Essex Police are assessing allegations that Reform UK overspent on Nigel Farage’s general election campaign in Clacton last year.
The claims have been made by a former Reform councillor, who the party said was expelled several months ago.
Richard Everett, a former member of Farage’s campaign team, told the Daily Telegraph he believes Reform exceeded the £20,660 spending limit set by electoral law in the Essex constituency and failed to declare some costs, although he said Farage was “blissfully unaware” of the omissions.
A Reform spokesperson denied the party had broken electoral law, saying the “inaccurate claims come from a disgruntled former councillor”.
In a statement, Essex Police said: “We are assessing a report relating to alleged misreported expenditure by a political party in connection with the 2024 general election, following a referral to us by the Met Police.”
Farage took over as leader of Reform UK in June 2024, around a month before the general election.
He won the seat of Clacton in Essex from the Conservatives with a majority of more than 8,000.
