Nigel Farage breaks MPs' code of conduct with 17 breaches

Nigel Farage has breached the MPs' code of conduct 17 times by registering financial interests late. This is a Breaking News story.

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Nigel Farage has breached the MPs' code of conduct 17 times by failing to register financial interests on time.

The Reform leader - who has been nicknamed "Nine Jobs Nigel" - has previously been criticised for his money-spinning side hustles outside of his £93,904-a-year salary as an MP.

In a report released on Wednesday, Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Daniel Greenberg said he had identified more than a dozen breaches in his registered interests.

He said: "Following a complaint from a member of the public that Mr Nigel Farage had registered interests outside the 28-day time limit set by the House, I undertook a wider review of Mr Farage’s entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.

"Having done so, I identified several other interests that appeared to have been registered late, and I opened a formal inquiry on 30 October 2025 to investigate Mr Farage’s compliance with Rule 5 of the Code of Conduct. During my investigation, I established that there had been seventeen breaches of Rule 5 of the Code by Mr Farage’s failure to add interests within the 28-day period set by the House."

He concluded "the failure to register these interests on time was inadvertent because of staffing and other administrative issues". Mr Greenberg added that the Reform UK leader has acknowledged the breaches and apologised.

Due to the failure being "inadvertent", the commissioner decided not to refer this matter to the Committee on Standards despite the large number of breaches. He instead said the matter was suitable for the "rectification process".

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In a letter to Mr Greenberg in November, Mr Farage whined that he has a "very complicated and complex set of interests" as he is a TV presenter and "successful private businessmen" as well as an MP.

The Clacton MP said: "Unlike most Members, I have a very complicated and complex set of interests, including my work as a TV presenter and as a successful private businessman, most of which were built long before I was elected as a Member of Parliament.

"Compared to most MPs, I have an unusually high number of interests which need to be declared, and I have always and will always continue to declare these. Please let me reassure you, there was no malicious intent to deceive or mislead you or the public in the lateness of these declarations; it was an honest and genuine error."

He added: "I accept that I have breached this section of the Code and take full responsibility, and I would first of all like to say I am sincerely sorry. The late declarations, which were set out in your letter to me, fall short of what you expect and indeed what I expect from public figures. This was an administrative error on behalf of me and my team, for which I can only reiterate our sincere apologies."

In a letter in December, Mr Farage blamed a member of his team - despite previously having taken "full responsibility" himself. He refused to put the details in the letter and requested a private meeting, saying: "I have been extremely let down by a very senior member of staff and would like to discuss this privately and confidentially with you in an in-person meeting."

An extraordinary transcript of the meeting in December showed Mr Farage told Mr Greenberg: "I'm not making any money as a result of being an MP, quite the opposite, I'm making it because I'm Nigel Farage and I've got other interests."

An analysis by The Mirror of Mr Farage's Register of Interests reveals he has pocketed huge sums in travel from donors and authorities around the world. Just last month Mr Farage - who previously drove a Volvo and has enjoyed chauffeur driven trips in his Range Rover - jetted to Abu Dhabi for the December 7 race.

The latest register of members' financial interest, published on Monday, showed Mr Farage - who has earned more than £1million from second jobs since the general election - raked in more than £70,000 from his role as a GB News presenter in December alone.

Last year alone, he trousered more than £200,000 for working as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion - a precious metals and gold dealer. Since the election, he has also earned thousands of pounds for services to Cameo video recordings, for doing social media with Elon Musk's platform X and for speaking engagements.

He also earns around £4,000 a month writing articles for the Telegraph.

A Labour Party spokesman said: "Nigel Farage is so distracted with tempting failed Tory politicians into his party that he can't even get the basics right. He isn't on the side of working people - he's just lining his pockets when he should be standing up for his constituents.

“He boasts about making money ‘because I’m Nigel Farage’, raking in millions through various outside jobs. But he neglects to do the important work that hard-pressed taxpayers fork out for him to do. Labour will tighten the rules on MPs’ second jobs to make sure the public get the attention they expect and deserve from their elected representatives.”