0h 8min, jul 5, 2026 y - Reform Denies Rules Broken

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Reform UK has insisted that no rules have been broken after it emerged Nigel Farage did not declare benefits provided by an ally once convicted of fraud in the US.

The Sunday Times says George Cottrell supplied support, external including security and social media staff who worked on Farage's online content in the year before he was elected. It also claims Farage used a property rented by Cottrell near Buckingham Palace.

Robert Jenrick, Reform's Treasury spokesman, told the BBC that Farage did not need to register the support as it was in a "purely personal capacity" before he became an MP.

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