Nigel Farage has been interviewed by the standards commissioner over a £5 million gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, the Reform UK leader has said. The probe over whether he should have declared the money resumed after he won the Clacton by-election.

Mr Farage told the Sunday Times he had been interviewed by Daniel Greenberg, the parliamentary commissioner for standards. The 30-minute interview took place in the Palace of Westminster last month, he said.

Under Commons rules, new MPs are required to register any gifts worth more than £300 they received in the previous 12 months, except where it “could not be reasonably thought by others” to relate to their political activities. Mr Farage has said the gift was not…