Who Is The Fraudster Who Paid For Farage’s Security?
7/5/202632 min
Today we look at a story from the Sunday Times that details benefits that Nigel Farage received from a convicted fraudster George Cottrell, including staff, security and housing.
Reform says its party leader has broken no rules by failing to declare the support given to him before he became an MP.
The journalist who led the team behind the story, Gabriel Pogrund, speaks to Laura and Paddy about what they found out.
They talk about who George Cottrell is and what the rules actually say.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenters were Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn. The social producer was Sophie Millward. The technical producer was Antonio Fernandes. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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First 90 secondsPaddy O'Connell· Host0:00
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Laura Kuenssberg· Host0:51
[tone] On Saturday nights, it's a funny thing, isn't it, when you're trying to think, "Oh, well, I better go to sleep because I've got to get up really early to do the jobs that we're very, very lucky to do." But you're kind of anxiously also waiting for the Sunday newspapers to drop.
Paddy O'Connell· Host1:09
Yes, so at about 10:00, 10:30 last night, we were all messaging each other.
Laura Kuenssberg· Host1:13
Mm-hmm.
Paddy O'Connell· Host1:13
You, me, my team on Radio 4, your team on BBC 1, and Newscast about the emerging story from the Insight team at The Sunday Times.
Laura Kuenssberg· Host1:24
And that is the story that we will discuss with the man who broke that story for The Sunday Times, Gabriel