Nigel Farage admits breaching parliamentary rules over Trump event

"Farage said on Sunday that he had failed to declare the trip in parliamentary transparency logs due to an error by his office. It came after details of the appearance were published by the Sunday Times. In a statement, the MP said he had emailed details of the trip to his office but said: Unfortunately, these submissions were not added to the register. This was an error A correction to the record will be made tomorrow along with an apology to the registrar."

"According to a parliamentary code of conduct, MPs must register any visits outside the UK that cost more than 300 and where the trip is not wholly paid for by the MP or by public funds. They must also separately report any fees or payments in kind. The deadline for doing so is 28 days. In his statement, Farage said the trip was remunerated in three separate instalments over the course of two months but did not say who had paid for it."

"Daisy Cooper, the Liberal Democrat deputy leader, said: Nigel Farage needs to come clean on who's bankrolling his trips abroad to badmouth Britain. He uses every opportunity he can to talk down Britain and suck up to Trump while failing to represent his constituents in parliament. The public deserve to know whether the Trump administration and their cronies are funding these trips, using Farage as a puppet to meddle in British politics."

Nigel Farage admitted failing to register a trip to Florida where he headlined a Republican fundraising dinner in Tallahassee. The event charged $500 per attendee and offered $25,000 VIP tickets that included a photograph with the Clacton MP. Farage said he emailed trip details to his office but the submissions were not added to the parliamentary register and described the omission as an error, promising a correction and an apology to the registrar. Parliamentary rules require MPs to register foreign visits over 300 pounds not wholly self-funded and to report fees or payments in kind within 28 days. Farage said the appearance was remunerated in three instalments and that he paid travel costs himself.

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