Farage warned attack against ‘establishment’ over unregistered gifts could lead to harsher punishment – UK politics live

According to The Guardian World, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is under investigation by the parliamentary standards commissioner over a five million pound donation that went unregistered, linked to backer Christopher Harborne. Farage claims he's the victim of a hit job by the establishment — though the Guardian notes that framing an attack on standards enforcement could itself invite a harsher punishment. The report sets this against a larger shift in British politics: it says Keir Starmer is due to formally resign as prime minister in two weeks, with the king expected to appoint Andy Burnham in his place. Starmer's exit is attributed in part to the rise of Farage, whose insurgent challenge alarmed Labour MPs — even as the Guardian observes that the electoral threat from Reform now appears to be receding somewhat.

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