officers are to contact the Commons Speaker after claims an MP was supplied a £400,000 "bribe" to defect to Reform UK. The rebel get together that diehard Nigel Farage helped arrange allegedly promised 5 years' wage if the Conservatives switched allegiance and went on to lose their seat.
However the MP reported the alleged incident to Conservative Marketing campaign Headquarters which can now contact Sir Lindsay Hoyle.
A Tory supply stated: "The Speaker can be advised about what's occurred after which we'll see what occurs."
The Conservative Occasion is taking a look at whether or not an offence has been dedicated that might find yourself with the Fraud Workplace, given the big quantity allegedly concerned.
It raised issues about MPs being supplied "monetary incentives" to alter the Whip and the way they vote.
MPs' pay will rise to £86,584 from April after a 2.9 p.c annual hike was signed off final week.
Reform UK sources stated the claims had been "determined nonsense" and a "smear" by "anxious" Tories.
The get together is predicted to marketing campaign onerous within the Pink Wall constituencies Tory activists concern they are going to wrestle to hold on to on the subsequent election.
Led by Richard Tice, Reform was born out of the ashes of the Occasion, altering its identify after the 2019 common election to mirror its wider pursuits.
Mr Farage, who's the get together's president, helped to ship a thumping 80-seat majority for former Prime Minister Boris Johnson by agreeing to not discipline candidates in key constituencies the place they'd break up the vote.
Reform UK is taking a way more hardline method to the following election, claiming the Conservatives have "damaged Britain" and "wrecked our nation".
It is usually campaigning on unlawful immigration, accusing the Conservatives of "12 years of failure" and who're "taking us for fools".
Mr Tice claimed there's a "shadow immigration system" in place with a "one-way road to profit Britain".
A Reform UK spokesman dismissed the allegations.
He stated: "This simply reveals how fearful the Tories are concerning the influence of Reform when they're resorting to this determined nonsense.
"They are often assured that the rising variety of members, councillors and voters deserting the Tory get together to hitch Reform are doing it primarily due to the Tories' woeful lack of braveness and management.
This simply reveals how fearful the Tories are."