Hancock has ‘quite significant concerns` about Leicester clothing factories
(World News UK)

The Health Secretary has said he has “quite significant concerns” about employment practices at clothing factories in Leicester amid reports one paid its staff less than the minimum wage. Matt Hancock also told Sky`s Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme there had been coronavirus outbreaks at food and clothing producers in the city, as he stressed stopping the spread of coronavirus was “the number one problem”. And he said “very significant fines” can be handed out, or businesses shut down, if employment laws and Government workplace safety guidance were found to have been breached. He did not say if any fines had yet been levied but added: “We`re not just asking nicely, we are...