Leicester garment worker: 'Working for £3 an hour made me feel dirty'

A BBC investigation finds garment workers who explain why they accepted wages as low as £3 an hour.

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The city was once the engine of England's clothing industry, with companies including retail giant Next keeping tens of thousands of people in work.

Then, after many years of factory closures, a profitable new industry arose – fast fashion.

Sub-contractors supplying companies such as Boohoo offered the flexibility to deliver large orders to tight deadlines, piling the stock high and selling it cheap.

But then the coronavirus pandemic lifted the lid on how intense competition had created widespread exploitation in Leicester's supply chain.

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