Labour MP Keir Starmer nets £10k advising Gibraltar politicians as they looked to nobble Brexit

LABOUR Remoaner Sir Keir Starmer was paid almost £10,000 by Gibraltar for “legal advice” as it tried to nobble Brexit.

The former Director of Public Prosecutions got £9,480 for just 20 hours of work in December 2015, according to the MPs’ Register of Interests.

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It came just days before Gibraltar’s politicians published draft legislation to enable its pro-EU citizens to vote in the referendum.

The British Overseas Territory relies on around 12,000 Spanish workers — half its ­workforce — crossing the border every day.

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Its population voted 96 per cent in favour of remaining in the EU, making it the most pro-European part of Britain.

The Spanish authorities have threatened to close the border if the UK does not grant them joint rule.

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Starmer — Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union — refused to reveal the nature of his legal advice to the Gibraltar government, but insisted it had nothing to do with helping them draft their legislation.

The lawyer, who has a £1.5million London pad and family home in Surrey, said: “As you know, legal advice is confidential and privileged.”

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