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Rather than be leading the destruction of the british maritime industry, they should be doing all they can to reverse the loss of 800 jobs. in dover, the company's ferries lie idle. the dubai—based owners dp world have come under intense criticism on the way they have treated their workers. their families are going to be in need. it also means that local shopkeepers are not going to have the benefit of people spending. this is going to impact greatly on the wider community. the government now is also coming under scrutiny about the legal advice it took when told about the plans, and the scot...

Detailed safety inspections. then we expect a package of measures that perhaps you could insist that boats which are in british waters would have to pay the minimum wage to the seafarers on board and that would stop p&o from trying to undercut british star. it is difficult to see how it would work in practice. we would have to see some of the detail. p&0 have argued throughout that the business is not viable, losing £100 million, and if you were to take those claims at face value, thenif to take those claims at face value, then if the government were to say you are going to have to pay your s...

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From liverpool have resumed, after all ships were called back to port on thursday. hours later, the firm announced 800 staff had been sacked and would be replaced with agency workers. the scottish government says it too is reviewing all publicly—funded contracts with the company. our business correspondent ramzan karmali reports. chanting: go, go, p&0! go, go, p&0! protesters let their feelings be known about the sudden dismissal of 800 p&0 staff outside the tory party conference in blackpool. the government really needs to get its act together. rather than be leading the destruction of the ...

At the insensitive and brutal treatment of its employees yesterday. sacked... sacked via a pre—recorded zoom video withjust 30 minutes' notice. no way to treat employees in the 21st century. labour says the government could and should do more. the prime minister was in the uae this week meeting with the people that ultimately own the parent company, dp world. he should now be making sure that they do not receive a penny of taxpayers' money going forward. he should be suspending all government licenses and contracts with both companies and clawing back every penny that they had during the cov...