Butlin's is recruiting cheap staff from Poland – even though its boss spent a fortune backing a Brexit campaign that promised more jobs for Brits.

Peter Harris, 83, spent £420,000 on advertising for Vote Leave – the group which said there would be 300,000 new British jobs if we quit the EU at the 2016 Referendum.

But we discovered the holiday camp giant is using recruitment firms in Eastern Europe to offer minimum wage roles for cleaners, housekeepers, maids, bartenders and waiters from £7.83 per hour.

Ads explain: “We do not demand experience, just a positive attitude and readiness to leave.

“The only condition is a good knowledge of English.”

Recruits are offered £35-a-week on-site accommodation, subsidised meals and the chance of overtime.

Peter Harris, 83, spent £420,000 on advertising for Vote Leave (
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Another ad told Polish jobseekers: “Work for Butlins is an ideal offer especially for young people who are going to work abroad for the first time.

“In ­addition to permanent ­employment, the centres provide accommodation, full care and social facilities during the entire stay, and the managers of ­individual departments are always available to help their employees.”

One recruiter – LSJ HR Group based in Szczecin, Poland – flew new recruits to Butlin’s in ­Minehead, Somerset, last Sunday.

Other vacancies, including ­receptionists, ride operators, ­security guards, lifeguards, cooks, gardeners, cashiers, electricians and plumbers, are at Skegness and Bognor Regis. The same roles are advertised in Britain.

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But a Butlin’s spokesman said: “Given the high level of UK ­employment it’s often difficult for us to fill posts through the domestic labour market. The political views of the owners are personal to each ­individual and do not impact upon the ­operation of the company.”

Butlin’s – famous for its Redcoat entertainers – was founded by Billy Butlin in 1936.

The chalet camps offered cheap and cheerful seaside ­holidays for British families.

Harris founded Bourne Leisure in 1964 when he bought a caravan park at Whitstable, Kent.

He built up the company and, in 2000, paid Rank £700m for Butlin’s and Warner Leisure.

Butlin’s – famous for its Redcoat entertainers – was founded by Billy Butlin in 1936

The firm is now valued at £2.5billion and is the biggest leisure company in Britain, employing 11,700 staff. Mr Harris is believed to have a fortune of £680million and lives in a £1.8million home in Berkhamstead, Herts.

The ads he paid for featured a British bulldog wearing a Union flag tie with slogans including “Let’s be top dog again” and “You’d be barking not to vote – this is our chance to leave the European Union”.

But he was fined £12,000 by the Electoral Commission after failing to deliver his spending return and audit report on time.

Best for Britain champion Tom Brake MP said: “Backing Leave, to the tune of nearly half a million pounds and then recruiting staff on the minimum wage from Eastern Europe smacks of the rankest hypocrisy.”