UK risks becoming dumping ground for goods from exploited workers, MPs say

The UK is ‘in danger of operating a second-class regime to safeguard our markets against forced labour’, the committee chair said. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

The government must close loopholes that enable firms exploiting workers to undercut British businesses or risk the UK becoming a “dumping ground” for goods made in poor conditions, MPs have said.

In a report published on Monday, the business and trade select committee calls on the government to make it mandatory for companies to say how they will tackle modern slavery in their supply chain and to introduce bigger penalties for firms that do not comply, including “naming and shaming” businesses.