UK ‘dragging its heels’ over trade links to forced labour in China – as one survivor prepares to sue trade secretary

The British government has been accused of “dragging its heels” over trade linked to forced labour. A Chinese labour camp survivor is preparing to sue the UK’s trade secretary for allowing cotton imports from the western Chinese province of Xinjiang, where it has been alleged local minority groups such as the Uyghurs have been subjected to human rights violations. Erbakit Otarbay has spoken out despite warnings it could put his family in danger. His lawyer, Paul Conrathe, says it is “outrageous” that the UK government is “hiding behind manifestly inadequate legislation”. The former leader of the Conservatives, Sir Iain Duncan…