Exclusive: Labour leader did not contact Acoba about taking up role at top firm in 2014, it has emerged

Keir Starmer failed to consult the post-government appointments watchdog when he left the Crown Prosecution Service and took a highly paid consultancy with a top law firm, the Guardian has found.

After the Labour leader stepped down as director of public prosecutions (DPP) in October 2013, he became a part-time consultant at Mishcon de Reya, an elite London firm that paid him at least £100,000.

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