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Timeline

Chronology from the ledger. Every event carries a status stamp and a primary source.

  1. April–May 2024

    Verified

    Harborne gives Farage £5m

    Christopher Harborne made a £5m personal payment to Nigel Farage. Both acknowledge it. Timing of full receipt is disputed between Harborne’s lawyers and banking sources cited by the Guardian.

    Unresolved: Whether the full sum arrived before or after Farage re-entered electoral politics.

    Response — Nigel Farage: “Acknowledges the payment as an unconditional gift made before he was an MP.”

  2. 2024-05-10

    Officially reported

    £1.4m Surrey house purchase reported

    Reported Land Registry material shows a £1.4m cash purchase completed 10 May 2024. Any link to gift money is reported, not established.

    Unresolved: Which funds paid for the house.

  3. 2024-05-16

    Officially reported

    Suspicious Activity Report filed (reported)

    Bankers reportedly filed a SAR with the NCA. A SAR is a compliance flag, not a finding of wrongdoing.

    Unresolved: Whether the NCA took any action — agencies typically do not confirm or deny SARs.

  4. 2026-01-20

    Resolved

    Late-registration rectification (separate matter)

    Seventeen late interest registrations resolved by rectification; Farage apologised. Kept distinct from the later £5m Rule 5 inquiry.

  5. 2026-04-29

    Officially reported

    £5m gift becomes public

    Guardian/BBC reporting made the previously undisclosed £5m public; it had not appeared in the Register.

  6. 2026-05-13

    Under review

    Standards inquiry opens

    Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards opens Rule 5 inquiry into non-registration of the £5m. Not a finding of guilt.

    Unresolved: No published outcome at last verification.

  7. 2026-07-05

    Alleged

    Separate Cottrell benefits allegation

    Reporting alleges undeclared benefits linked to George Cottrell — distinct from the Harborne £5m.

  8. 2026-07-07

    Verified

    SAR reporting; Farage resigns

    Guardian publishes SAR reporting; Farage announces resignation to trigger a by-election he intends to contest.

    Response — Nigel Farage: “Denies wrongdoing; says Clacton voters should judge.”

  9. 2026-07-08

    Verified

    Seat vacated; major parties decline

    Northstead appointment formalises vacancy. Labour and Conservatives decline to stand; Greens separately decline.

  10. 2026-07-10

    Verified

    By-election set for 13 August 2026

    Tendring District Council confirms polling day Thursday 13 August 2026.