Europe has tied my hands on ferry crews’ minimum wage, admits Grant Shapps
Grant Shapps is facing a revolt from port bosses over a plan to force them to turn away ferries that fail to pay their crew minimum wage, after admitting…
P&O refuses to rehire sacked workers as second ferry seized
It comes as a second P&O ferry was detained by maritime authorities over safety concerns. The Pride of Kent was held in Dover on Monday night after…
EU loophole that let P&O sack 800 workers to be closed
“My advisers keep on telling me ‘stop praising Grant Shapps’,” Turner says. “[But] the truth is Grant Shapps has done a lot of heavy lifting behind the…
P&O’s mass sackings put hundreds more ferry jobs at risk, warns rival
Hundreds more seafarers are at risk of being made redundant and replaced with cheaper agency staff if P&O Ferries’ mass sackings are not overturned, a rival operator…
P&O’s owner has made Britain’s most militant union look like the good guys
Many of the union reforms enacted by her Government have since been eroded. More difficult economic times threaten a return to union militancy, especially in key public…
P&O’s Dubai owners join Fred Goodwin and Philip Green in the business hall of shame
Though of course the Sheikh’s reputation had already been severely damaged by revelations in the High Court that he orchestrated the abductions of two of his children…
‘Your laws caused this’: MP abused as unions seize on P&O crisis to attack Tories
RMT’s General Secretary Mick Lynch has openly declared his preference for aggressive tactics. He said the government believe “the working class are weak” and declared the union…
What should I do if I have a booking with P&O Ferries?
What should I do if travelling at a later date? If you plan to secure tickets with another operator in advance, here are the alternative companies on…
Amazing destinations you probably didn’t realise you could reach without flying
Continue on train number 2, the Rossiya, which leaves Moscow for Vladivostok on six-night journeys to the Pacific. A bed in a four-berth sleeper starts at around…