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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Anna Isaac

Farage’s attempt to get ahead of £5m gift story only raises more questions

Nigel Farage speaking to residents during a campaign walkabout in Downham Market
Farage campaigning in Norfolk this week. He has admitted receiving £5m from Christopher Harborne, saying it was for his personal security. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

Nigel Farage has admitted he received a personal gift of £5m from the Reform UK mega-donor Christopher Harborne shortly before the general election in 2024.

He did not disclose that gift at the time and had made no mention of it since. That is, until Wednesday morning, when the Daily Telegraph published a story in which Farage admitted receiving the money from Harborne – saying it was for his personal security.

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