Poor working conditions persist in Leicester garment factories, finds survey

Research was funded by Boohoo amid effort to clean up sector after complaints about supply chain practices

More than half of the Leicester garment workers involved in a new study say they are paid below the minimum wage and receive no holiday pay, almost two years on from revelations about poor standards in the city's factories.

The study was commissioned by a new body, the Garment and Textile Workers Trust, which is funded by online fashion retailer Boohoo, as part of efforts to clean up its act after revelations about poor practice in the group's Leicester supply chain.