Leicester lockdown: Boohoo 'putting workers at risk of coronavirus'

Online fashion retailer Boohoo has defended its business practices after a workers' rights group said staff at Leicester factories that supply the group were at risk of coronavirus. The allegations came after a local lockdown was imposed on the city. Labour Behind the Label said workers were 'being forced to come into work while sick with COVID-19'. Boohoo said it had 'terminated relationships' with factories over the treatment of workers. Labour Behind the Label said it had also received reports that workers who wished to isolate were being denied pay and factories had been operating illegally throughout lockdown.