Voters should be “worried” about the prospect of Nigel Farage becoming prime minister after a senior Reform UK politician was jailed for taking bribes from Russia, a cabinet minister has declared.

Steve Reed told HuffPost UK it was “very surprising” that Farage has not launched a full investigation into any other links between his party and the Kremlin.

The communities secretary spoke out as he launched an independent review of foreign financial interference in UK politics.

It comes a month after Nathan Gill, Reform’s former leader in Wales, was jailed for 10-and-a-half years after he pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery between 2018 and 2019.

He admitted accepting substantial sums to make pro-Russian remarks both to the media and to the European parliament when he was Ukip and Brexit Party MEP.

The former Farage ally also served as the leader of Reform UK in Wales from March to May 2021.

Asked if he thought Farage is personally sympathetic to........

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