Nigel Farage faces official inquiry over £5M Christopher Harborne gift
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is to be the subject of an official inquiry by the UKs Parliamentary Standards Commissioner after it was revealed he received £5 million from Tether shareholder and Reform donor Christopher Harborne. The money, which Farage says was a “gift” to help him pay for private security, rather than a political donation, was given in early 2024, just weeks before he decided to stand as a candidate in the general election. Farage maintains that the money given to him before he became an MP was a “personal, unconditional gift,” and as such, he claims that he was under no obligation to declare it. Opponents, however, say he broke commons rules by failing to declare it in the MPs register of interests once he had been elected. According to the Commons code of conduct, MPs “must register all their current financial interests, and any registrable benefits (other than earnings) received in the 12 months before their election within one month of their election.” It also outlines that “purely personal gifts or benefits” would not have to be registered. However, the rules also state that “both the possible motive of the giver and the use to which the gift is to be put should
