BREAKING: P&O Ferries faces criminal investigation over sacking 800 workers.
The firm’s decision to dismiss staff and replace them with cheaper labour has drawn widespread outrage
The government has previously threatened to go after the company with new laws after it dismissed staff en masse to save money. Announcing the move, Mr Kwarteng tweeted: ‘Following my letter to the Insolvency Service last week, formal criminal and civil investigations into P&O Ferries have now commenced.
These include plans to create ‘minimum wage corridors’ on ferry routes between the UK and other countries.Mr Shapps previously said he would ask the Insolvency Service to consider disqualifying P&O Ferries chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite from acting as a company director.
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