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Nathan Gill: Former Reform UK leader in Wales charged with bribery after counter terror probe | Politics News


The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been charged with bribery after an investigation by counter terrorism police.

Nathan Gill, 51, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, under the Criminal Law Act 1977, and with eight counts of bribery, under the Bribery Act, 2010, said the Metropolitan Police.

Gill is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

The Met Police said: “The investigation has been led by detectives from the Met’s Counter-Terrorism Command and a man was previously interviewed under caution on 3 March 2022 in connection with bribery allegations.

“Further enquiries were carried out by officers and after authorisation by the Crown Prosecution Service Counter-Terrorism Division, the man was subsequently charged as above.”

He was previously a member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), leading the Welsh wing of the party between 2014 and 2016.

Gill was a member of the Senedd between 2016 and 2017, and a member of the European Parliament between 2014 and 2020.

He left UKIP in 2019, and the same year he joined Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party – later Reform UK – and was elected as an MEP.

Gill was confirmed as leader of Reform UK Wales in 2021 ahead of Senedd elections, but reports suggest he left the party months later when he failed to win a seat.

A spokesperson for Reform UK Wales confirmed Gill was no longer a member, and said the party would not be commenting.


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