New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- Britain on Tuesday launched a review into foreign financial interference in U.K. politics, after a British former member of the European Parliament was jailed for taking Russian bribes.

Nathan Gill was sentenced last month to more than 10 years in prison for making statements sympathetic to Russia in exchange for money.

Gill sat in the European Union legislature for two hard-right parties led by Nigel Farage, UKIP and the Brexit Party. After Britain's exit from the EU in 2020 he became the leader in Wales of Farage's current party, Reform UK. He is no longer a party member.

Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Steve Reed, who is responsible for elections, said Gill's conduct "is a stain on our democ...