Labour party chair Anna Turley has formally requested the Electoral Commission to investigate allegations against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage regarding potential breaches of electoral law, as reported by The Guardian.
The request follows an investigation by the Sunday Times concerning gifts and benefits Farage received from George Cottrell, a crypto entrepreneur previously convicted of fraud, before becoming an MP in 2024.
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Turley argues that the financial support from Cottrell exceeded the standard thresholds that require permissibility checks and official reporting to the watchdog.
In her letter to the Electoral Commission, Turley detailed Farage's extensive political activities during the period in question.
"During the period in question (from the second half of 2023 until the 2024 general election), Mr Farage was a member of Reform UK, its honorary president and, with Reform UK being a private limited company at the time, the owner of the majority of its shares," Turley wrote.
"Mr Farage was highly active as a Reform member and campaigner over this period.
For example, he was a speaker at Reform UK’s Conference on 8 October 2023; he posted regularly in support of Reform UK on X (formerly Twitter); and, as The Sunday Times reports, his video output created in conjunction with the staff funded by Mr Cottrell was highly political and strongly supportive of Reform UK."
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Turley also released a public statement pressing for accountability regarding the ongoing controversy.
"Serious allegations of rule breaking are already being assessed by the Parliamentary authorities.
It is now abundantly clear that Mr Farage may have not only broken parliamentary rules, he may have broken the law," she said.
"Farage can’t brazenly brush this off as being 'none of your business' any longer.
He needs to own his self-inflicted scandal and prove he’s not been secretly breaking the rules and taking the British public for fools."
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The Electoral Commission has yet to respond to the request.
