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Edmund Kelly, PhD candidate, Department Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford

Why the probe into Nigel Farage’s finances didn’t hurt him at the ballot box

Nigel Farage is the latest in a long line of politicians to face questions about his financial affairs. Despite this, the Reform UK leader comfortably avoided a binning by his constituents in the Clacton byelection – albeit in the absence of the main parties.

This is perhaps unsurprising. The allegations against Farage include the claim (currently subject to a parliamentary standards investigation), that he should have declared a £5 million gift he received ahead of the 2024 general election. Farage has insisted that he has “done no wrongdoing” and that he “followed the rules”.

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