Reform UK leader Nigel Farage quits as MP over financial allegations
UK right-wing populist leader Nigel Farage has announced he will quit as an MP before standing in a byelection, in an attempt to fight off criticism over financial donations from a cryptocurrency billionaire and a convicted fraudster.
The Reform UK leader made the announcement at the very end of a 15-minute live broadcast on Tuesday (Wednesday morning AEST) that didn’t have journalists present or allow questions from the media.
Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage delivers a statement on his “future in public life” at Millbank Tower on July 7, 2026 in London. Getty Images
He repeatedly declared that he’d done nothing wrong, claiming he was “the most physically and verbally attacked public figure or politician of modern times”.
Farage claimed the voters of his elector...
