£4.87 an hour | Legal loophole sees P&O Ferries staff paid less than half of UK minimum wage

Shipping company P&O Ferries has been paying some crew members less than half the UK minimum wage, thanks to a legal loophole that was supposed to be axed two years ago in the wake of a previous P&O scandal, according to reports.

Analysis of worker payslips conducted by The Guardian and ITV news found that agency workers at the company have reportedly been earning as little as £4.87 an hour. By comparison, the last time the UK minimum wage was lower was in 2004, when it sat at £4.85 an hour.