Overview

• Standards commissioner Daniel Greenberg opened the inquiry on July 28 under Rule 5 of the MPs’ code, which mandates registering any change to financial interests within 28 days.
• Farage told The Independent the probe follows a complaint from a House of Lords peer and maintained it is unrelated to undeclared income.
• Parliament’s standards office has not disclosed which interest is under review but media reports indicate possible scrutiny of a commercial fishing boat stake.
• The investigation follows similar inquiries into Rachel Reeves’s late theatre ticket registration and Keir Starmer’s clothing donation declaration.
• Ongoing proceedings highlight intensified oversight of parliamentary ethics and the potential consequences for breaching transparency rules.