Nigel Farage reported to police over 'election fraud'

Nigel Farage has been referred to the police by a former member of his campaign team over claims that he falsified election expenses.. The Reform UK leader has been accused of fraudulently reporting local campaign expenses in his constituency of Clacton-on-Sea as national party spending. Richard Everett, former Reform councillor and member of Mr Farage's local campaign team, has submitted documents to the Metropolitan Police that indicate illegally reallocated funds of around £9,000, the Telegraph reports.

The documents reportedly show that Reform spent under the legal limit of £20,660 for a candidate's general election campaign last year, but excluded costs for leaflets, banners, energy bills and a costly bar refurbishment in the Clacton campaign office. Mr Everett, a former elec