Nigel Farage inadvertently breached MPs’ financial rules 17 times, says watchdog
Parliament’s standards commissioner has ruled that Britain’s Reform leader Nigel Farage breached MPs’ rules 17 times by failing to register financial interests totaling £384,000 within a 28-day period.
Daniel Greenberg said that after investigating, he concluded that the violations were “unintentional” and were due to “personnel and other administrative issues.”
He added that Farage had apologized and promised to meet the deadline in the future.
Interests that Farage failed to disclose in time include payments for appearances on GB News, conversations with Google and money earned through the Cameo app.
In his response to the commissioner, Farage stated that he was “sincerely sorry” for the rule violations and that “there was no malicious intent”.
He also said he was “extremely let down by a very senior member of staff”.
At a meeting with the commissioner on 11 December 2025, Farage said he was “a bit shocked” by the “major administrative error”.
“You might ask, ‘Why don’t I get into this stuff myself? I’m not into computers… so I rely on other people to do this stuff for me.’
“I’m afraid I’m not computer literate, which makes me perhaps even weirder than before.”
He also said the delays were the result of “severe growing pains.”
“Our political life has exploded in ways we could never have imagined in the last 18 months.
“We are overwhelmed in every sense. Even my MP e-mail receives 1,000 e-mails a day.
“And we’ve basically failed or failed to deal with not only that, but a lot of other things as well, to be honest.”
After the investigation, the Commissioner will be able to decide whether to close the case or recommend sanctions to the MP.
In his report, he said the decision to close the case was “well balanced”, especially considering the high value of some of the shares.
But he said he was satisfied the breaches were unintentional and would not refer the case to the Standards Committee.
Rule five of the parliamentary code of conduct states that new MPs must register all financial interests they have received in the 12 months before their election, and that MPs “must register any change in these registerable interests within 28 days”.
Farage missed the deadline 17 times, with delays ranging from four days to 120 days.
A Labor Party spokesman said Farage was “not on the side of working people, he is just lining his pockets when he should be standing up for his constituents”.
