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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn

Reform candidate bills Farage £8,500 after being ousted from Clacton seat

Tony Mack wearing a Reform rosette stood next to a sign advertising his candidacy in Clacton
Tony Mack was primed to contest the Clacton seat in this year’s election until Nigel Farage stepped in. Photograph: Facebook

Nigel Farage has been handed a bill for more than £8,000 that a former Reform UK candidate says he is owed for running a general election campaign in Clacton before he was elbowed aside when the party leader chose to stand.

Tony Mack, who was to be the party’s candidate in the Essex constituency until June, said Farage had assured him in a telephone call that the party would “pay back every fucking penny” and made a series of other commitments.

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