Farage facing new questions over home purchase funding

Key developments are emerging from the global stage. Farage facing new questions over home purchase funding27 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on GoogleJoe Pike & Jack FenwickPolitical correspondentsPA MediaReform UK leader Nigel FarageNigel Farage is facing questions over Reform UK's claim that he used a fee from appearing on a TV show to buy a £1. Last week the party told the the Reform UK leader bought the house in Surrey in 2024 without a mortgage by using his fee from appearing on I'm A Celebrity. In 2025, Mr Farage told the FT that fee had been paid to his company Thorn In The Side Limited.

However, the company accounts appear to suggest the income he received remained in his account after the house purchase. The party has denied Farage used any of the £5m gift he received in April 2024 from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne in the house purchase 36 days later. A spokesperson for Farage said: "Anti money laundering money checks were in March , before he received the gift.

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"Nigel has multiple sources of income, as you can see from his parliamentary register. "Labour chair Anna Turley said: "Nigel Farage needs to stop dodging scrutiny over his undeclared £5m 'gift' and put the evidence on the table to prove what he's saying is true. "It's clear he's taking the public for fools and thinks he can just brush this scandal under the carpet.

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The development has drawn wide international attention, with diplomatic circles watching closely.