£6.85m programme places emphasis on benefit to businesses rather than protecting workers in the developing world, say critics
A newly announced aid programme that promises to help workers in the developing world supplying goods to British high street chains like Marks & Spencer, Primark and Morrisons has been condemned for using taxpayers’ money to “pick up the bill” for improving workforce conditions.
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