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UK investigates supplier of NHS PPE over alleged use of forced labour

Malaysia’s Supermax, which has a £316m contract with health service, has been banned from selling in US

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The government has launched an investigation into one of the NHS’s main suppliers of personal protective equipment over its alleged use of forced labour.

Officials at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) are investigating Supermax, which won a £316m contract for 88.5m rubber gloves as the Covid pandemic began to unfold.

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