Farage senior aide filmed suggesting way to avoid donations law
Undercover footage shows senior Reform UK figures discussing methods to conceal foreign donations for polls that generated favorable headlines and cost £32,500.
- On Thursday, September 3, 2026, Channel 4 and Verbatim Investigations released undercover footage revealing that Reform UK officials arranged for an American company to fund three party-commissioned polls costing £32,500, potentially breaching UK electoral laws banning foreign donations.
- Revelations emerged as Reform UK opened its annual conference in Birmingham, where leader Nigel Farage sought to recover from polling dips and faces separate scrutiny over an undeclared £5 million gift from crypto-entrepreneur Christopher Harborne.
- Undercover reporters posing as wealthy American investors filmed senior aides James Orr and Dan Jukes arranging "off the book" funding for polls. At a later meeting in Clacton, Farage praised the polling as "bang for buck."
- Following the broadcast, two Reform officials stepped down as calls for criminal investigation mounted from electoral law expert Bob Posner. The Metropolitan Police confirmed it is assessing potential breaches of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.
- Reform UK denies wrongdoing, claiming the report is "a hoax perpetuated by foreign-funded, climate change activists," while the Electoral Commission stated that attempts to evade donation controls are "for the police to consider.
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