Watchdog declines to probe Richard Tice over £80,000 loan

Parliament's standards watchdog has declined to investigate a complaint against Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice over an undeclared loan of nearly £80,000 from Nigel Farage's aide George Cottrell. The Liberal Democrats referred Tice to the commissioner, arguing the loan from a convicted criminal and non-permissible donor may have breached the MPs' code of conduct. The commissioner found insufficient evidence to proceed.