Home Secretary Priti Patel has written to Boohoo’s CEO John Lyttle emphasising that the fast fashion business is expected to review its buying practices and increase supply chain visibility. This follows the mass media reports of Leicester based garment factories operating outside of the law in terms of fairly remunerating workers, providing clean, safe working conditions and issuing contracts of employment.
Many have said that Leicester has always been known as a city of sweatshops which are often fly by night operations, subletting premises and subcontracting to homeworkers.
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