Nigel Farage did not declare support from convicted criminal, Sunday Times reports

The newspaper reported that George Cottrell provided security and social media staff to Farage in the year before his election as an MP.

• The Sunday Times reported that George Cottrell supplied Nigel Farage with security and social media staff before Farage became an MP.
• Farage did not register this support, which parliamentary rules require new MPs to declare within 12 months before election.
• Reform UK Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick said the support did not need to be registered as it was provided in a "purely personal capacity".
• Cottrell, a convicted US wire fraud offender, served eight months in prison in 2016 for his role in an FBI sting operation.