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  • ‘Horrible and scandalous’: Reform UK’s Ben Habib under attack over £3m fundraise

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    Ben Habib’s property investment outfit has come under attack from an activist shareholder over a fundraise which could hand the former Reform UK deputy leader and its chairman greater sway over the company. First Property, run by chief executive Habib, told the market last week it would launch an open offer to raise £2.96m through [...]

  • Reform UK’s Habib prepares for activist investor scrap

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    Ben Habib is not a man averse to a fight. Five months ago, Reform UK’s then deputy leader was standing atop a battle bus in Wellingborough laying siege to the record of the Tories and shouting up the benefits of lower income tax and the dangers of net-zero. The months since then have not been [...]

    Ben Habib, former-deputy leader of Reform UK, is facing pressure from an activist investor activist in his listed property firm First Property (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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