P&O Ferries boss admits firm broke law by sacking staff without consultation

CEO tells MPs P&O aims to halve costs under new model' using seafarers paid just 5.15 an hour

P&O Ferries broke the law by choosing to sack 800 workers without consultation because no union could accept our proposals", the firm's boss has admitted.

Peter Hebblethwaite told a Commons hearing on Thursday into last week's firings that the firm was halving its costs under a new operating model", which meant international seafarers would be paid less than minimum wage.