Revealed: 'shocking' lack of regulation at Leicester garment factories

Fewer than 60 health and safety visits since October 2017 despite significant concerns

Leicester's garment district, which is home to more 1,000 factories, has received fewer than 60 health and safety inspections and only 28 fire inspections since October 2017 despite long-held concerns about working conditions.

The city's small clothing manufacturers, which employ as many as 10,000 people, were also the subject of just 36 HMRC investigations into payment of the national minimum wage between 2017 and March 2020, according to a freedom of information request filed by the Guardian.