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14%
3 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Nigel Farage has been interviewed by the standards commissioner for an investigation into whether he should have declared a £5m gift from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.
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he → interview → billionaire
The Reform UK leader spent about half an hour being questioned over the money, the Sunday Times reported.
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Times → spend → money
Farage maintains the gift was for his personal security.
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gift → maintain → security
The interview conducted last month is a sign the process is nearing a conclusion, although Reform UK is not believed to have been informed that the report is finished.
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report → conduct → conclusion
An MP under investigation is usually notified before the conclusion of the process.
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MP → notify → process
If the commissioner finds that there has been a serious breach of the rules, the matter is passed to the standards committee of MPs and lay members, which can ask for further evidence.
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which → find → evidence
The committee can recommend a sanction or override the report.
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committee → recommend → report
If it suggests more than a 10-day suspension from the Commons – and parliament agrees – the Reform UK leader could find himself facing a recall petition and second byelection in his Clacton constituency.
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himself → suggest → constituency
Farage has been under investigation over the gift since shortly after the Guardian revealed in May that Harborne had given him £5m just before the last election in 2024.
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Harborne → reveal → 2024
The Reform leader has said it was a personal matter, not political, and the money did not need to be declared.
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money → say → ?
The rules state that financial support related to an MP’s job needs to be registered if given in the 12 months before they enter parliament.
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they → state → parliament
After a slide in the polls over the summer, Reform is about to embark on a major reorganisation at its headquarters to try to revive its fortunes.
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Reform → embark → fortunes
Insiders said it would involve a big shake-up of staffing, in addition to the suspensions of James Orr, the party’s head of policy, and Dan Jukes, Farage’s close aide.
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it → say → policy
The pair are facing an internal investigation into whether they encouraged illegal foreign donations during an undercover investigation by reporters from Verbatim.
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they → face → Verbatim
The inquiry is being carried out by lawyers who are expected to reach their conclusions soon.
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who → carry → conclusions
The party is working out how to spend £72m in donations from Harborne and another crypto billionaire, Ben Delo.
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party → work → Harborne
The huge sums have prompted calls from political rivals for a donation cap.
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sums → prompt → cap
A possible use of the money is the relaunch of a TV channel that produces Reform-related video coverage and a show fronted by Farage.
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that → produce → Farage
Farage told the Sunday Times he thought the reaction to the donations would be “far worse” but had produced “some grudging respect – the fact that I managed to pull off a coup of that magnitude, I think people were quite impressed”.
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people → tell → magnitude
It is not clear whether the donations fall within the rules because the government is putting forward legislation to ban overseas donors from giving more than £100,000 in a calendar year – backdated to March this year.
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government → fall → March
Harborne joined the UK electoral register only this summer and Delo has been largely based in Hong Kong, although on the register for some years.
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Delo → join → years
If the donations are ruled impermissible, Reform could have to hand them back, a prospect that is likely to lead to court action.
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that → rule → action
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