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Farage to address Reform conference as party reported to police over funding

The party is under scrutiny after an undercover Channel 4 and Verbatim investigation alleged foreign-linked payments for three polls costing £32,500.

  • Nigel Farage and his Reform party arrive in Birmingham for their annual conference, marking a critical moment after dominating British politics for most of the last two years.
  • Reform's popularity has fallen from over 30 per cent to the low 20s in recent weeks, as the party failed to capitalize on an 18-month polling lead while facing new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
  • Farage faces ongoing pressure over an undeclared £5m donation from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, claiming the standards committee investigation into the funds was rigged.
  • A new option called Restore is polling at about 5 per cent, attracting rightwingers with backing from tech billionaire Elon Musk and his platform's algorithms.
  • Prospects for a Reform government reaching Downing Street look unlikely, as the party faces criticism for hubris and has banned some journalists from the Birmingham event.
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A survey of Channel 4 News, conducted with hidden cameras along with the journalistic collective Verbatim, shows the former Brexit tribune and some of its close collaborators were filmed discussing a foreign donation offer of £500,000 to the party, banned by British laws

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The British right-wing Reform UK party, led by Nigel Farage, is meeting for its annual conference today amid a fresh scandal over allegations that the party has broken funding rules. The Brexit campaigner had hoped to use the conference to overcome a series of funding disputes that have dented the anti-immigration party's support in the polls. But only...

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