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Lucy Jackson

Nigel Farage 'secretly funded by convicted criminal', reports say

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (Arc) conference in London (Image: Jordan Pettitt)

NIGEL Farage received financial benefits from a convicted criminal in the year before entering Parliament, potentially breaking MPs’ rules by failing to declare them, it has been reported.

Long-time aide George Cottrell provided funding for the Reform UK leader’s operation, including for staffing, security and housing, according to The Sunday Times.

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