Reform UK leader offers new explanation for gift, which is under investigation, having first said it was for his security
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Nigel Farage has provided a new explanation for why he accepted a £5m gift from a Reform UK donor in the weeks before he announced he would stand in the last general election.
In an interview on Thursday, Farage said the money was a “reward” for campaigning for Brexit. Previously, he had said the gift was given for security purposes, to keep him “safe and secure” for the rest of his life.
Farage had also claimed the gift was “purely private” and “wasn’t political in any sense at all”.
