Downing Street has warned PandO Ferries that there could be "ramifications" over its decision to sack some 800 seafarers. The Prime Minister's official spokesman said the UK Government was looking to see if the company's actions broke the relevant rules. "We are looking very closely at the actions that this company has taken to see whether they acted within the rules," the spokesman said."Once we have concluded that, we will decide what the ramifications are.
Obviously there are a lot of valid questions in relation to existing contracts, etc."We are working through exactly the detail of what action the company took.
Once we have come to that conclusion, we will set out any further steps."Mirror Online reports that the billionaires behind the troubled ferry giant received £270million in dividends in the same year it claimed £10million in taxpayer cash to pay staff on furlough.
The company came under scrutiny on Thursday after suspending all ships and ordering crew and passengers off ferries at ports across the UK as 800 employees were sacked on a zoom call.Ministers branded the ferry operator 'disgusting' and 'appalling' in the wake of the announcement, as it emerged cheaper agency staff will replace their roles in a huge cost-cutting drive amid a worsening cost of living crisis.The ferry operator was bought by Dubai-based logistics giant DP World in 2019.
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