Nigel Farage and the £5m question that won’t go away – podcast

The Guardian Politics Tuesday 04 August 2026, 02:00 UTC By Presented by Helen Pidd with Anna Isaac; produced by Natalie Ktena, Eleanor Biggs, Saskia Collette, Nilufer Aumeerally and Ross Burns; executive producers Sami Kent and Homa Khaleeli 1 min read

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Reform UK’s finances have come under scrutiny like never before. What do we know about the party’s funding – and why do so many awkward questions remain for Nigel Farage? Anna Isaac explainsFor a while this year, it looked like nothing could stop Nigel Farage getting to Downing Street.

Reform UK’s finances have come under scrutiny like never before. What do we know about the party’s funding – and why do so many awkward questions remain for Nigel Farage? Anna Isaac explains

For a while this year, it looked like nothing could stop Nigel Farage getting to Downing Street. Not the allegations of schoolboy racism, not the dodgy Cameo videos or even the £400,000 he trousered for advertising gold bullion.

But at the end of April, the Guardian’s City editor, Anna Isaac, delivered a game-changing scoop. That Farage had been given a £5m gift, as he termed it, from the cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harbourne.

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