REFORM UK leader Nigel Farage said he will not investigate any Russian links within his party, stating that he is “not a police force”.

Farage was asked about what action he has taken since Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10 and a half years for bribery over pro-Russian speeches when he was an MEP by broadcasters on Monday.

The Clacton MP told journalists “I'm not a police force, I haven't got the resources,” when he was asked whether he planned to probe all his MPs about foreign influence.

Farage was an MEP from 1999 until 2020, and was Ukip leader from 2006 to 2009 and 2010 to 2016, and Gill was first elected as a Ukip MEP in 2014, becoming a Brexit Party MEP in 2019, sticking with the party when it became Reform UK, then becoming Welsh leader i

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