Farage Avoids Police Investigation Over Alleged Electoral Law Breach in Clacton 2024 Campaign
Essex Police have concluded that a report concerning alleged misreported expenditure in Reform UK's Clacton 2024 campaign falls outside the one-year prosecution window under the Representation of the People Act 1983. As a result, no police investigation will take place. The report was made on 5 December 2025, and the prosecution window for such offences is one year from the alleged offence.
The Electoral Commission is separately assessing the claims and could impose sanctions on Reform UK if misreporting is confirmed. A whistleblower has alleged undeclared spending on leaflets, banners, utility bills, and refurbishment of a Clacton campaign bar.
Labour's Anna Turley has pressed Nigel Farage to address these allegations and warned of potential inaccuracies in Reform UK's spending return, subsequently writing to the Electoral Commission regarding the matter. Reform UK denies any breach of electoral law. The whistleblower, Everett, is a former Conservative councillor who joined Reform UK and later became independent; he is described as a disgruntled former councillor.
In addition to this case, Farage faces other controversies, including criticism from 28 Dulwich College alumni peers over his past behaviour and his response to those allegations.
