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    Vetting firm being sued by Nigel Farage denies ‘stitching up’ Reform UK

    by Archie Mitchell Jun 18, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA

    Nigel Farage has threatened to report the vetting company hired by Reform UK to the police after it failed to run background checks on its candidates in time for the general election.

    The Reform leader is pursuing legal action against Vetting.com, alleging it “stitched up” the right-wing party due to chair Colin Bloom’s past links to the Conservative Party.

    But Vetting said it simply did not have time to scrutinise all 609 of Reform’s candidates before the snap summer poll.

    A on the assumption the general election would be this autumn, giving it the summer

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