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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Tom Burgis and Rowena Mason

Farage trying to block ‘Britcoin’ plans that could be costly for billionaire donor

Nigel Farage gestures with both hands while speaking outdoors, with ornate street lamps and a building behind him
Reform UK’s Nigel Farage (left) and Richard Tice outside the Bank of England before meeting the governor, Andrew Bailey, last September. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Nigel Farage has been trying to block a Bank of England cryptocurrency plan that could be costly for the billionaire bankrolling his party.

The Reform UK leader has said Christopher Harborne wants nothing in exchange for the millions he has donated to the party and the undeclared £5m personal gift to Farage that the Guardian revealed in April.

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