Labour urges Farage to stop evading scrutiny over £5m gift from crypto billionaire
Call for ‘clear and truthful account’ comes amid questions about the Reform leader’s property spending
TL;DR
- Labour has written to Nigel Farage urging him to explain a £5m personal gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.
- Farage is under investigation by the parliamentary standards commissioner regarding the gift, received before he U-turned on not standing as an MP.
- The Reform leader's plans to convert a Kent property into a luxury beachfront home have been revealed.
- Labour accuses Farage of changing his story about the gift's purpose, initially stating it was for security, then for campaigning for Brexit.
- Farage maintains the gift did not need to be declared as he was not an MP at the time.
- Questions have also been raised about a £1.4m Surrey property purchase, with Reform stating it was funded by his 'I'm a Celebrity' fee, though financial accounts suggest otherwise.