Getting paid for work you’ve already done should be simple. In fashion, it isn’t. 

Our new 2026 report, Who Pays?, reveals how fashion brands routinely break the rules of doing business - changing orders after they’re agreed, cancelling after costs have been spent, refusing to pay for extra work, and imposing unfair fines. 

These aren’t rare cases. They’re widespread - and built into how the system works. 

When brands change the deal, someone else pays the price. 

Manufacturers are forced to absorb rising costs and financial risk. 
Workers face lost hours, low pay, insecurity, and unsafe conditions. 

As one supplier put it:  “They don’t care.” 

This is fixable. 

A UK Fashion Watchdog would set clear rules, hold companies to account, and make sure brands pay what they owe - on time and in full. 

Momentum is building. Under the last Government, 10% of MPs recognised the need for a Fashion Watchdog. Now we need to go further. 

This is the moment to act. 

Email your MP and ask them to back a Fashion Watchdog - and help fix fashion’s broken buying system.