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Reform UK leader in hot water over undeclared gift from convicted criminal

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Publish Date
Tue, 7 Jul 2026, 10:03am
Reform leader Nigel Farage. (Photo by Martin Pope/Getty Images)
Reform leader Nigel Farage. (Photo by Martin Pope/Getty Images)

The leader of Reform UK is in hot water over some undeclared financial gifts. 

Nigel Farage is facing a probe by Parliament’s standards watchdog over a £5 million gift from convicted fraudster George Cottrell. 

Farage claims he has done no wrongdoing – insisting he followed the rules and is the victim of an “establishment hit job”.  

UK Correspondent Enda Brady told Mike Hosking he thinks the media is putting the Reform leader under intense scrutiny because if he is going to be Prime Minister, which Farage believes he will be one day, you need to know he’s clean. 

He says you need to know where the money is coming from and who is paying for his security. 

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