‘It absolutely stinks!’ Jenrick reignites call for INVESTIGATION into Starmer’s ‘murky’ Attorney General after Lord Hermer refuses to declare new legal earnings

He said: “This omission is particularly significant given Lord Hermer’s position as Attorney General and his extensive practice at the Bar.

“The matter warrants investigation for several reasons … Barristers typically receive payments significantly in arrears of their work, often months or years after services are rendered.

“This is especially pertinent in cases involving Conditional Fee Arrangements (CFAs), which Matrix Chambers routinely offer.”

The Shadow Justice Secretary is requesting information on whether the Attorney General “received any payments from previous legal work since his appointment that should have been declared,” if he “continues to have any outstanding CFAs or other fee arrangements that may result in future payments, if he complied with the Code of Conduct “regarding the registration of previous professional practice” and if the Code of Conduct has been breached.

Jenrick’s letter comes just days after Lord Hermer was unable to recall whether he had acted under CFAs for certain clients during an appearance before the Justice Select Committee.

Starmer last year registered a total of £746.04 in copyright payments from books he wrote prior to entering Parliament.

The Prime Minister also recorded £927.96 in January 2024 for legal services provided before he was first elected as the MP for Holborn & St Pancras almost a decade ago.

Meanwhile, Lord Hemer has not disclosed any earnings since joining the Government in July 2024.

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Ministers are usually obliged to declare income they receive once in their roles - but Lord Hermer’s office has stressed this does not apply to earnings before entering Parliament.

Given barristers often continue to receive payments years after their work concludes, such a situation raises the possibility that Lord Hermer pocketed cash relating to cases he took on before beginning his role in Government.

Speaking to GB News about his letter to the Lords Commissioner for Standards, Jenrick said: “The Attorney General’s past is catching up with him.

“His murky conflict of interests absolutely stink. The British public will be asking: Who does the Attorney General serve?”

However, GB News understands that Lord Hermer undergoes a robust process in relation to conflicts of interest and remains confident that he continues to comply with the House of Lords code of conduct.

Lord Hermer was spared from facing another investigation just last week after the Cabinet Office rejected Jenrick’s request for a separate conflict of interests probe.

Jenrick’s first request for an investigation highlighted Lord Hermer’s representation of Sri Lankan asylum seekers in the Chagos Islands, ex-Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, Afghan families associated with the ongoing Afghan inquiry and parties interested in Shamima Begum’s citizenship case.

The Shadow Justice Secretary accused the Attorney General of not “fully” recusing himself after Lord Hermer described the UK as having an “obligation” regarding the Chagos Islands.

Eyebrows were also raised when Labour announced plans to repeal a law that blocked Adams from claiming compensation for his detention in the 1970s.

Lord Hermer previously represented Adams in a case concerning the victims of three IRA bomb attacks and unsuccessfully took the UK Government to court on behalf of a group of Sri Lankan asylum seekers in the Chagos Islands.

The five migrants, among dozens who had made it to the Anglo-American military base Diego Garcia, hoped to enter the UK before the action was dismissed by the High Court.

However, just months after Lord Hermer became Attorney General, Starmer’s Government decided to grant a “one-off” deal to allow all 61 asylum seekers to come to Britain.

A spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said: “The public can be assured that there are rigorous systems in place to ensure that law officers (who have extensive legal background and a wider number of past cases) would not be consulted on any cases that could give rise to a conflict of interest.”

A Government spokesman added: “There are well-established rules governing ministerial interests and conflicts, and as Robert Jenrick's own letter makes clear, the Attorney General has properly declared interests from his previous role.

"These rules sit alongside rigorous and long-standing protocols to ensure all Law Officers are not consulted on issues that give rise to conflicts of interest.”