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UK: Reform Accuses NCA of Leaking Information Amid Finance Probes

Is this scandal a legitimate concern or a state-coordinated attack on Reform UK?

Published JUL 8

UK: Reform Accuses NCA of Leaking Information Amid Finance Probes

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Above: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in Frinton-on-Sea on July 8. Image credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The Facts

Reform UK Deputy Leader Richard Tice wrote to National Crime Agency (NCA) Director General Graeme Biggar on Tuesday, calling for an investigation after claiming the agency leaked his private bank statements and financial records to The Guardian newspaper.
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Tice's property firm Tisun Investments received an £80,000 bridging loan from George Cottrell in December 2024, repaid in February 2025. His think tank, Britain Means Business, also received a £1 million donation from Cottrell's mother, Fiona, in June 2024.
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The transactions were flagged to the NCA under its Suspicious Activity Report scheme, which requires banks to report large or international transactions under anti-money laundering legislation. The NCA receives around 3,000 SARs every working day.
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The Guardian has also reported that bankers filed a SAR with the NCA in May 2024 over a £5 million gift to Farage from Thailand-based cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne, which has since been under investigation by parliament's standards commissioner as it was not registered.
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This comes after Farage resigned as MP for Clacton on Tuesday, announcing his candidacy for the constituency's by-election while denying any wrongdoing and calling on Clacton to be "the judges of my actions." The Conservatives, Labour, the Green party and the Lib Dems all said they would not stand candidates.
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Farage made the announcement at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, an hour after the deadline The Guardian claims it set the Reform leader to respond to its NCA story. Farage has repeated claims that Harborne's gift was illegally obtained.
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The Spin

Anti-Reform Party narrative

Multiple reports to the NCA over Farage and Tice's financial activities only reaffirm the extent of corruption at the heart of Reform. With political parties smartly refusing to play ball with the party's by-election antics, Farage and his cronies have no choice but to finally answer the questions demanded by the public.

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Reform Party narrative

The NCA leaked confidential bank statements belonging to Reform MPs to the press without any active investigation into either man, with private financial details from multiple accounts ending up on the front pages of the news. It is clear that The Guardian and the NCA are complicit in an establishment stitch up.

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