Boris Johnson backs calls for ‘brazen’ P&O Ferries boss to quit

It comes after chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite admitted the company broke employment law when it sacked 800 workers without notice

People take part in a demonstration against the dismissal of P&O workers organised by the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at the P&O ferry terminal in Cairnryan, Dumfries and Galloway, after the ferry giant handed 800 seafarers immediate severance notices last week. 

Boris Johnson has backed calls for the boss of P&O Ferries to quit as the British Government pledged to change the law to stop other firms who may try to “knowingly breaking the law”.

British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps called for chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite to resign on Friday after his “brazen” comments to MPs where he admitted breaking employment law over the sacking of 800 workers without notice.