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Nigel Farage’s pay from gold dealer doubles to £22,500 an hour

Reform UK leader’s financial declaration comes amid continuing questions about £5mn gift

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has declared his biggest single payment as an MP, receiving £270,000 from a bullion dealer, double his fee from 2025.

Farage was paid the money for 12 hours of work from Direct Bullion, a gold marketer for which he is a brand ambassador, according to the register of interests published on Tuesday.

The anti-EU politician, whose rightwing Reform UK party is leading opinion polls, has faced questions in recent weeks over his acceptance of a £5mn gift from cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne.

That gift was not declared in Farage’s parliamentary register, prompting an investigation by the commissioner for standards. Farage has said the gift, given shortly before he became an MP, was not related to politics and did not need to be registered.

His sizeable outside income has led opponents to challenge his image as a representative of left-behind voters.

Reform UK did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Direct Bullion payment.

The latest payment is equivalent to an hourly rate of £22,500, double what the gold dealer paid him in October 2025.

He received £91,200 for four hours of work for the company in January 2025. Nine months later, he received £135,000 for an estimated 12 hours of work spread out across three months.

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