{"id":887153,"date":"2026-04-11T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/887153\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T16:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T16:00:20","slug":"staunch-reform-members-win-nigel-farages-energy-bill-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/887153\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Staunch&#8217; Reform members win Nigel Farage&#8217;s energy bill giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">&#8216;Is this legal?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/667805754_122158764704731774_7297927837658252503_n-e1775829927369-800x450.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nigel Farage posing with the winners of his energy bill giveaway\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The winners of Nigel Farage\u2019s energy bill giveaway were two \u201cstaunch\u201d members of Reform\u2019s Wigan branch.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last month, Reform pledged to scrap VAT and green levies on household energy bills, in a move that the party says would save the average family \u00a3200 per year.<\/p>\n<p>To promote the policy, Reform ran a prize draw for the winner and neighbours on their street to have their energy bills, up to a cost of \u00a33,500 per household, paid for a year.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/3410821125736685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a post<\/a> on Reform UK \u2013 Wigan\u2019s Facebook page said: \u201cWhat a fantastic surprise for two of our staunch Wigan Branch Members and ALL of their neighbours today, when Nigel Farage knocked on their door with @robertjenerick in tow, to present them as winners of the recent \u201cNigel Pay My Bills\u201d competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It appears that the competition winners, Ray and June, are not only \u201cstaunch\u201d party members but they were pictured with Farage at a Brexit Party event seven years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On X, freelance journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/donmcgowan\/status\/2042529349459382472\/photo\/3\">Don McGowan shared a photo<\/a> of Ray and June pictured with Farage at a Brexit Party rally in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>One X user commented: \u201cWigan is one of the councils up for election in May. Is this legal?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Broadcaster Narinder Kaur wrote: \u201cReform gave a couple of middle class boomers FREE ENERGY for a year. The comedy writes itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61571953245535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reform UK \u2013 Wigan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Olivia Barber is a reporter at Left Foot Forward<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nLeft Foot Forward doesn&#8217;t have the backing of big business or billionaires. We rely on the kind and generous support of ordinary people like you. &#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nYou can support hard-hitting journalism that holds the right to account, provides a forum for debate among progressives, and covers the stories the rest of the media ignore. 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