Labour challenges Farage over cost of private jet trip to Maldives


Anna Turley questions revised £25,000 figure for failed attempt to reach Chagos Islands on jet linked to billionaire

Labour has queried Nigel Farage’s claim that a return trip to the Maldives on a private jet linked to a billionaire donor cost as little as £25,000 as the Reform leader attempted to reach the Chagos Islands.

Farage initially recorded his two-day trip to the Maldives as costing £12,500 funded by Thailand-based Reform megadonor Christopher Harborne, before upgrading this to £25,000 in the latest register of interests.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/03/labour-challenges-farage-over-cost-of-private-jet-trip-to-maldives

Author : Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Publish date : 2026-04-03 08:21:00

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