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Senior directors at online fashion giant Boohoo knew about "serious issues" with how workers at its supply chain were treated months before the scandal broke, a review has found.Lawyers for the company found that staff at a site in Leicester worked in poor conditions on low pay - but that no crimes had been committed.Alison Levitt QC, the lawyer who undertook the review of Boohoo's practices, said senior directors knew "for a fact" that there were "very serious issues" at the factory in Leicester from at least December last year.She said that while a programme had been put in place to "remedy" the issues, the company "did not move quickly enough".Questions over Boohoo's treatment of workers in its supply train had previously been raised in

industry's "sweatshop" scandal has identified "many failings", which its chief executive described as "unacceptable".However, the fast fashion retailer was absolved from allegations that it deliberately allowed poor working conditions and low pay to flourish at its suppliers. The independent review, conducted by Alison Levitt QC, has recommended a raft of improvements to Boohoo’s corporate governance, compliance and monitoring processes.The company said Ms Levitt's review found that Boohoo could have been a force for good if it had been "willing to take a different approach to how it both views and interacts with the Leicester supply chain".It added: "It has already made a significant start on putting things right."John Lyttle, Boohoo's