Ofcom has launched a formal investigation into Sky News following a complaint from Reform UK that the broadcaster treated Nigel Farage unfairly and infringed his privacy in its reporting on his financial affairs. The row erupted after Farage accused Sky News of "haranguing" his daughter at her home, part of a wider clash with the media over Times and Sunday Times investigations into gifts he had received, which he said left him "never been angrier" in his life.

Reform's complaint alleges the Sky News report portrayed Farage as a "liar" and omitted important context, while Farage separately confronted a Sky reporter at an airport, warning of "serious consequences" if his family were harassed further. Sky News maintains it made only a single, off-camera approach to a property linked to Farage to seek "legitimate" comment on a gift he accepted from Arron Cottrell, insisted it never spoke to his daughter directly, and denied "hounding" anyone, calling its actions routine journalism on a matter of public interest.