Fast-fashion firm Boohoo put "Made in the UK" labels on potentially thousands of clothes that were actually made in South Asia.

Plain T-shirts and hoodies had their original labels removed at Boohoo's flagship factory, Thurmaston Lane in Leicester, last year

Boohoo said the incorrect labels were down to a misinterpretation of the labelling rules.

Thurmaston Lane opened two years ago and was promoted by the retailer as a UK manufacturing centre of excellence, offering end-to-end garment production in the UK.