Who pays? The real cost of cheap school uniforms

£450million is spent on school uniforms in the UK every year, as supermarkets compete to get parents through the door you can now buy a whole school uniform – including shoes – for less than £10.

But as the prices are cut who is paying the real cost? Our film shows the impact supermarket price wars are having on the women in Bangladesh who are making school uniforms.

The pressure from UK supermarkets to cut costs and change orders is contributing to the low wages and poor conditions of the women working in these factories – many of whom are not earning enough to be able to send their own children to school.



We are calling for the UK government to put in place tougher rules and an independent watchdog to ensure that supermarkets play fair in the developing countries where they do business.

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