Nigel Farage was paid £189,000 last year as a brand ambassador for a gold company, taking his total income since July’s election to just under £600,000.
The Clacton MP and Reform UK leader declared the payment for four hours of employment a month with Direct Bullion since July, plus a back payment for work before the election.
The Guardian reported last month that he had become a paid brand ambassador for Direct Bullion, in a third job alongside his roles as an MP and a presenter on the rightwing channel GB News.
He promoted gold on a podcast sponsored by the company in November hosted by a fellow brand ambassador and influencer.
The most recent register of MPs’ interests also shows Farage was paid £4,361.75 to cover expenses by the New York Young Republican Club for his appearance at a Make America Great Again gala to celebrate Donald Trump’s presidential victory.
He picked up an award and spoke at the event in early December about Trump, calling him “without doubt the bravest man I’ve ever met, the noblest man I’ve ever met, the most principled man I’ve ever met: you should feel honoured this man is about to become your 47th president, honoured, thrilled”.
He also said he was “so excited for what Elon [Musk] is going to do when he takes the knife to the establishment that stops enterprise, that takes away liberty, that destroys freedom”. But Musk turned on Farage this weekend, saying he should be replaced as the leader of Reform UK.
Claiming at the event that he could become the next UK prime minister, Farage told the Republican audience: “I now believe for the first time in a decade that we can save western civilisation. We can save our countries, save our culture, give a future to our kids and grandkids that I thought had been stolen from him and for that we have Donald J Trump to thank.”
It was his sixth trip to the US this year, where he was one of the headliners at a Republican fundraising event alongside the former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.
Since he became an MP, Farage has also made a trip to the US paid for by the businessman and donor Christopher Harborne in July, worth £32,000. He was paid £40,000 for a speaking engagement at an outfit called Nomad Capitalist in October in Arizona.
The Reform leader appears to be the highest paid MP since the UK election, with several income streams apart from his £91,346 salary to sit in parliament.
He has received £219,506 since July from GB News for his work as a presenter. He is separately paid thousands for social media work on Facebook, X and YouTube, as well as recording bespoke Cameo videos.
The register of MPs’ interests also showed Keir Starmer has once again made use of his season ticket to the football, declaring tickets and hospitality in the directors’ box at Arsenal FC on 4 December.
Starmer has an Arsenal season ticket, and the club offers him an upgrade to the directors’ box when he attends. He says he takes this up owing to security concerns about him sitting in the stands.
Few Labour politicians declared free tickets, after the row about politicians accepting freebies that engulfed Labour in the autumn. Jeremy Hunt, the Conservative former chancellor, declared five tickets to Capital FM’s Jingle Bell Ball worth £524.95.
