EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage skips £20m 'Love Clacton' meet to schmooze backers 300 miles awayThe Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage met supporters at a private function in Newcastle instead of attending the "Love Clacton" 10-year initiativeView 5 Images Reform MP Nigel Farage was pictured being whisked into Hibou Blanc - while a "Love Clacton" meeting was taking place 300 miles away (Image: ChronicleLive/Craig Connor)Reform's Nigel Farage skipped a meeting for a £20m "Love Clacton" regeneration programme to schmooze financial backers 300 miles away at a swanky cocktail bar, the Mirror can reveal. Minutes from Tendring District Council's Clacton Town Board reveal Farage, 61, has repeatedly sent his "apologies" for missing meetings since 2024. ‌View 5 Images Nigel Farage bagged paddock passes and hotels worth £10,000 from Abu Dhabi Government to attend the Ya Marina Circuit (Image: NurPhoto via Getty Images)A spokesman for Nigel Farage said: “Nigel Farage is an active Member of Parliament for Clacton. The Brexit champion has already been nicknamed Nine Jobs Nigel after the Mirror revealed his money-spinning side hustles. Back in Clacton, where many shops lay empty, constituents Jonathan Robert, 64, said: "Farage uses Clacton for his own political purposes.

Source: Daily Mirror February 21, 2026 16:15 UTC