Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe looks to SUE Nigel Farage for 'defamation' (2025)

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Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe today revealed he has instructed lawyers to begin defamation claims against Nigel Farage and other party bosses.

The Great Yarmouth MP demanded that Mr Farage, Reform chairman Zia Yusuf and Lee Anderson, the party's chief whip, retract 'false allegations' against him.

Mr Lowe was one of five Reform MPs elected at last July's general election. But he had the party whip stripped from him last month amid 'bullying' claims.

In an explosive statement issued on March 7, Mr Yusuf and Mr Anderson said Mr Lowe was being investigated over complaints by two female employees.

They also said Mr Lowe - who now sits in the House of Commons as an independent MP - had been reported to police over allegations he physically threatened Mr Yusuf.

But Mr Lowe immediately hit back at the party's 'untrue and false' claims and said he had been 'knifed' for publicly questioning Nigel Farage's leadership of Reform.

The bitter row between the businessman, a former chairman of Southampton Football Club, and Reform bosses has continued to rumble on for weeks.

In a statement released this afternoon, Mr Lowe revealed he has now instructed solicitors over 'serious harm to my reputation' from the allegations against him.

The Great Yarmouth MP said: 'On 7 March 2025 Lee Anderson and Zia Yusuf signed and published a statement on behalf of Reform UK.

'Mr Anderson and Mr Yusuf are respectively the party’s chief whip and chairman.

'The statement falsely alleged, amongst other things, that I had engaged in serious workplace bullying and had made multiple serious threats to physically assault, and injure, Mr Yusuf.

'The statement was read by millions and has caused serious harm to my reputation.

'I believe it was published as part of a concerted smear campaign against me after I made comments about the party’s leader Nigel Farage.

'I have today instructed my solicitors Brett Wilson LLP to send letters of claim to Reform’s leader and director Nigel Farage, Mr Anderson and Mr Yusuf asserting claims for defamation.

'I call on the party, Mr Farage, Mr Anderson and Mr Yusuf to do the right thing and retract these false allegations.

'In the event that they are unwilling to do so it is my intention to issue High Court proceedings.

'Whilst I have no desire to litigate, I will do what is necessary to ensure my reputation is restored.'

Reform UK did not immediately comment.

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