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Nigel Farage 'Fears Facing Clacton by-Election' Amid £5 Million Gift Scandal
Labour says the undeclared donation may have breached parliamentary rules and could trigger sanctions or a recall petition in Clacton.
- Nigel Farage, Reform UK leader, faces a parliamentary standards probe examining whether he breached House of Commons rules by failing to disclose a £5 million gift from Christopher Harborne, a crypto entrepreneur.
- Westminster standards rules require newly elected MPs to declare financial support received in the year before an election. Farage received the donation weeks before his 2024 candidacy in Clacton.
- Defending the payment, Farage called it a "personal, unconditional gift," though he previously claimed it funded private security or served as a "reward for campaigning for Brexit for 27 years."
- Reports indicate Farage fears a by-election could result if the investigation finds against him in his Clacton constituency. Reform UK backer Tim Montgomerie urged him on Wednesday to "find better answers."
- If the probe results in a suspension of 10 days or more from the Commons, a recall petition could be launched, triggering a by-election in Clacton if at least 10 per cent of voters sign.
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Nigel Farage reported by anti-corruption chairman to standards watchdog over Reform UK leader's ‘crypto lobbying’
Nigel Farage has been reported to Parliament's standards watchdog, with the Reform UK leader accused of "crypto lobbying". The Clacton MP is accused of lobbying the Bank of England to scrap a cryptocurrency plan that could have severely impacted one of Reform UK's biggest backers, Thai-based billionaire Christopher Harborne.Mr Farage has claimed cryptocurrency tycoon Mr Harborne wanted nothing in exchange for the £15million he donated to the par…
·London, United Kingdom
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Already targeted by an investigation into a £5 million donation, the leader of the Reform UK populist party has just received the equivalent of £22,500 an hour to promote a gold dealer. A cumulation of activities tolerated by British law.
·Paris, France
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