Nigel Farage earned £270,000 for just 12 hours' work promoting gold bullion – his single biggest payment since becoming an MP, according to the latest register of interests.
The Reform UK leader’s role as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion required an estimated four hours per month over three months, a £22,500 hourly rate that Labour chair Anna Turley said proves he has “the Midas touch when it comes to lining his pockets instead of doing his day job”.
“Nigel Farage earned £270,000 for 12 hours' gold bullion promotion – his largest MP payday – amid a standards probe over a £5m gift.”
Farage has previously registered payments from the same company: £91,200 in February 2025 and £135,000 in November 2025. “As has previously been reported and declared, Nigel Farage is a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion,” a spokesman said.
The latest declaration also records £18,402 for about six hours presenting on GB News in June – more than £3,000 an hour – and other work for Imperial Independent Media, Google and X. Farage stopped recording personalised messages on the Cameo website in March, citing security, after earning more than £80,000 from the platform.
Turley said Farage “should be focused on putting more pounds back in his Clacton constituents’ pockets rather than racking up payments off the back of gold sales”.
The Clacton MP is already under investigation by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner over an undeclared £5m gift from cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne. Farage has given conflicting explanations: first claiming it was for personal security, later calling it a reward for Brexit. He told BBC Breakfast: “Let’s be clear, it’s an unconditional gift. I can spend it on cars if I want to. It’s entirely up to me.” When Nick Robinson asked if he would return the money, Farage replied: “If you give your entire salary to charity then maybe I will.”
The standards watchdog is examining whether the gift, received before Farage was elected, should have been declared as a political donation – a question Farage has refused to answer, insisting the public has no right to know how he spent it.