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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Sophie Wingate

MYSTERIOUS: Labour calls for probe into farages crypto lobbying to line donors pockets - What They Never Told You

Labour has called for Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to be investigated (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Wire)

Labour has called for a financial watchdog probe into Nigel Farage after reports he lobbied the Bank of England over cryptocurrency policy, alleging the Reform UK leader may have acted to “line the pockets” of a major party donor.

Mr Farage urged governor Andrew Bailey in a private meeting last September to scrap plans for a state-run digital currency which could dent crypto-entrepreneur Christopher Harborne’s profits, The Guardian reported.

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