Farage, who leads opinion polls, is facing calls for a formal investigation into his links to George Cottrell after reports that the investor who served time in jail secretly aided his campaigns.

A Labour MP says the Reform leader pressed the Bank of England on policy that could enrich his biggest donor, a major Tether investor.

Nigel Farage has been accused of 'seeking to feather his own nest and cash in' on being an MP after he was referred to the sleaze watchdog over a fresh cryptocurrency row