JEREMY Corbyn “ethical” T-shirts selling for £19 are made by Indian workers earning 55p an hour.

They would have to graft for a week before they could afford to buy one of the tops hailing the Labour leader who slams cheap labour.

8 T-shirts hailing Jeremy Corbyn cost £19, but have been made by workers who earn just 55p an hour

The shirts are manufactured for the Corbyn-backing Momentum group in a factory in Coimbatore.

Momentum turned to Isle of Wight-based clothes firm Rapanui following a scandal involving another company.

Rapanui pay some workers less than half the wage needed to cover basic needs, says Asia Floor Wage Alliance.

Factory sweepers earn about 55p an hour and a supervisor about 72p.

8 'Ethical' T-shirts have been manufactured for the Corbyn-backing Momentum group

8 Rapanui, which manufactures the shirts, pay some workers less than half the wage needed to cover basic needs, sources claim Credit: Getty Images - Getty

8 Jeremy Corbyn pictured with Labour supporters

After The Sun on Sunday told Momentum of our findings it said it would ensure its merchandising partners pay a living wage.

And Rapanui insisted they do pay their staff a living wage according to another monitor, the Social Accountability International.

8 Jeremy Corbyn pictured with supporters ahead of his final speech at Labour Party conference Credit: AFP

8 Other T-shirts available at Labour Conference include one with slogan 'Never Kissed A Tory' Credit: Rex Features

8 Here are some other T-shirts flogged by Labour supporters Credit: Ian Whittaker - The Sun

8 Labour voters queue up to buy the controversial T-shirts Credit: AFP

It said it visits factories and insists they “meet a wide range of sustainability and social criteria including audits to ensure fair pay and working conditions”.

It added: “Checks on this supplier show they pay a living wage as defined by SAI, a member of the Global Living Wage Coalition.”

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: “This demonstrates once again the rank hypocrisy of the left.”