Reform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice is being investigated by parliament's standards commissioner over allegations that he failed to declare an interest. Daniel Greenberg confirmed the probe was opened last week, and Tice has said it relates to a complaint about whether he should have referenced his register of interests before a Commons debate on UK democracy and Israeli influence. The case adds to mounting scrutiny of Reform UK's leadership over transparency and funding, with Labour accusing the party of behaving as if "the rules just don't apply to them".

Tice has dismissed the complainant, an unnamed group he described as an "anti semitic anti Israel lobby group", and pointed out that the same body had not flagged an undeclared donation to another MP. The new investigation follows the commissioner's separate decision, only days earlier, to reject a complaint over an undeclared roughly £80,000 loan Tice received from convicted fraudster George Cottrell, an ally of Nigel Farage. Labour noted that both Reform's leader and deputy leader now face standards-related issues, alongside separate concerns including Farage's undisclosed £5 million gift from donor Christopher Harborne and reports of a firm linked to Tice avoiding around £600,000 in tax. Farage is meanwhile standing down as Clacton MP to contest the resulting by-election, expected around 13 August. Reform UK had not responded to requests for comment at the time of writing.