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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

MYSTERIOUS: Nigel farage skips budget in commons over seating altercation concerns | Mind Blowing Facts

Nigel Farage gestures as he speaks into microphones at a lectern
Farage said at a press conference in Westminster that he had decided to give parliament a ‘wide berth’ on budget day. Photograph: Zeynep Demir Aslim/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

Nigel Farage skipped the chancellor’s first budget because he was worried he would get in a “physical altercation” with another MP in a row over seating arrangements.

The Reform UK leader was not present in the House of Commons but gave a press conference afterwards in which he said he was “shocked” by the £10bn going to support Ukraine and doubled down on his party’s policies on cutting tax for crypto investors.

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