Revoke licences of P&O Ferries, union urges UK transport secretary

P&O has said its services between Liverpool and Dublin have resumed as of Saturday afternoon.

P&O Ferries has restarted one of its routes following a mass sacking of 800 staff (Danny Lawson/PA)

A maritime union has urged the Transport Secretary to revoke P&O Ferries’ licences in British waters as the operator resumed services on one of its routes.

Nautilus International general secretary Mark Dickinson has written to Grant Shapps encouraging the Government to take urgent action against the ferry operator after it sacked 800 workers two days ago.