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Nigel Farage says £5m gift a reward for Brexit campaigning

www.bbc.com·Richard Wheeler·18 days ago
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14 hours ago Richard Wheeler and Jamie McConkey PA Media Nigel Farage has said that £5m he received from a billionaire Reform UK donor was given as a "reward for campaigning for Brexit". The Reform leader also told The Sun he "cannot be bought by anybody" and the money from Christopher Harborne was given to him on a "completely unconditional basis". Reform's opponents have said he should have declared it in the MPs' register of interests when he was elected to Parliament in 2024. The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner has launched an inquiry into whether or not Farage broke Commons rules by accepting the gift and not declaring it. Farage said he is not concerned about the investigation. Asked if he was worried about what people thought of the gift given the scale of it, Farage replied: "It's very unusual for someone to give up 27 years of their life to campaign for something. "And this was given to me on an unconditional basis, completely unconditional basis.…

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