DP World, the parent company of P&O Ferries, will attend the Prime Minister's investment summit despite a row over the Transport Secretary calling the operator a 'cowboy'.

The Prime Minister said Transport Secretary Louise Haigh's call for a boycott of the firm was "not the view of the Government"

It had been feared they might pull out after Transport Secretary Louise Haigh criticised the ferry firm and urged consumers to boycott the company.

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem will attend the summit on Monday despite the transport secretary saying people should boycott the UK sea routes operator after it sacked 800 British seafarers in March 2022.

Sky News earlier revealed that the planned investment was under review and that Dubai-owned DP World's chairman, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, had cancelled plans to attend a London investment summit following criticism by government minister Louise Haigh.

The PM tells the BBC the transport minister's criticism of a ferry company is not the government's view, ahead of an investment summit.

Sir Keir Starmer has distanced himself from comments made by Labour MP Louise Haigh labelling P&O Ferries a "cowboy operator" - as Labour MPs lined up to back the Transport Secretary on Saturday.