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David Davis has started a new job as an advisor to JCB - a major Tory donor.

Over the next year Mr Davis will be an external advisor to the digger firm, for which he will be paid £60,000 for 20 hours a year.

The huge sum works out at £3,000 for every hour worked - which breaks down as £50 a minute.

The former Brexit Secretary said he had complied with the rules concerning former ministers' employment.

JCB has given millions of pounds to the Tory Party.

(Image: REUTERS)

Ferrari-collecting JCB billionaire Lord Bamford and his family topped the list of Tory donors in 2017 by giving £2.5million to the Tories personally and through their firms in 2017.

Last week Brexiteer Boris Johnson gave a speech from JCB Headquarters in Rocester, Staffordshire.

Ian Murray, Labour MP and Best for Britain supporter, said: “Having failed to properly plan for Brexit and storming out of the Cabinet, it’s frankly disgusting that David Davis is now picking up around £3,000-per-hour in his second job with JCB.

“What an absolute insult to the people of the UK who have been left facing deeper austerity and increased living costs as a result of the calamitous Brexit he campaigned for and still supports.

“There are very real consequences of the decisions he made, and workers in the construction and manufacturing sectors will be among those to pay the price.

“He should be thoroughly ashamed, but the hardcore Brexiteers who lied to the people of Britain have no shame. It’s time to take matters out of the hands of people like David Davis and give control to the public through a people’s vote.”

Jon Trickett MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, said: “What David Davis will get paid in 20 hours takes most people over two years to earn. But then again, under the Tories it’s one set of rules for the few and another for the many.

“Most people when reading this will no doubt think “snouts in the trough”, and this is exactly why Labour has repeatedly warned of the damage to the reputation of Parliament caused by arrangements like this and why they need to stop.”