‘It was Nigel or no one’: there’s gold in bullion adverts for fill-your-boots Farage. A £280,000 payment to the MP for promotional work raises questions over the lack of clarity in his register of interests. ✍️ Cat Neilan Read more: bit.ly/47cWPyq

Lord Mandelson must now be the first public figure to have been forced out office for three different scandals across four different decades

Exclusive: Peter Mandelson is facing calls for a standards investigation over a possible breach of parliamentary rules Comes amid ongoing questions about whether the Labour peer should remain a member of the House of Lords observer.co.uk/news/politics/…

‘Bitcoin is the free speech of money’: fears grow over far right’s embrace of crypto Hard-to trace digital transactions could lead to hostile states or criminal organisations secretly making political donations and threatening democracy. Cat Neilan | John Simpson

Andrew Mitchell John Penrose 🗣️Cat Neilan For a long time we've survived on conventions, but we've seen recently conventions have been brushed aside — regulation needs to catch up #CPC25 #BrightBlue

Andrew Mitchell John Penrose Cat Neilan 🗣️Cat Neilan It's not just political parties who need to be regulated, but campaign groups like Tommy Robinson's, as well as think tanks #CPC25 #BrightBlue

Andrew Mitchell John Penrose Cat Neilan 🗣️Daniel Bruce Over £6 billion in dirty money has entered the UK in recent years, including £1.5 billion from Russia #CPC25 #BrightBlue

Days after we reported that it had been months since Farage last updated his register, he has done so - adding £190,000 worth of earnings, going back as far as early May The update is registered 3rd Oct - the day we went to his team for a right of reply