‘Stench of sleaze’: Farage struck deal over political return months before 2024 election, reports say
Nigel Farage and Richard Tice (left), Reform’s former leader, visit Clacton-on-Sea a month before the 2024 general election. Photograph: ZUMA Press, Inc./AlamyView image in fullscreenNigel Farage and Richard Tice (left), Reform’s former leader, visit Clacton-on-Sea a month before the 2024 general election. The parliamentary standards watchdog opened a formal investigation over the £5m gift in May.
- ▪Nigel Farage and Richard Tice (left), Reform’s former leader, visit Clacton-on-Sea a month before the 2024 general election.
- ▪Photograph: ZUMA Press, Inc./AlamyView image in fullscreenNigel Farage and Richard Tice (left), Reform’s former leader, visit Clacton-on-Sea a month before the 2024 general election.
- ▪The parliamentary standards watchdog opened a formal investigation over the £5m gift in May.
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Nigel Farage and Richard Tice (left), Reform’s former leader, visit Clacton-on-Sea a month before the 2024 general election. Photograph: ZUMA Press, Inc./AlamyView image in fullscreenNigel Farage and Richard Tice (left), Reform’s former leader, visit Clacton-on-Sea a month before the 2024 general election. Photograph: ZUMA Press, Inc./AlamyReform UK‘Stench of sleaze’: Farage struck deal over political return months before 2024 election, reports sayLabour chair accuses Reform of making ‘grubby pacts’ after contradictory reports emerge on timeline of eventsAlexandra Topping Political correspondentSun 2 Aug 2026 10.42 EDTLast modified on Sun 2 Aug 2026 10.43 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleReform UK is operating under a “stench of sleaze” Labour have said, after reports that Nigel…
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