Angry protests against P&O Ferries take place at ports across UK

Politicians and trade union leaders join rallies in Dover, Hull, Liverpool and Larne over mass sacking

Angry protests against P&O Ferries have taken place at ports across the UK after the sacking without notice of 800 workers in a move the archbishop of Canterbury denounced as a sin.

Trade unions leaders and politicians of all sides joined sacked P&O workers in Hull, Dover, Liverpool and Larne to protest against the company's decision to replace all its crew with cheaper agency workers.