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

Nigel Farage urged to clarify whether he saved tax on Essex constituency home

Laure Ferrari, and Nigel Farage
Laure Ferrari and Nigel Farage. Farage initially said he had bought the Frinton-on-Sea house but it is in fact wholly owned by Ferrari, his long-term partner. Photograph: Jack Dredd/Shutterstock

Labour and the Liberal Democrats have called for Nigel Farage to clarify whether he saved tax on a house in his constituency, after a BBC investigation questioned whether his partner did, as Farage has said, buy the home with her own money.

The Guardian first reported in May that the house in Clacton, which Farage initially said he had bought himself, is in fact wholly owned by Laure Ferrari, his long-term partner.

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