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Parliamentary Ethics Panel Probes Farage Over Reported £5 Million Gift

The review puts Farage's claim of a private £5 million gift under formal scrutiny.

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Der Ethikausschuss untersucht Vorwürfe gegen Nigel Farage. Es drohen Sanktionen.
Der Ethikausschuss des britischen Parlaments hat Medienberichten zufolge eine Untersuchung gegen den Chef der rechtspopulistischen Partei Reform UK, Nigel Farage, eingeleitet, weil dieser eine Spende von fünf Millionen Pfund (rund 5,7 Millionen Euro) an seine Partei nicht gemeldet hat.

Overview

  • The UK Parliament's ethics committee was reported Wednesday by the Guardian and the Times to have opened an inquiry into whether Nigel Farage failed to declare a £5 million gift.
  • Farage says he had no duty to register it because he was not an MP at the time and calls the money a personal, non-political gift.
  • Parliament's rules require every new MP to disclose any reportable earnings received in the 12 months before election, which covers the period when the gift was allegedly given.
  • The money is reported to have come from Christopher Harborne, a Thai-British cryptocurrency investor and aviation businessman who donated about £12 million to Reform UK last year.
  • If investigators find a breach, possible penalties include suspension and a by-election in Farage's Clacton seat, according to the Financial Times.