Lib Dem MP calls for investigation into Reform deputy leader’s £80,000 loan

Richard Tice referred to parliament’s standards watchdog over undeclared sum from Farage aide George Cottrell

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Richard Tice has been referred to parliament’s standards watchdog over an undeclared loan of nearly £80,000 from Nigel Farage’s aide George Cottrell.

The development opens up the prospect of another inquiry into a Reform UK MP by the watchdog, which was investigating Farage after the Guardian’s revelation that he received an undeclared £5m gift from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.