Reform UK fined for election rule breach and ordered to pay legal fees

• Reform UK was fined more than £2,000 for failing to declare it was the publisher of campaign material.
• The party was sanctioned by the Electoral Commission for breaching election rules.
• Nigel Farage’s party was fined an additional penalty for not paying the fine on time.
• A by-election candidate who sought to wind up Reform UK lost his case and was ordered to pay £37,000 in legal fees.
• The legal expenses were ordered by an insolvency judge.