Labour urges Farage to stop evading scrutiny over £5m gift from crypto billionaire
Key takeaways
- Nigel Farage has not held a press conference since the Guardian revealed the £5m gift in April.
- The letter coincides with approval of a planning application that reveals the Reform leader’s plans to transform a dilapidated Kent property into a luxury beachfront residence.
- He was subsequently elected to parliament as the MP for Clacton in Essex and kept a high media profile with weekly press conferences.
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Nigel Farage has not held a press conference since the Guardian revealed the £5m gift in April. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Nigel Farage has not held a press conference since the Guardian revealed the £5m gift in April. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian Nigel Farage Labour urges Farage to stop evading scrutiny over £5m gift from crypto billionaire Call for ‘clear and truthful account’ comes amid questions about the Reform leader’s property spending
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleThe Labour party has written to Nigel Farage urging him to stop “evading reasonable scrutiny” over the £5m personal gift he received from the Thailand-based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.
The letter coincides with approval of a planning application that reveals the Reform leader’s plans to transform a dilapidated Kent property into a luxury beachfront residence.