- Richard Tice, the Reform UK deputy leader, is currently under investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog for allegedly failing to declare an interest.
- The investigation, confirmed by Standards Commissioner Daniel Greenberg last week, reportedly stems from a complaint regarding whether Mr Tice should have referenced his register of interests during a debate on UK democracy and Israeli influence.
- Mr Tice claims the complaint was made by an 'anti-semitic anti-Israel lobby group' and contrasts it with a separate, dismissed complaint about an undeclared loan from a convicted fraudster.
- Labour criticised Reform UK, stating that the latest accusation, alongside other funding controversies and investigations involving leader Nigel Farage, suggests the party believes 'the rules just don't apply to them'.
- This probe adds to recent scrutiny over Reform UK's funding, including questions about a £5 million gift to Nigel Farage from a crypto-billionaire and his own ongoing investigation by the parliamentary standards commissioner.
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