Replacements for P&O Ferries crew paid £1.80 an hour, unions say

RMT says agency rates for seafarers are gut-wrenching betrayal' of 800 sacked British staff

Seafarers from abroad brought in to replace the 800 sacked British P&O Ferries crew are being paid as little as 1.80 an hour, unions have claimed.

The news emerged as Labour accused the government of doing absolutely nothing" when it learned of the planned sackings, as a memorandum with the game plan" of P&O was circulated on Wednesday evening.