Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentIndependentSwipe for next articleIndependent Bulletin homepageDownload our appAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleSophie Wingate & Maira ButtSunday 05 July 2026 08:06 BST'You can't hide away from mounting questions over £5m gift from crypto billionaire', Reform ally warns FarageNigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, is alleged to have received undeclared financial benefits from a convicted criminal in the year before he entered parliament.The alleged benefits reportedly included funding for staffing, security, housing, and the use of a five-storey Georgian townhouse.After becoming MP for Clacton, Farage reportedly registered a £9,000 trip to Belgium and a £15,000 US flight donated by George Cottrell, but no other prior support.Parliamentary rules at the time required new MPs to register gifts worth more than £300 received in the previous 12 months if they could reasonably be thought to relate to their political activities.Reform UK has denied that its leader breached the code of conduct, saying that Farage was not an active politician during the period in question.In fullNigel Farage ‘did not declare financial support from convicted criminal’More bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in