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Farage Accepts £5 Million Gift from Harborne, Transparency Concerns Rise

4/29/2026

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Nigel Farage received a £5 million gift from billionaire Christopher Harborne before announcing his 2024 UK election run, saying it would fund his personal security because the Home Office provided none.
The gift did not need to be declared because Farage was not a sitting MP.
Harborne’s larger gifts—£9 million to Reform UK in 2024, £12 million in 2025, and £10 million to the Brexit Party in 2019—have prompted calls for stricter MP-finance transparency.

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Nigel Farage received a £5 million gift from billionaire Christopher Harborne before announcing his 2024 UK election run, saying it would fund his personal security because the Home Office provided none.
The gift did not need to be declared because Farage was not a sitting MP.
Harborne’s larger gifts—£9 million to Reform UK in 2024, £12 million in 2025, and £10 million to the Brexit Party in 2019—have prompted calls for stricter MP-finance transparency.