Labour had called on the Electoral Commission to look into the Reform UK leader’s spending in his constituency, alleging that an overspend could have breached electoral law

Nigel Farage’s general election spending will not be investigated by the elections watchdog, it was confirmed.

Labour had called on the Electoral Commission to look into the Reform UK leader’s spending in his constituency, alleging that an overspend could have breached electoral law.

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Mr Farage’s campaign had been accused of falsely reporting election expenses during his bid to become an MP in Clacton at the 2024 General Election.

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Mr Farage, who had previously failed seven times to become an MP, won the seat last year.

Former Reform councillor and member of Mr Farage’s campaign team, Richard Everett, suggested Reform had failed to declare spending on leaflets, banners, utility bills and the refurbishment of a bar in its Clacton campaign office, which would breach the £20,660 limit in the Essex constituency.

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But the Electoral Commission has now said it has not identified any spending which should have been declared by Reform nationally.

Essex Police previously said they were “assessing a report relating to alleged misreported expenditure by a political party”.

But it later concluded it could not investigate the allegations, as a one-year time limit on doing so had passed.

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A letter from the Electoral Commission to Reform UK said: “We did not identify credible evidence of potential offences of electoral law. Therefore, our decision is to close our consideration of the matter following initial enquiries and take no further action.”

A spokesman for the Electoral Commission said: “We have responded to (Labour chairwoman) Anna Turley MP’s correspondence which raised questions about Reform UK’s spending at the 2024 general election.

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“After carefully considering the information presented in the letter, we did not identify any expenditure relating to Mr Farage’s election campaign in Clacton that should have been declared in Reform UK’s national expenditure.”

Peter Harris, the election agent for Mr Farage in Clacton, said: “This was a politically motivated complaint that has been thoroughly examined and decisively dismissed.

“The facts are clear, the process has been properly followed, and there is no basis for any further allegation, inference, or repetition of these claims.”

Reform previously strongly denied breaking the law on election spending, and accused Mr Everett of being a “disgruntled former councillor” who was expelled from the party “several months ago”.