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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Report to National Crime Agency of £5m Farage gift is ‘deeply serious’

Labour party chair says Reform UK leader must cooperate with authorities instead of trying to distract public with byelection • UK politics live – latest updates The revelation that a £5m gift to Nigel Farage by a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers concerned it may have been laundered money, has been described as “astonishing and deeply serious”. Responding to the Guardian story, Anna Turley, the chair of the Labour party, also called on Farage to “co

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Labour calls on Farage to ‘come clean’ over £5m gift and work with crime agency over money laundering concerns - UK politics live

Lib Dems tell Reform UK leader ‘the game is up’ as political rivals vow to boycott ‘stunt’ Clacton byelection Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concerns Good morning. In a surprise announcement, yesterday Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, said he would resign from the Commons so that he could fight a byelection in the hope of being re-elected as MP for Clacton. He thought a resounding win would somehow invalidate the parliamentary inquiry into clai

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Conservative Home8 Jul 2026

Andrew Murrison: No Sir, THIS is your country!

Britain does not need more sensitive foreign policy. It needs a robust and serious one. We can acknowledge our history without being imprisoned by it. We can act ethically without surrendering strategically. But we cannot continue with a diplomatic service that seeks absolution where it should be seeking advantage. The post Andrew Murrison: No Sir, THIS is your country! appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics7 Jul 2026

Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concerns

Exclusive: Latest Guardian revelation about gift from cryptocurrency tycoon comes as Reform UK leader forces byelection The £5m gift to Nigel Farage by a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers who were concerned it may have been laundered money, the Guardian can reveal. The disclosure will put further pressure on the Reform UK leader, who is awaiting a decision by the standards commissioner over whether his failure to declare the money breached parliament

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The Guardian Politics7 Jul 2026

The Guardian view on Nigel Farage’s byelection stunt: spectacle is not scrutiny | Editorial

The Reform UK leader wants voters to overrule parliamentary accountability. Labour should expose the trick, then offer a politics that works Nigel Farage, Brexit’s snake-oil salesman, is at it again. The Reform UK leader is under investigation over whether he broke parliamentary rules by failing to disclose a £5m gift from a crypto billionaire shortly before announcing he would stand for parliament. He now faces questions over claims that George Cottrell, a Montenegro-based convicted criminal an

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Guido Fawkes7 Jul 2026

Richard Tice Accuses National Crime Agency of Leaking Bank Statements to the Guardian

Reform has accused the National Crime Agency of illegally leaking its MPs’ bank statements to the media. Tice has written to NCA director general Graeme Biggar to demand an urgent investigation… Both Tice and Nigel Farage were the subject of leaks. Tice has written after the Guardian obtained details of a loan his company received…

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Express Politics7 Jul 2026

Labour's staggering grooming gang u-turn revealed as MPs ditch Government

Sir Keir Starmer's MPs refused to vote for hugely controversial proposals to let rapists, paedophiles and child sex offenders out of prison early.

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Guido Fawkes7 Jul 2026

Prince Harry Loses Major Court Case Against Daily Mail Publisher

A High Court judge has dismissed claims by Prince Harry, Elton John and others over alleged unlawful information gathering by Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers. The company says it is an “overwhelming victory” and a “magnificent vindication of the Daily Mail’s journalism.” Not a happy week for Harry… but they are expected to appeal…

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Guido Fawkes7 Jul 2026

Marine Le Pen Cleared to Run in 2027

In the court of appeal Maine Le Pen’s election ban has been reduced to 45 months: “The court found that the enforcement of this penalty since March 31, 2025, has already remedied the breach of integrity to an extent compatible with the fundamental guarantees afforded to citizens, and that disregarding this would undermine the principle…

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Express Politics7 Jul 2026

Shocking new weight loss drug market opens behind bars for Britain's hardest criminals

Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, said organised crime gangs are offering weight-loss and hair-loss drugs in jails, as a new "lifestyle" market opens up.

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The Guardian Politics6 Jul 2026

UK abuse scandal ‘ignored because victims were working-class boys from north’, minister says

Jake Richards announces measures to prevent abuse like that at Medomsley detention centre in County Durham One of the UK’s most horrific and shocking child custody scandals was collectively ignored for decades because the victims were working-class boys from the north of England, a government minister has said. The sentencing and youth justice minister, Jake Richards, has announced he is implementing a number of recommendations to prevent abuse such as that which took place between 1961 and 1987

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Express Politics6 Jul 2026

Grooming gang survivors tear into Labour as rapists released early from jail – 'crushing'

Victims to protest against attackers being let free in controversial policy to slash prison overcrowding

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