Undercover policeman admits spying on Keir Starmer when he was a barrister

Spy says he accessed details of legal advice Starmer gave campaigners in McLibel case

An undercover police officer has admitted that he spied on Keir Starmer while he was a radical barrister, a public inquiry has heard.

The police spy has said that he accessed confidential details of the legal advice that Starmer was giving to two environmentalist campaigners in the well-known McLibel case in the early 1990s.