Nigel Farage received £5m from donor Christopher Harborne before he became an MP

Nigel Farage received £5m from Reform UK mega donor Christopher Harborne before he became an MP, it has emerged. In an interview with The Telegraph, the Reform UK leader said he had been given the money to pay for personal protection "so that I would be safe and secure for the rest of my life". He also told the newspaper his home had been targeted last year in a firebomb attack. Labour and the Conservatives have both accused Farage of breaking Commons rules by not declaring the £5m gift in the register of interests, with the Tories saying they had referred the Reform leader to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner. Harborne, a British cryptocurrency investor who lives in Thailand, last year donated £9m to Reform UK - the biggest single donation to a UK political party by a living person. In total, the businessman gave £12m to Reform in 2025 and has donated to the Conservatives in the past. The separate £5m gift to Farage, also reported by The Guardian, came in early 2024, Reform sources told the BBC, and it does not appear on his MP register of interests. Labour Party chair Anna Turley said Farage "appears to have broken the rules again by failing to declare this cash from his b