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Billionaire property developer gifts Reform UK at least a million pounds
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (left) with billionaire property tycoon Nick Candy, who is defecting to Reform UK, at Millbank TV studios in London, December 10, 2024

NIGEL FARAGE’S finances have been boosted, and his man-of-the-people image tarnished, after a billionaire property developer gifted his Reform UK party at least a million pounds.

Nick Candy announced the donation at a photocall with Reform’s owner and leader as the party continues to surge in opinion polls.

Mr Candy confirmed he would be giving a “seven-figure sum” to Reform, which recently grown to more than 100,000 members, and that he has been appointed party treasurer.

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