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EXCLUSIVE Revealed: Poverty-stricken workers who made the Next jacket worn by Gary Lineker on his BBC Euros show are paid just 44p an hour By Abul Taher and Mark Hookham Published: 22:45, 29 June 2024 | Updated: 22:48, 29 June 2024 e-mail View comments When Gary Lineker wore a green jacket from Next while presenting coverage of the Euros, he was accused of flouting BBC guidelines by plugging his own clothing range. Now he is facing further questions after a Mail on Sunday investigation today reveals that workers who make the jacket are paid a pitiful 44p an hour. The MoS discovered that those involved in producing hundreds of the £55 jackets promoted by Lineker are enduring grinding poverty and living in tiny tin-roof shacks near a giant factory complex in Bangladesh.

Gary Lineker pictured wearing the Next jacket on BBC during the Euros coverage of England v Serbia on June 16 Former footballer Gary Lineker pictured wearing the £55 Next jacket that he promotes Now he is facing further questions after a Mail on Sunday investigation today reveals that workers who make the jacket are paid a pitiful 44p an hour The MoS discovered that those involved in producing hundreds of the £55 jackets promoted by Lineker are enduring grinding poverty and living in tiny tin-roof shacks near a giant factory complex in Bangladesh Our investigation also found: A worker in her 20s, who said she stitched the jackets, described working at least 48 hours a week in stifling heat – and she barely .

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