Nigel Farage defends Richard Tice over allegations his firm broke law by failing to pay tax – UK politics live

Reform UK leader defends his deputy who is accused of failing to pay tens of thousands of pounds in tax on dividends

Farage and Yusuf are now taking questions.

Farage was asked about yesterday’s Sunday Times report saying a company owned by Richard Tice, the Reform UK deputy leader, is alleged to have failed to pay tens of thousands of pounds in tax on dividends.

In response, Farage said that Dan Neidle, the tax campaigner who has also looked into the Tice story, backing up the Sunday Times claims, has said that there was “no attempt at [tax] avoidance or evasion” because Tice paid the tax in a personal capacity. Farage said:

If anything, Mr. Tice might have slightly overpaid tax. So has the exchequer lost in any way at all? No.