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Nigel Farage: I can spend £5m gift on Ferraris or betting on horses if I want

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Nigel Farage has called for a general election after Keir Starmer stood down as Labour leader. Photograph: Victoria Jones/Shutterstock

Nigel Farage has said his £5m gift from a crypto billionaire is “not any of your business” as it was given unconditionally to be spent on anything from Ferraris to gambling on horses.

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Challenged over why he initially said it was for his personal security, and then that it was a reward for Brexit, Farage said: “Because it was given as an unconditional gift, right? The understanding is, and you know very well, you know very well I’ve been physically more attacked over many years than any other politician.”

Pressed again on whether he had been giving different accounts about the purpose of the money, he said: “Look, there are not two stories. One is I was given the money unconditionally.

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The gift is under investigation by parliament’s standards commissioner, as it was handed over in the months before Farage returned as an MP in 2024 – leading to accusations that it should have been declared.

In an earlier interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Farage said it was not hypocritical of him to have attacked Keir Starmer for receiving donations of glasses and suits, because the Labour politician had been “the leader of the opposition and I was a presenter on GB News”.

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/23/nigel-farage-5m-gift-crypto-billionaire-not-any-of-your-business

Reform 2025 Ltd's Director Nigel Farage discusses his five million pounds gift from Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. He tells nosey parkers to mind their own business and suggests that you don't entertain the notion that even some of it could be dirty money from international money laundering
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Nigel Farage faces inquiry over £5m gift from crypto billionaire

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/13/nigel-farage-inquiry-gift-crypto-billionaire-reform-uk-christopher-harborne

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Farage with his partner, Laure Ferrari, in Westminster on Wednesday. He received the £5m gift shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 election. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

Watchdog to examine whether Reform UK leader should have declared sum he received before entering parliament

Nigel Farage is facing a formal investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog over a £5m gift from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.

The Reform UK leader received the money weeks before announcing he would stand as a candidate in the 2024 general election.

Farage has said the gift, first revealed by the Guardian, was intended to cover his personal security costs and therefore did not need to be declared. However, other parties argue that the money from the Thailand-based businessman falls within rules requiring MPs to declare any potentially relevant gifts or donations received in the 12 months before entering parliament.

Daniel Greenbergh, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, is understood to have begun an investigation under rule 5 of the code of conduct obliging MPs to “fulfil conscientiously” requirements relating to their registration of interests.

It states that new MPs must register all their current financial interests, and any registrable benefits (other than earnings) received in the 12 months before their election. This must be done within one month of their election, and they must register any change in those registrable interests within 28 days.

If the investigation finds Farage committed a particularly serious breach of parliamentary declaration rules, he could be suspended from the Commons. A suspension of 10 days or more could trigger a recall petition, potentially forcing him to fight again for his Clacton seat.

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/13/nigel-farage-inquiry-gift-crypto-billionaire-reform-uk-christopher-harborne

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