Downing Street has said it is looking to see if P&O Ferries has broken any rules after the company made the decision to sack 800 seafarers.
The firm fired the staff without notice on Thursday and are set to be replaced with cheaper agency workers. Union bosses have called for a boycott of the company while demonstrations are being held at ports on Friday.
The firm blamed losses of £100m and said that the cuts had to be made as it was not currently a “viable business”. The official spokesman for the Prime Minister said the Government was looking ‘at the legality’ of P&O’s decision.
He said: “We are looking very closely at the actions that this company has taken to see whether they acted within the rules.
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