The investigation into Farage

Nigel Farage's Reform UK faces a standards commissioner's report over his failure to declare a five million pound gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. The party expects an adverse verdict.

Reform prepares to fight back

Multiple Reform insiders say they are readying for a fightback through the appeals process and fully expect the initial verdict to find against their leader Nigel Farage.

How the appeals process works

An MP under investigation has the right to present further evidence to the standards committee and to appeal through the independent expert panel. Any appeals process could drag on for months.

Potential consequence for Farage

If parliament agrees with a penalty of more than ten days of suspension from the House of Commons, Farage could face a second byelection in his Clacton constituency.

Recent turmoil at Reform

Reform has been destabilised by undercover investigations by Channel four and ITV in recent weeks and fallen in the polls.Channel four reporting led to a police inquiry into alleged attempts to orchestrate illegal overseas donations.

Party restructuring underway

Harvey Griffiths, Reform's new treasurer, is handling day-to-day party business. Tom Waterhouse, its general secretary, is overseeing vetting. Aaron Lobo has moved to run a Reform-focused TV channel hiring dozens of journalists.

Windfall funding and expansion

Reform received a seventy two million pound gift from Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo. The party has begun a hiring spree and is planning to take on four hundred campaign managers in target seats.

Farage's defence of the gift

Farage has said the five million pound gift from Harborne was a personal matter, not a political one, and did not need to be declared. The investigation began after the Guardian revealed it in May.

“it was a personal matter, not a political one”