# Nigel Farage skips budget amid concerns over Commons seating row

https://mins.news/en/item/119619

- The Guardian, 2026-10-28 18:21 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/28/nigel-farage-reform-uk-budget-commons-seating-row-ukraine-crypto

> Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said he stayed away from the chancellor’s first budget because he feared a physical clash with another MP over seating. He criticized the £10bn pledged to Ukraine and reaffirmed Reform’s call to cut taxes on cryptocurrency investors.

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