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UK police to investigate allegations Reform UK breached donation rules
Police say the probe follows an undercover broadcast that alleged £32,500 in polling payments came from a fake U.S. donor.
- The Metropolitan Police launched a criminal investigation into Reform following allegations of illegal foreign funding, triggered by a broadcast from Channel 4 News last week.
- Allegations emerged that Reform accepted £32,500 for three polls from an entity posing as an American financier, which was actually Verbatim, an investigative group conducting undercover reporting.
- Potential offences involve breaches under the Political Parties Elections and Referendums Act 2000, as foreign companies are not permissible funding sources for political parties, including payments for research.
- Following the claims, James Orr, Reform's head of policy, and Dan Jukes, a close aide to Nigel Farage, resigned from the party. Reform "denies any wrongdoing and will fully cooperate with the investigation."
- Detectives from the Special Enquiry Team continue to liaise closely with the Electoral Commission and Crown Prosecution Service, while seeking to obtain relevant footage from the broadcast.
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UK police expand probe into Farage's Reform UK
British police said on Wednesday they had widened a criminal investigation into allegations that Nigel Farage's hard-right Reform UK party accepted illegal donations following new claims last week. The announcement increases pressure on Farage, who has endured months of intense scrutiny over Reform's financial arrangements which has coincided with the party losing its lead in opinion polls. Farage and his hard-right, anti-immigration party deny …
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