Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has announced that he will resign as MP and force a local by-election after The Times revealed that he’d failed to declare financial support from long-term aide and convicted criminal George Cottrell.

The Times‘ report details various donations and “gifts” from Cottrell to Farage that appear to be politics-related. Farage was subsequently referred to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner.

During Farage’s announcement, he claimed that the parliamentary body is “being used as a political tool” and claimed that The Times’ reporting was “wholly inaccurate.”

He maintains he’s done nothing wrong and hasn’t broken the law in any way, and that he’s a victim of unfairly…