Police assessing allegations of Reform overspend

ESSEX Police have confirmed they are assessing allegations that Reform UK overspent on Nigel Farage's general election campaign last year in Clacton.

- 

A former Reform councillor and member of Mr Farage's campaign team, Richard Everett, is said to have submitted documents to the Metropolitan Police showing the party spent more than the £20,660 limit in the Essex constituency.

In a statement released on Monday, Essex Police said: “We are assessing a report relating to alleged misreported expenditure by a political party in connection with the 2024 general election, following a referral to us by the Met Police.”