Exclusive: Sources reveal party is covering costs – raising fresh questions about leader’s explanation for billionaire’s gift
Nigel Farage’s personal security has been paid for out of Reform UK’s central funds despite his claim that these expenses would be covered by an undisclosed gift of £5m from a billionaire donor, sources have told the Guardian.
The Reform leader has had the central party pay for a team and two cars ever since a reduction in the security provided by the taxpayer after a review in 2025.
The disclosure raises fresh questions about Farage’s explanation of the £5m he was given by the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.
After the Guardian revealed the gift, Harborne said it was intended “to support Nigel’s security not just now but for the rest of his life”.
Farage initially said: “This money was given to me so that I would be safe and secure for the rest of my life.”
He suggested that the Home Office did not offer him any security support. In fact, though it was reduced in scale, he was offered a bodyguard, a driver and car – similar to the provision made for Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the official opposition.
Farage refused this, and since then his security has been paid for from central party funds.
