Ex-transport secretary who gave ferry contract to ferry-less firm to advise Hutchison Ports

Chris Grayling, the former transport secretary who awarded a lucrative ferry contract to a firm that had no ferries, has been given a £100,000 job advising the owner of some of the UK’s top ports, it has emerged.

The MP for Epsom and Ewell has been hired to give advice to Hutchison Ports, which operates Harwich and Felixstowe, among other terminals.