The standards commissioner confirmed that an investigation had been opened into allegations against the Reform UK deputy leader
Richard Tice is under investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog for allegedly failing to declare an interest.
The standards commissioner, Daniel Greenberg, confirmed on its website that an investigation had been opened into allegations against the Reform UK deputy leader on Tuesday last week.
Mr Tice has claimed a parliamentary investigation opened last week relates to a complaint over “whether I should have referenced my register of interests at the start of a debate on UK democracy and Israeli influence”.
Without naming the group he was referring to, he wrote on X: “Contrary to garbage in media: Standards Commissioner is considering complaint by anti semitic anti Israel lobby group over whether I should have referenced my register of interests at start of a debate on UK democracy and Israeli influence.
“The same anti Israel group failed to notify Commissioner that Ayoub Khan MP did not declare his substantial donation received from a pro Palestine group. Funny that…..”.
The probe comes just days after the standards watchdog declined to investigate a complaint relating to an undeclared loan of almost £80,000 from convicted fraudster and Nigel Farage ally George Cottrell.
Mr Tice wrote on X that the earlier claim was “so stupid” that the commissioner had “thrown it out in under 24 hours”. The post was published the day after the commissioner launched the separate probe into his alleged failure to declare an interest.
Reform UK has been contacted for a comment.
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