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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage faces a parliamentary standards inquiry over a £5m donation from crypto magnate Christopher Harborne, with competing accounts of its purpose and use while questions over declaration persist.
The government has agreed to appoint the UK’s first national maternity and neonatal commissioner following Valerie Amos’s review, aiming to transform care after widespread failings and racism allegations. The move is supported by ministers, but critics warn the plan may concentrate power without addressing core cultural issues. The appointment is expected to co-chair a national taskforce with the health secretary and to set out an action plan by December.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has faced scrutiny over a multimillion-pound donation from Christopher Harborne, with questions about whether the donor registered to vote in the UK to bypass donation caps. Farage says the donation funds private security for life and would welcome further gifts; Westminster standards are reviewing the matter.