Farage faces standards probe into £5m gift from crypto billionaire 9 hours ago Chris Mason, Political editor and Brian Wheeler, Political reporter John Nguyen/JNVisuals Farage has said Harborne, left, gave him the money to pay for his personal security, adding the gift was "purely private" The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner is launching an inquiry into whether Reform UK leader Nigel Farage broke Commons rules by accepting a £5m gift and not declaring it, the BBC understands. Farage has said he was under "no obligation" to declare the gift from billionaire Reform backer Christopher Harborne because it had been given before he was an MP. But Reform's opponents say he should have declared it in the MPs' register of interests when he was elected to Parliament in 2024. The Conservatives wrote to Parliament's standards watchdog, which is now investigating whether the Reform leader broke the House of Commons code of conduct.…