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Health Secretary Calls Sleaze Probe as Farage Polls Slip

7/5/2026

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Health secretary James Murray said Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has a ‘flexible relationship with transparency’ and called for a sleaze inquiry.
Parliamentary standards investigators are probing Farage for allegedly not declaring donations from convicted criminal George Cottrell.
Conservative minister Robert Jenrick defended Farage, saying the gifts were pre-MP and the media conspired.
Reform UK’s poll share fell to about 25 percent from 35 percent while Farage met U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Health secretary James Murray said Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has a ‘flexible relationship with transparency’ and called for a sleaze inquiry.
Parliamentary standards investigators are probing Farage for allegedly not declaring donations from convicted criminal George Cottrell.
Conservative minister Robert Jenrick defended Farage, saying the gifts were pre-MP and the media conspired.
Reform UK’s poll share fell to about 25 percent from 35 percent while Farage met U.S. President Donald Trump.