British firms attacked after Bangladesh fire

Some of Britain’s leading high street retailers were facing mounting criticism over working conditions yesterday after at least ten workers were killed at a factory in Bangladesh producing fabric and yarn for Next, H&M, Asda, Morrisons and Gap.

The Aswad Knit Composite factory in Sreepur, Dhaka, was destroyed on Tuesday night after a knitting machine caught fire. The deaths come less than six months after the collapse of the Rana Plaza building, in which more than 1,100 people, mostly garment workers, were crushed to death