Gibraltar’s government accused of trying to interfere in corruption inquiry

Laws allowing government to halt public inquiries are being fast-tracked weeks before hearings into alleged top-level corruption begin

Gibraltar’s government has been accused of political interference as it prepares to pass laws allowing it to halt public inquires, less than a month before an inquiry into alleged corruption at the highest levels of the British overseas territory’s administration is due to begin.

The hearing concerns claims by Gibraltar’s former police commissioner, Ian McGrail, that he was pressed into early retirement after seeking to execute a search warrant against someone who had a close relationship with Gibraltar’s chief minister, Fabian Picardo.