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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe to sue Nigel Farage for defamation

Rupert Lowe speaks in front of a sky-blue backdrop
Ex-Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe is suing Nigel Farage, Lee Anderson and Zia Yusuf for comments he said ‘caused serious harm to my reputation’. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

Rupert Lowe, the former Reform MP who lost the whip in March, has announced he will be suing Nigel Farage and two other senior party figures for defamation after they accused him of bullying staff and making verbal threats.

Lowe, who now sits as an independent, said he was suing Farage, the Reform leader, along with Lee Anderson, its chief whip, and Zia Yusuf, the party chair, for comments he said had “caused serious harm to my reputation”.

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