Nigel Farage makes £270,000 for 12 hours’ work flogging gold bullion

Nigel Farage makes hundreds of thousands of pounds promoting Direct Bullion (Picture: Direct Bullion)

Nigel Farage made more than a quarter of a million pounds for just four hours’ work a month promoting gold bullion, according to a new financial declaration.

The Reform leader works as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion, and the gig has proven to be one of his most lucrative sources of income.

His latest declaration – £270,000 for working 12 hours over three months – is his largest single payday yet for work outside his role as an MP.

The register of financial interests also shows he earned £18,402 for an estimated six hours of presenting his show on GB News – working out to more than £3,000 an hour.

There is one notable absence from his entry in the register, though, with no new declarations of earn...