practices, saying it is just a "reheated" and "repeated" regulation

Evening Standard

Dover-Calais ferry services suspended due to French industrial action

P&O Ferries said it has an ‘optimised’ sailing schedule in light of the 24-hour strike

Daily Mirror

Inside UK politics' most unreal year yet - from Partygate to Liz Truss disaster

Four Chancellors, three Prime Ministers, two monarchs - and your mortgages went pear-shaped. And that's without the tractor porn. Here's our review of the year for 2022 - Britain really did have a large one

The Guardian - UK

TUC seeks changes to draft law to help seafarers after P&O Ferries scandal

Sacking of nearly 800 crew in favour of low-paid agency workers in March led to calls for loopholes to be closed in seafarers’ wages bill

The Independent UK

It is beyond belief P&O winning awards despite mass sackings, union says

The company sparked public anger when it fired hundreds of workers without notice in March.

Wales Online

Man sacked by P&O Ferries wins payout after taking company to court

He has donated the money to help other families during the cost of living crisis

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries boss shamed after firing 800 staff will no longer attend speaking gig

Bosses said Peter Hebblethwaite, chief executive of P&O Ferries, was 'no longer able to participate' at the 'Power and People' Interferry conference in Seattle

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