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Farage senior aide filmed suggesting way to avoid donations law
The covert recordings show Reform UK figures discussing a £500,000 donation scheme that could evade party funding rules, investigators said.
- Footage from Channel 4 News and investigative group Verbatim reveals Reform UK figures and leader Nigel Farage discussed securing secret foreign funding, with allegations the party devised a plan to bypass electoral laws on prohibited overseas donations.
- Reform UK arranged for a US company to pay £32,500 for three polls 'off the book' to avoid public disclosure, with results published in major newspapers before May elections to galvanize party support.
- Party aide Dan Jukes suggested using a UK-based donor to funnel money from an American financier, telling undercover reporters, "Actually that does strike me as a solution." Nigel Farage called the arrangement "amazing" and "bang for buck."
- Former Electoral Commission head Bob Posner called for a criminal investigation, saying "serious criminal offences" may have been committed, while Reform UK denied wrongdoing, claiming the party was "the target of a hoax perpetuated by foreign funded climate change activists."
- Separately, Nigel Farage faces ongoing parliamentary scrutiny over a £5 million gift from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne received in 2024, though he denies wrongdoing and maintains the funds were for personal security.
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dailymail.comReform reported to police over alleged foreign donations
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State-Owned Channel 4 Admits to Knowing Anti-Reform ‘Undercover Reporters’ Are Net Zero Political Activists.
British broadcaster Channel 4 admitted to falsely portraying foreign-funded Net Zero activists as "undercover reporters" in recent hitjob against Nigel Farage's Reform UK party.
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