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Farage Rejects Security Cut, Seeks Private Funding Amid Threat Surge

7/15/2026

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Nigel Farage rejected a security package cut by 75% and turned to private donors for protection.
He says he receives more than 300 threats each month after Ann Widdecombe’s death.
Reform UK logged 1,577 threats against Farage since February, including 597 death threats.
Scotland Yard’s counter-terror chief Laurence Taylor said investigators are probing whether the Widdecombe murder suspect targeted other Reform UK politicians.

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Nigel Farage rejected a security package cut by 75% and turned to private donors for protection.
He says he receives more than 300 threats each month after Ann Widdecombe’s death.
Reform UK logged 1,577 threats against Farage since February, including 597 death threats.
Scotland Yard’s counter-terror chief Laurence Taylor said investigators are probing whether the Widdecombe murder suspect targeted other Reform UK politicians.