Nigel Farage said he was facing a second parliamentary standards investigation. At the time we checked, Parliament’s public record listed one live inquiry against him: an investigation opened on 13 May over failure to register an interest. Complaints can exist without becoming published investigations. Nigel Farage said he was facing two parliamentary standards investigations. That is a checkable claim because the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.

A local Reform UK resignation lands amid wider scrutiny over Nigel Farage’s £5m gift, party-linked donations and standards inquiries. What is proven, what remains under investigation, and why transparency now matters more as Reform gains power. Reform UK’s breakthrough in North East Lincolnshire was supposed to demonstrate that the party could move from protest politics to governing. Within months, the local administration was dealing with an internal row.