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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage gestures during a fireside chat at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (Arc) annual conference, at Olympia London, Wednesday June 24, 2026.

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Reform UK’s Farage says he’ll quit as lawmaker and seek reelection amid donation allegations

Reform UK’s Farage says he’ll quit as lawmaker and seek reelection amid donation allegations

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says he’ll quit his Parliament seat and seek reelection in an attempt to clear his name over financial allegations. Farage said in a broadcast statement Tuesday that he has “done nothing wrong" and has not "broken the law in any way." He did not take questions. Farage faces a probe by Parliament’s standards watchdog over a $6.7 million gift from a Thailand-based cryptocurrency billionaire. Opposition lawmakers seek another investigation over separate donations. Farage is a prominent ally of U.S. President Donald Trump and had been considered a favorite to be prime minister after the next national election.