UK transport secretary unveils plan to make P&O Ferries ‘fundamentally rethink’ sackings

P&O Ferries will be forced to ‘fundamentally rethink their decision’ to sack nearly 800 workers, according to British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps (Michael Cooper/PA)

P&O Ferries will be forced to “fundamentally rethink their decision” to sack nearly 800 workers, according to British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.

The Cabinet minister made the claim as he set out a series of measures in response to the redundancies.