Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and party chair Lee Anderson have raked in more than £1 million from the right-wing broadcaster GB News, DeSmog can reveal.
Farage has earned more than £700,000 from the broadcaster since he was elected to Parliament in July 2024, while Anderson has made over £300,000 during his three years as a presenter on the channel.
GB News, launched in June 2021, has been accused of becoming “Reform TV” for hiring party figures as presenters and mirroring its talking points. Farage became a GB News presenter in July 2021 and currently hosts a show three nights a week.
The Reform leader’s personal income has come under intense scrutiny recently after it was revealed by The Guardian that he had received a £5 million gift from major Reform donor Christopher Harborne months before he reclaimed the party leadership and stood for Parliament.
Opposition parties have accused Farage of breaking parliamentary rules for failing to declare the gift after he was elected, and it is now the subject of an investigation by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner.
