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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Farage given free team of US PR advisers by former Bannon aide’s firm

Nigel Farage in a suit and tie outdoors
Farage at the Republican National Convention this summer. His team of advisers helped him settle a $3,500 hotel bill for the trip. Photograph: Dominic Gwinn/Zuma Press Wire/Rex Shutterstock

Nigel Farage has used a team of three US advisers to help him with “perception management” and public relations in America, as well as with settling a $3,500 hotel bill this summer, new documents show.

The official filings, made in the US, reveal that the leader of Reform UK and MP for Clacton has been assisted at least 15 times by CapitalHQ, a firm led by Alexandra Preate, who is a former press spokesperson for the controversial former Donald Trump strategist Steve Bannon.

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