At disgraced ferry company P&O, bosses have given overseas workers a pay rise despite sacking nearly 800 UK staff in March after 'claiming poverty'.

As Hull Live reports, more than 100 staff members in the Netherlands will get a 5% rise in their paypackets, it was revealed this weekend.

The revelation comes two months after P&O fired hundreds of employees - including dozens in Hull - to take on overseas agency staff paid below UK minimum wage due to claims it had run out of money.

The news, revealed by The Sunday Mirror, was met with fury by unions and Labour, who blasted the Government’s 'lack of action'.

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said: “The Conservatives have given the green light to trample over workers in Britain. Nowhere is that more apparent than the stark difference in how P&O think they can get away with treating Dutch and British workers.”

More on the story of the ferry operator which has a network that includes Dover-Calais and Irish Sea services of Liverpool-Dublin and Cairnryan-Larne.