The Latest Breaking News from George Cottrell

Whales, beards, mules and VIPs: the secret world of high-rolling professional gambling

How elite gamblers buy betting accounts of losing punters to bamboozle bookmakers

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025

Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims

Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2025

Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally

Exclusive: HMRC conducts scoping exercise into Reform UK backer ‘Posh George’ Cottrell’s income from business and wealth

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2025

Reform’s circles of influence: who’s who at the top of the party

From MPs and donors to the backroom team, key players around the leader Nigel Farage

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2025

‘Guess who’s back?’: the inside story of Nigel Farage’s quest for power

With a new HQ and digital-savvy staff, Reform UK is trying to tighten its operation – but there are tensions over fringe views and trouble brewing at the grassroots

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2025

Two Tory donors pay £25,000 to attend Reform fundraising dinner

Exclusive: Bassim Haidar says Nigel Farage’s party ‘worth considering’ and Mohamed Amersi says energy at event was ‘electric’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2025

Mother of Nigel Farage’s aide George Cottrell gives £500,000 to Reform

Fiona Cottrell among big donors to party’s election campaign who also include the party chair, Zia Yusuf

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2024

Nigel Farage revealed to be UK’s highest-earning MP

Reform UK leader banked £1.2m from role as presenter on GB News and payments from social media

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2024

‘Like a son to me’: George Cottrell, the high-rolling convicted fraudster at Nigel Farage’s side

Extravagant lifestyle and past controversies of Montenegro-based volunteer raise awkward questions for Reform leader

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2024

Nigel Farage faces questions over convicted fraudster’s campaign role

George Cottrell, who was jailed in US for wire fraud, has been seen at Reform UK leader’s side over the last week

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024