{"id":2822,"date":"2026-01-21T12:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=2822"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:20:20","slug":"nigel-farage-apologises-for-17-breaches-of-mp-code-after-failing-to-declare-external-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=2822","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Farage apologises for 17 breaches of MP code after failing to declare external earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-payments-included-those-from-gb-news\">Payments included those from GB News.<\/h2>\n<p>Nigel Farage has apologised for 17 breaches of the MPs\u2019 code of conduct after failing to declare external earnings.<\/p>\n<p>A probe by the parliamentary commissioner for standards found that the Reform UK leader had breached the MPs\u2019 code of conduct on 17 occasions by failing to register financial interests on time.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>These 17 breaches culminated to over \u00a3380,000 in external income, payments which included appearances on GB News and money earned through the video-message app Cameo.<\/p>\n<p>Farage\u2019s party have not commented on the matter, although the Independent reported that a party source said that the Reform leader had been late in declaring his earnings.<\/p>\n<p>The report into Farage\u2019s earnings was published on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.<\/p>\n<p>He failed to declare around \u00a3380,000 in outside interests (approx 4x MPs annual salary) incl payments for promoting gold, presenting on GB News and from his friend George\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gX3PT2px1C\">pic.twitter.com\/gX3PT2px1C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PippaCrerar\/status\/2013900797411566014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Standards commissioner Daniel Greenberg said: \u201cFollowing a complaint from a member of the public that Mr\u00a0Nigel Farage\u00a0had registered interests outside the 28-day time limit set by the House, I undertook a wider review of Mr Farage\u2019s entry in the Register of Members\u2019 Financial Interests. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving done so, I identified several other interests that appeared to have been registered late, and I opened a formal inquiry on 30 October 2025 to investigate Mr Farage\u2019s compliance with Rule 5 of the Code of Conduct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring my investigation, I established that there had been seventeen breaches of Rule 5 of the Code by Mr Farage\u2019s failure to add interests within the 28-day period set by the House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greenberg did conclude, however, that the breaches were \u201cinadvertent\u201d and due to \u201cstaffing and other administrative issues\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Farage has since apologised and has committed himself to meet the deadline on time in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Last December, Farage told Greenberg that the late declarations were a result of the rapidly increasing size of his party.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe only explanation is that our political lives have exploded in the last 18 months in ways that we could never have comprehended. We are overwhelmed in every sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, a Labour Party spokesperson said: \u201cNigel Farage is so distracted with tempting failed Tory\u00a0politicians\u00a0into his party that he can\u2019t even get the basics right. He isn\u2019t on the side of working people \u2013 he\u2019s just lining his pockets when he should be standing up for his constituents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe boasts about making money \u2018because I\u2019m Nigel Farage\u2019, raking in millions through various outside jobs. But he neglects to do the important work that hard-pressed taxpayers fork out for him to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLabour will tighten the rules on MPs\u2019 second jobs to make sure the public get the attention they expect and deserve from their elected representatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This said, Labour leader and PM Keir Starmer has also fallen foul these breaches, failing to make declarations before the last general election.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Bottom ad unit --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Custom pseudo content\/category -->\n            <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>#Nigel #Farage #apologises #breaches #code #failing #declare #external #earnings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Payments included those from GB News. Nigel Farage has apologised for 17 breaches of the MPs\u2019 code of conduct after failing to declare external earnings. 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