Robert Jenrick denies that the investigation of Farage’s finances was linked to the Sunday Times

• Robert Jenrick said, according to media reports, that he had no involvement in the investigation into Nigel Farage’s finances, after The Sunday Times published an article about the matter.
• Jenrick denies that he was involved in the allegations, saying that at the time, Nigel Farage was out of the country; Farage’s spokesperson said the denial was baseless.
• CNN reports that the investigation into Farage’s finances was carried out after the Sunday Times published a story about the matter, and that the investigation was not carried out independently.

Robert Jenrick, a Reform Party candidate, said that the media had not been involved in the investigation into Reform UK’s Nigel Farage, after new details emerged about the allegations and the matter. Regarding a CNN article, he said he had sent the material to The Sunday Times.

According to The Sunday Times, Farage denied that the allegations were based on a tip-off from former Conservative Party chairman Lord Feldman, who described the figure as a “cold story” and “nothing to see here.” Independent also said, that Jenrick denied that the allegations were based on a “cold story” and “nothing to see here.” The material from CNN, according to Jenrick, was baseless and contrived.

Jenrick, meanwhile, denied that he had been involved in the “purely personal” allegations, which, according to the explanation, were not linked to anything, as Farage said in a statement. Independent, Jenrick said, also described the story as a “cold story” and “nothing to see here.” CNN materials were rejected, Jenrick said, as “baseless and contrived.”

Paralleling CNN, Jenrick said that Farage was trying to “turn the spotlight away” from the allegations by using the “cold story” and “nothing to see here” framing. According to CNN, Farage had been paid £2 million in donations for the investigation into the allegations in 2024, citing a Financial Times report.

Independent also said, that Leibourist party and Liberal Democrats leader had described the “sleeze” link between winter parties as “nothing to see here.” CNN denied, that the commission statement was supported by the evidence; it was also said that the investigation was carried out independently.

The Guardian, referring to CNN data, reported that in 2026 Farage would have been paid £5 million in donations for the investigation into the allegations, citing a report by Kristopher Garborna. CNN says that the financial information was provided in the same way in the Sunday Times material.

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