UP to 1,500 former Thomas Cook workers are in line for awards of thousands of pounds each following an employment tribunal judgement, the TSSA announced today.

The transport union said that a decision on the collapsed travel firm’s failure to consult before making redundancies opens the way for former employees to claim as much as £4,200 each from the Insolvency Service.

There was no warning before Thomas Cook went into liquidation in September 2019, according to the union, causing about 1,500 workers in London, Manchester and Peterborough to lose their jobs.