P&O Ferries boss Peter Hebblethwaite was today described as “the most hated man in Britain” by a Scottish politician after the decision to sack 800 of its staff and replace them with agency workers. C4Ciaran reports.
Probably the most hated man in Britain – the charge which one Scottish MSP today levelled at the boss of P&O ferries after the company decided to sack 800 of its staff and replace them with agency workers.
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