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P&O CEO Confirms New Employees Will Be Paid As Little £5.15 Per Hour

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Follows the firing of 800 members of staff

The Chief Executive of P&O Ferries has confirmed employees, who are replacing 800 staff fired last week, will be paid as little as £5.15, per hour.

Peter Hebblethwaite has confirmed the figure in evidence to a committee of British MPs, investigating if the redundancies were legal.

Mr. Hebblethwaite says without the redundancies, as a business, P&O Ferries would have to had closed

He confirmed unions were not consulted before staff were dismissed without notice - but says they will be compensated:

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