Farage Faulted for Not Reporting £5 Million From Crypto Investor

April 29, 2026, 6:09 PM UTC

Nigel Farage was accused by the governing Labour Party and opposition Conservatives of breaking parliamentary rules after the Reform UK leader acknowledged receiving a large private payment from crypto investor Christopher Harborne.

Farage told the Daily Telegraph newspaper in an interview on Wednesday that Harborne had paid for his personal security before the former Brexit campaiger announced he would seek office in the 2024 general election. The Telegraph reported that Farage got £5 million ($6.7 million) from Harborne, who was already known to have donated some £12 million to Reform over the past year.

The Conservatives referred Farage to ...

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