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Nigel Farage says he will make a statement on his “future in public life” amid renewed scrutiny over financial support he has received.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Reform UK leader’s statement from 14:00 BST comes after it emerged he did not declare benefits provided by an ally once convicted of fraud in the US. Rival parties want this to be subject to a parliamentary probe. <\/p>\n
Separately, Farage has been under investigation from Parliament’s standards commissioner since May after not declaring a \u00a35m gift he received from a billionaire Reform UK donor before his election as Clacton MP.<\/p>\n
Farage argues that he was not obliged to declare any of the benefits under Commons rules, and has done nothing wrong.<\/p>\n
Scrutiny over Farage’s finances hit the headlines earlier this year after it emerged he had received a \u00a35m gift from Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based British cryptocurrency investor, in April 2024, before he entered Parliament.<\/p>\n
Harborne is one of the party’s most important financial backers, having donated \u00a315m to Reform since the start of last year.<\/p>\n
Over the weekend, The Sunday Times said Farage had also received support ahead of the 2024 election from George Cottrell, a longstanding ally who was jailed for eight months in the US in 2017 after pleading guilty to a charge of wire fraud.<\/p>\n
This reportedly included paying for staff who provided Farage’s security and worked on his social media content.<\/p>\n
According to the newspaper, Farage also used a property near Buckingham Palace rented by Cottrell. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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