Why Nigel Farage declined taxpayer-funded security

• Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, declined taxpayer-funded security last year, deeming the package "inadequate" for the threat he faces.
• The security offer, which reportedly included a trained driver, car, and bodyguard, was on the same level as that provided to high-profile Cabinet ministers.
• Reform UK stated that the state's offering did not match the threat against Mr Farage, leading them to provide their own "proper protection" rather than "gamble with his life".
• The refusal comes amid heightened concerns for MPs' safety following the alleged killing of Reform UK spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe.
• Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood offered Mr Farage a meeting with the head of a parliamentary body responsible for politicians’ security, which he accepted, and Reform UK will provide 24-hour security for its MPs.

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Farage refused taxpayer-funded security because it was ‘inadequate’