Reform UK leader Nigel Farage breached MPs’ rules 17 times by failing to register financial interests totalling £384,000 within the 28-day limit, the parliamentary commissioner for standards has ruled.
Daniel Greenberg said that following an investigation he had concluded that the breaches were “inadvertent” and due to “staffing and other administrative issues”.
He added that Farage had apologised and had promised to meet the deadline in the future.
The interests that Farage failed to report on time include payments for his appearances on GB News, speaking engagements with Google and money earned through the Cameo app.
In his reply to the commissioner, Farage said he was “sincerely sorry” and that there had been “no malicious intent”.
“The late declarations, which were set out in your letter to me, fall short of what you expect and indeed what I expect from public figures.”
Explaining why he missed the deadlines, Farage said that he had “a very complicated and complex set of interests” due to his work as a TV presenter and a businessman.
He also said he had been “extremely let down by a very senior member of staff”.
