Farage Debated Undeclared Benefits Six Days Before Resigning Over Undeclared Benefits

On 1 July, Nigel Farage spoke in a House of Commons debate on "MPs' Second Jobs: Prohibition." Six days later, on 7 July, he resigned after The Sunday Times revealed he had failed to declare benefits funded by convicted fraudster George Cottrell—housing and staff paid for by a criminal with a 2017 US money-laundering conviction. The timing underscores how Farage participated in parliamentary scrutiny of undeclared interests immediately before his own undeclared arrangement became public.