Reform UK’s Richard Tice allegedly failed to pay £100,000 in corporation tax

Tice accused the Sunday Times of ‘crawling all my business career in the hope of dredging up some more obscure technical issues from years ago’. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Richard Tice allegedly failed to pay almost £100,000 in corporation tax to the benefit of his investment company, which in turn made donations to Reform UK, it has been reported.

In response to the report in the Sunday Times, the deputy leader of Reform UK posted a lengthy statement on X, in which he said: “A long career with multiple businesses is bound to feature some errors. Naturally I am always happy to put things right and if numbers need rechecking, of course I will pay what is owed – be that more or less.”