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Laila Cunningham defends Nigel Farage’s undisclosed £5m gift

16 August 2026

Category: undisclosed interest

Laila Cunningham, a Reform UK councillor, defended Nigel Farage’s undisclosed £5m gift during appearances on LBC and later on her own slot on the same station. She said it was not the public’s business how he spent his money, suggested the payment could have been for security and told listeners they should not interrogate him over the sum, while admitting she did not know whether the money had been spent on security. Nigel Farage has contradicted the security explanation. Critics have raised concerns about his failure to declare the payment as a registrable parliamentary benefit after becoming an MP and about a possible transactional relationship linked to promoting crypto. There is no public record here of any disciplinary action against Cunningham in relation to her defence of Farage.