Reform hit from all sides at refusal to hold Russia probe

REFORM UK has denied it is a pro-Russian party, as it faced renewed calls to launch an investigation into how its former leader in Wales had taken bribes from the Kremlin.

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and a slew of MPs rounded on Nigel Farage's party in the House of Commons to demand it holds an inquiry into how Nathan Gill had taken cash from Moscow.

Gill was jailed for 10-and-a-half years last week after he admitted being paid £40,000 to make pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament.

Speaking in Parliament about the G20 summit in South Africa, Sir Keir said: "It is shocking that a senior official, the leader in Wales, has been jailed for over 10 years - a very significant sentence - for pro-Russia bribes.