Nigel Farage reported to UK standards watchdog over alleged Bank of England lobbying on behalf of donor
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Rowena Mason, Tom Burgis
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Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, has been reported to the parliamentary standards watchdog over allegations he lobbied the Bank of England governor to drop a state-backed digital currency plan that could negatively impact Christopher Harborne, a billionaire donor who has given £15m to the party and an undeclared £5m gift to Farage. The complaint centers on a private meeting between Farage and Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, raising questions about potential breaches of parliamentary rules regarding lobbying and conflicts of interest.
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· 3 pulledThe Reform UK leader has said his party's major donor, Christopher Harborne, wanted nothing in exchange for the £15m he donated to the party and the undeclared £5m gift to Farage the Guardian revealed in April.
But Farage used a private meeting at the Bank to urge its governor, Andrew Bailey, to drop plans for a state-run alternative to the digital currency
The standards watchdog has been urged to investigate whether Nigel Farage lobbied the Bank of England to drop a cryptocurrency plan that could be costly for the billionaire bankrolling his party
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